"Benjamin and his orchestra filled the second half of the evening with lilting, humorous, and even elegant readings of ragtime numbers, a W.C. Handy blues song, and even a Sousa march…Popular music, A.D. 1900, is still going strong."
– Pasadena Star News
September 24 – The Dalles, Oregon
September 24 @ 7:00 pm EDT
$33
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra performs Meet Me At The Fair!: Sights & Sounds of the Great World’s Fairs for the Mid-Columbia County Community Concerts Association. The multi-media performance will feature delightful and rare music and images from the 1876 Centennial, the 1893 Columbian Exposition, the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. The event will take place at The Dalles Civic Auditorium and will be hosted and conducted by PRO founder Rick Benjamin.
This event is co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA.org) as part of the Paragon LIVE! In Historic American Theaters touring program.
Purchase Tickets: https://www.midcolumbiacommunityconcerts.com/events/paragon-ragtime-orchestra
Box Office Phone: (541) 298-4352 / (541) 386-3055
Email: pattispartan@gmail.com
General Website: https://www.midcolumbiacommunityconcerts.com/
