Here is the article from the Fresno Bee on the Art Deco event in Yosemite last week with Frederick Hodges and the RSJO. It was great fun!! ...
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Bill Edwards
jazzpianist
Mar 11, 2008 2:42 am
So what happened? Did we abandon ragtime for Lent? Horrors. I'll give up all kinds of things, but never my favorite music. The rest of you? So I have a thought...
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Frederick Hodges
frederick_ho...
Mar 11, 2008 3:53 am
Billy Murray sings "I Will Survive" That is one disco record that I might actually buy. What if Britney Spears recorded "All Coons Look Alike To Me:" Would it...
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ragtime_ecyrb
Mar 11, 2008 4:25 am
Hey all, how's everyone doing? I should actually be in bed because of what time it is, but moreover because I have pneumonia. Anyways, I just got done...
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Frederick Hodges
frederick_ho...
Mar 11, 2008 4:35 am
Funny you should mention Peoria. I never considered competing in Peoria because I always assumed that I was too old, but now I learn that "Perfessor" Bill is a...
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ragtime_ecyrb
Mar 11, 2008 4:35 am
Oh snap, I forgot, I should of mentioned that my response was off topic. But while I'm at it, there are a ton of great piano players better than everyone on...
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ragtime_ecyrb
Mar 11, 2008 4:39 am
Ouch, but yes. If Bill is able to compete, then someone my age has already won, ha! :) just kiddin'. Bryce ... contestant, so I guess they do make allowances...
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suzirez
Mar 11, 2008 12:54 pm
One of the highlights of Peoria for me last year was meeting a contestant named Joe Petrich. I was told he's in his 80's. Anyone able to confirm/correct? How...
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Bill Edwards
jazzpianist
Mar 11, 2008 1:27 pm
... Peoria because I always assumed that I was too old, but now I learn that "Perfessor" Bill is a regular contestant, so I guess they do make allowances for...
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Bryan
catt967
Mar 11, 2008 1:33 pm
Bill wondered where we all were, coincidentally, I have been cooking up a post that I hope is of interest In King of Ragtime (KOR) Ed Berlin writes "Poor...
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Bill Edwards
jazzpianist
Mar 11, 2008 2:10 pm
... Serial numbers can be approximated at http://www.steinway.com/technical/how_old.shtml I don't know what massive is in this case. I know my 9'3" Petrof ...
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Bryan Cather
catt967
Mar 11, 2008 2:19 pm
I dunno....the "Bunch O Guys Moving Company" tends to result in a LOT of damaged/destroyed instruments....and if the three room apartment happened to be...
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Bill Edwards
jazzpianist
Mar 11, 2008 3:01 pm
Perhaps of some interest to a few, who would want to see another immigrant success story complete with a mysterious shift midstream in life, leaving a number...
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Frederick Hodges
frederick_ho...
Mar 11, 2008 3:56 pm
That's all great, Bill, but how will you get your wheel-chair up on the stage at Peoria? Frederick ... Peoria because I always assumed that I was too old, but...
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Bill Blomgren
billblomgren
Mar 11, 2008 5:17 pm
Rock and Roll! ... From: Frederick Hodges <frederick_hodges@...> To: EliteSyncopations@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:56:53 AM Subject:...
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Rachel Newstead
aimeetoon
Mar 11, 2008 5:39 pm
Hi, That's what his walker's for...of course, he'd have to make sure he didn't break a hip on the way up..=) Rachel ... From: Frederick Hodges To:...
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Frederick Hodges
frederick_ho...
Mar 11, 2008 5:43 pm
Let's just hope that the judges this year provide Bill with a glass to put his dentures in. Frederick Rachel Newstead <rachel.newstead@...> wrote: Hi, ...
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Bill Edwards
jazzpianist
Mar 11, 2008 5:52 pm
OK. OK. Very funny. I just had a birthday last week, as many seem to know, but it wasn't THAT birthday. You know, one of those notch birthdays. I hate those....
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Bryan Cather
catt967
Mar 11, 2008 5:56 pm
its either that, or the joplin steinway topic. I guess this all shows how truly interesting and relevant you really are, Bill! LOL BryanC Bill Edwards...
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Adam Swanson
ragtime_adam
Mar 11, 2008 7:55 pm
Frederick: didn't you know there was an adult division? Once I'm out (many years from now) you would be a welcome addition to the Peoria competition. Bill: you...
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Adam Swanson
ragtime_adam
Mar 11, 2008 7:56 pm
Wouldn't the question here be where is this Joplin Steinway today? And why can't we see it? Who has it? Maybe Mr. Berlin could elaborate on this himself for...
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Frederick Hodges
frederick_ho...
Mar 11, 2008 9:24 pm
Yes, I knew that there was an adult division, but I did not know that there was also a geriatric ward. Frederick Adam Swanson <ragtime_adam@...> wrote: ...
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Rob
yosemitewrit...
Mar 11, 2008 10:02 pm
Adam.... Thanks for the warning about you coming "out". But I doubt if it's going to be THAT many years :-)) ... out (many years from now) ... you stand it?...
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Rob
yosemitewrit...
Mar 11, 2008 10:05 pm
Who knows if it's any good or not. Maybe the years have turned it into a piece of junk. I got Meade Lux Lewis's upright after he died and it was so hard to...
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Rob
yosemitewrit...
Mar 11, 2008 10:08 pm
Careful Frederick. We may be there some day. Besides, I don't think that my good friend Carla Laemmle at the age of 98 thinks of herself as geriatric. She...
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Rob
yosemitewrit...
Mar 11, 2008 10:19 pm
Adam.... If you find classical music boring, then you didn't listen to the CD of Chopin Etudes I sent you. It is the farthest thing from being boring....
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Frederick Hodges
frederick_ho...
Mar 11, 2008 10:46 pm
Yes, Rob, but we are talking about Grampa Bill Edwards here. Carla at least has her original teeth and was smart enough to avoid being devastated, worn out,...
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Bill Edwards
jazzpianist
Mar 11, 2008 11:30 pm
... I had the same such training, and also play some etudes, preludes, nocturnes, sonatas, etc. The difference is, as I understand from today's conversation,...
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Bryan Cather
catt967
Mar 11, 2008 11:48 pm
seasoned, or well-pickled? ALRIGHT......can we please stop picking on people? Bill's age is, well, he's older than some, not as old as others, and he still...
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Rob
yosemitewrit...
Mar 12, 2008 12:41 am
I will be the first to admit that Bill E. is one of the best performers around...and certainly one of my favorites, both as a musician and as a historian. I...
