It's Saturday, July 4, 2009; 7 days until the fifth annual...
RAGTIME TO RICHES FESTIVAL!!!
C'MON IN...THE MUSIC'S FINE! The Strauss Performing Arts Center, on the main campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, is the site for the fifth annual Ragtime to Riches Festival, scheduled to take place July 11-12, 2009. Proceeds from this year's festival will go to the "Omaha World-Herald's" Goodfellows program, a program designed to assist needy individuals and families.
Performers
Scheduled to perform at this year's festival: BURNS DAVIS (Lincoln, NE), a pianist-organist who specializes in rags written by contemporary composers; JIM BOSTON (Omaha, NE), a seven-time finalist in the ragtime piano competition at Iowa's Old-Time Country & Bluegrass Festival & Contest.
More Information
The phone number for the Great Plains Ragtime Society is 402 556-3340. GPRS has a page on this site. Check it out!
(And while you're at it, check out a site called http://bostonsblog.freeblogit.com.)
Even More Information
Click Site Map (or menus below and to the left) to reach other pages on our site. (By the way, the top photo was taken at the 2006 R to R Festival; from left: Ron Kroenke, Nan Bostick, Burns Davis, and Jim Boston. The photo above came from the 2008 R to R Festival, where Adam Swanson wowed 'em.)
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