"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
May 31 – Forest Hills, Queens, New York
May 31 @ 4:00 pm EDT
$15 – $25
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra performs Meet Me At The Fair!: Sights & Sounds of the Great World’s Fairs at its return to the Community House in Forest Hills, Queens, New York (A National Historic Landmark). 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 is presented by Musica Reginae Productions and will be hosted and conducted by PRO founder Rick Benjamin. One show only.
Tickets: PRO’s “Meet Me At The Fair” Program
Telephone: (718) 894-2178
Email: musicareginae@gmail.com
General Website: https://www.
This performance is co-funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA.gov) as part of the Paragon LIVE! In Historic American Theaters touring program.
