Ragtime, Live!

Hear real people playing real ragtime!

Featuring pianist Sue Keller in concert. Also see the section below with Festival and Concert details.

• Sue Keller skeller@rtpress.com
  
  
  • Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 5:30 PM
    Two For You - Palos Park, IL
    
    
  • Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 2:00 PM
    6th Annual Viking Ragtime in Tinley Park - Tinley Park, IL
    
    
  • Friday, May 28, 2010 - Sunday, May 30
    36th Annual World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest - Peoria, IL
    
    
  • Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - Sunday, June 6th
    Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival - Sedalia, MO
    
    

Festivals, Concerts, and Events

• Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 5:30 pm
  • Two For You - Palos Park, IL
    The Center • 12700 Southwest Highway Palos Park, Illinois 60464
    For information contact:(708)- 361-3650
    e-mail: Lois Lauer
    web page: directions
    
    Two For You (Sue Keller and Beve Opelka) will be saluting the lyrics and music of Johnny Mercer. Dinner included. Admission: $16 at the door
    
    
• Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 2:00 pm
  • 6th Annual Viking Ragtime in Tinley Park - Tinley Park, IL
    The Harald Viking Lodge, 6730 W. 175th Street, Tinley Park, IL
    For information contact: (708) 712-2556
    call: (708) 560-9033
    e-mail: ragtime@rtpress.com
    web page: http://www.rtpress.com
    write to: PO Box 630, Oak Forest, IL 60452
    
    Ragtime concert featuring Morgan Siever and Jacob Adams who will help round out the lineup of Sue Keller, Dick Zimmerman, Dave Majchrzak, Jim Radloff, and Steve Standiford. And as usual, the Harald Viking Ladies Auxiliary will be providing complementary food at intermission. Admission: $20 at the door.
    
    
• Friday, May 28, 2010
  • 36th Annual World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest - Peoria, IL
    Hotel Pere Marquette
    For information call: (217) 428-2403
    e-mail: Pianoctest@aol.com
    web page: http://www.oldtimepiano.com
    
    If you've every wondered who's been home-growing all those ragtime kids... you must have been missing out on this event.! All your favorites, and always some new faces. Besides the competition there's a pre-festival riverboat ragtime cruise, an afterglow ragtime party every night, a Saturday evening concert, dinner with the champion, a Memorial Day ragtime breakfast, and a cast of thousands!
    
    This year, Sue Keller will be playing for silent movies at 5:30 pm on Friday night, and also giving a Ragtime Master Class on Sunday morning at 9:30 am.
    
    
• Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - Sunday, June 6th
  • Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival - Sedalia, MO
    321 South Ohio Street, Sedalia, MO 65301
    For information call: 660-826-2271; toll-free: 866-218-6258
    e-mail: ragtimer@scottjoplin.org
    
    This is the largest and most prestigious ragtime festival in the world and is held in the very town where Scott Joplin lived, worked, and wrote the Maple Leaf Rag. Featured performers for 2010 will be Sue Keller, Jacob Adams, Paul Asaro, Faye Ballard, Jeff & Anne Barnhart, Taslimah Bey, Rod Biensen, Danny Coots, Roy Eaton, Bill Edwards, Richard Egan, Ann Gibson, Frederick Hodges, Brian Holland, Mark & Nora Hulse, Max Keenlyside, Scott Kirby, Carl 'Sonny' Leyland, Dave Majchrzak, Will Perkins, Jim Radloff, David Reffkin, John Remmers, Wesley Reznicek, Barron Ryan, Donald Ryan, Morgan Siever, Martin Spitznagel, Steve Standiford, Adam Swanson, Stephanie Trick, Dave Tucker, Bryan Wright ,Luke Vandermyde, Brett Youens, St. Louis Ragtimers, TurpinTyme Ragsters, and a host of others.... last year there were a total of over 150 piano players and other musicians on the bill!
    
    

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