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Fullerton Ragfest
Ragtime Dancing and Music Festival
RagFest 2010
RagFest 2010 in downtown
Fullerton, the Orange County Ragtime Festival, includes an exciting
line-up of soloists, duets, combos, orchestras, vocalists and performers
presenting vintage and contemporary ragtime music.
The event features Patrick Aranda, Bill Edwards, Andrew Barrett, Bob
Pinsker, Mark Allen Jones, Galen Wilkes, the Albany Nightboat Ragtimers.
Special events
include Youth Forum, a concert of young ragtime pianists; variety-style
revue show; and numerous seminars. Festival Headquarters is Steamers
Jazz Club, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton.
Info from 2009: Cost: $60 for
all-weekend pass, $25 for daytime programs, $20 for Sat. night revue
show (all tickets $5 higher at the door). 20% off for groups of 10 or
more. Children 15 and under admitted free with paid parent or guardian.
Tickets & info: (714) 680-6684 or www.ragfest.com.
Location: Downtown Fullerton. Festival HQ and ticket
registration is Steamers Jazz Club, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton.
Venues include Mo’s Music Store, the Imperial Ballroom and Osborne
Auditorium (Fullerton Public Library).
When: Oct. 16-17, 2010 Sat. 11 am
to 5 p.m.; Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. noon to 5 p.m.
Featuring the weekend entertainment of:
THE ALBANY NIGHTBOAT RAGTIMERS, PATRICK ARANDA, ANDREW BARRETT, NAN
BOSTICK, SHIRLEY CASE, JARED DIBARTOLOMEO, BILL EDWARDS, HELIOTROPE
RAGTIME ORCHESTRA, VINCENT JOHNSON, BRAD KAY, CARL SONNY LEYLAND,ERIC
MARCHESE, ERIKA C. MILLER, BILL MITCHELL, BOB PINSKER, ALAN THOMPSON,
JR., THOSE SYNCOPATING SONGBIRDS, and IAN AND REGINA WHITCOMB
Performers from the past:
Individuals:
Andrew Barrett, Nan Bostick, Shirley Case, Jared DiBartolomeo, Bill
Edwards, Doug Haise,
Vincent Johnson, Sonny Leyland, Eric Marchese, Erika C. Miller, Bill
Mitchell, Bob Pinsker,
Frank Sano, Alan Thompson.
Groups:
Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra.
Dance master:
Richard Dureeu the way. Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to
watch the rain and you are young and life is long and there is time to
kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No
one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
About Ragtime
If you don't know what ragtime is, the music is lively and toe-tapping.
First introduced at the turn of the 20th century, the genre was made
popular and is still associated with pianist Scott Joplin, who was known
as the King of Ragtime. Truly an American music creation, ragtime was
the predecessor to jazz. It was an extremely popular dance music, so at
any ragtime event you will likely see people dancing to the sounds of
the concerts or shows.
For those who understand music, it is written 2/4 or 4/4 time meter and is called "rag" if
composed in this style, and as a musical genre, the effect that can be
applied to any meter. Syncopated melodies with accentuated beat move
listeners to the music. Musicians can convert songs into ragtime by
changing the time values of the melodic notes, thus "ragging" the song.
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