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    Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with five fun-filled days of musical events

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    Contestant

    Trophies, medallions, and over $4,000 in prize money

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  • New Rag Contest

    Listen to newly composed
    piano rags on Friday Night. Players welcome to enter.

    Contest Info

  • Join Our Old-Time Orchestry

    Bring your axe and play along
    with us at the Afterglows

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  • Old-Time Riverboat Cruise

    Sail away on the Spirit of Peoria paddlewheeler for a musical treat

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  • 2013 Featured Performers

    UNLV Ragtime Rebels
    Marimba Band

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Latest News

The Winner

by Bill Edwards
Russell Wilson

The New World Champion of Old Time Piano Playing for 2013 is...

RUSSELL WILSON

Congratulations to our White House Clean Marine Old Time Champion!

2013 Competition Preliminary Results

by Bill Edwards

Saturday:
2013 Junior Champion: Isaac Smith

Sunday:
Top Ten Contestants (in order of draw and play):
Jack Graham
William McNally
Bill Edwards
John Remmers
David Maga
Michael Winstanley
Jacob Adams
Russell Wilson
Domingo Mancuello
Ethan Uslan

2013 New Contest Rag Winner:
Adam Swanson - The Strater Shuffle

Silent (Almost) Film Comedies

by Bill Edwards
Buster Keaton - literally bringing down the house in One Week.

Right after the New Rag Contest on Friday there will be a series of accompanied silent film comedies shown in the main auditorium. Don't watch the piano player (or shoot him) as they try to add some life to already lively short films by Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Monty Banks, and more. This is a first for the festival weekend, but we hope to continue the tradition over the next few years. Accompaniments by Bill Edwards, Adam Swanson, and possibly more.

Peoria, Illinois
May 23–27, 2013

Ethan Uslan

2013 Contestants

Junior Division
ONE SPACE LEFT
  1. Megan Jobe, Itasca, IL
  2. Tanner Wilson, Fremont, NE
  3. Daniel Souvigny, Hampshire, IL
  4. Slade Patrick Darrin, Paradise, CA
  5. Morgan Siever, Carlyle, IL
  6. Isaac Smith, Cedar Falls, IA
  7. Matthew Lauer, Morton, IL
Regular Division
ONE SPACE LEFT
  1. David Maga, Burnsville, MN
  2. Samuel Schalla, Tuebingen, Germany
  3. Daniel Levi, Verona, WI
  4. Bobby van Deusen, Pensacola, FL
  5. Michael J. Winstanley, Croydon, PA
  6. Jacob Adams, Minneapolis, MN
  7. Russell Wilson, Berwyn Heights, MD
  8. Domingo Mancuello, Coatesville, PA
  9. Bill Edwards, Ashburn, VA
  10. Jack Graham, London, UK
  11. Ethan Uslan, Charlotte, NC
  12. Alexander Poyner, Kenosha, WI
  13. Damit Senanayake, Bellevue, WA
  14. Charles Mink, Rock Hill, SC
  15. John Remmers, Ann Arbor, MI
  16. William McNally, Queens, NY
  17. Doug Protsik, Woolwich, ME
  18. Jim Boston, Omaha, NE
New Rag
ENTRIES ARE FULL
  1. Bill Edwards, Ashburn, VA
  2. Bobby Van Deusen, Pensacola, FL
  3. David Maga, Burnsville, MN
  4. Jacob Adams, Minneapolis, MN
  5. Alexander Poyner, Kenosha, WI
  6. Adam Swanson, Durango, CO
  7. William McHarris, Unknown
  8. Michael J. Winstanley, Croydon, PA
  9. Brett Youens, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Ger.
  10. Doug Protsik, Woolwich, ME

2012 Contest Results