BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Hiawatha Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Hiawatha Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d699d4f8-a279-40de-bcb4-ca7692702123 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260730T024207Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221015T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221015T140000 SUMMARY:Ragged Blade Band Music Performance LOCATION:Hiawatha Public Library\nHiawatha Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hiawatha Public Library;X- APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Hiawatha Public Library:geo:42.0372393,-91.6723871 GEO:42.0372393;-91.6723871 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day filled with ragtime music performed by Cherr y & Jerry..\nhttps://hiawathapubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/6792494 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Black composers were on the forefront of A merican popular music\; ragtime itself was the combination of African sync opation over a European march beat and formed the basis for the developmen t of blues and jazz. Growing up as the children of former slaves\, many bl ack composers and musicians had to navigate &ndash\; and even perpetuate & ndash\; racism in popular entertainment as they grew their careers.

\n< p>We&rsquo\;ll look at composers such as Shelton Brooks and Scott Joplin\, and also some leaders in their field such as W.C. Handy\, &ldquo\;father of the blues\,&rdquo\; and Ernest Hogan\, &ldquo\;father of ragtime\,&rdqu o\; who was the first African-American to both produce and star in a Broad way show.

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Cherry and Jerry's hour long program will feature ragtim e\, blues\, jazz and Broadway. The duo presented &ldquo\;Hits of the Ragti me Era&rdquo\; at the Hiawatha Library earlier this year\; let&rsquo\;s we lcome them back this October!

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&ldquo\;Cherry &\; Jerry &rdquo\; is Isaac Cherry on percussion and Jerry Rabushka on piano\; they focus mainly on music from 1900-1920: ragtime\, early blues and jazz\, and popular songs.

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Based in St. Louis\, Missouri\, the duo is also pa rt of the larger &ldquo\;Ragged Blade Band\,&rdquo\; and has toured music of the ragtime era throughout Missouri and regionally\, appearing at baseb all games\, steampunk events\, pubs and restaurants\, special events\, and more. In 2021\, their African-American Composers presentation reached aro und the world as part of Black History Month in both Australia and England . They recently presented a ragtime history program at the Missouri Histor y Museum. A typical performance includes some well-known songs of the earl y 20th \;century as well breathing life back into some rarely played t unes. \;

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