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Show off your dance moves, listen to America’s unique ragtime music and dine on traditional street fair food only at Greenfield Village’s fifth annual Ragtime Street Fair, July 16-17, with special evening hours Saturday until 9 p.m. This one-of-a-kind weekend takes guests back in time to experience a 1900s festival featuring dance lessons, piano performances and a traditional cakewalk. Admission to Greenfield Village is free with membership or $22 adults, $21 senior (62 and up) and $16 youth (5-12). Children four and under are free. For more information, call (313) 982-6001 or visit thehenryford.org.
One of the originators of ragtime music in America, Scott Joplin, created a culture with his hits “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer.” Since its beginnings in St. Louis and New Orleans more than 100 years ago, Ragtime music has kept Americans tapping their toes to the unique “ragged” piano and banjo rhythms and syncopated beats that characterize the genre.
Throughout the weekend visitors will see performances from the River Raisin Ragtime Revue, Tartarsauce Traditional Jazz Band and ragtime pianists. Show off your piano talents in our piano cutting contest, or leave the playing to the professionals and listen to Taslimah Bey, “Perfessor” Bill Edwards, Nan Bostick, John Remmers, Brent Beggs and Jerry Perrine perform traditional ragtime music. Get on your feet and join demonstrators performing traditional ragtime dances or participate in the Cakewalk, a traditional dance competition where the winner “takes the cake.”
Stay late on Saturday night and join the Dixieland Jazz Parade, led by the Tartarsauce Traditional Jazz Band, through Greenfield Village to commemorate the end of ragtime and celebrate the beginning of the jazz era.
Sip on a mint iced tea while walking through the streets of the village, or enjoy treats from the fresh fruit cart featuring cherries and watermelon. Or try some of Greenfield Village’s own hunter sausage or grab a brat hot off the grill. Be sure to leave room for delicious dessert such as cherry crisp, hot fried dough and a creamy scoop of Guernsey ice cream.
Don’t forget to pick up the newly-released River Raisin Ragtime Revue CD “Raggin’ At Greenfield Village.” This album features many of the wonderful ragtime compositions performed by the River Raisin Ragtime Revue in Greenfield Village over the past several years. It’s available at the Greenfield Village stores and also, during this weekend’s event, near the performance stage in the village.
About The Henry Ford
The Henry Ford, in Dearborn, Michigan, is the world’s premier history destination and a National Historic Landmark that celebrates American history and innovation. Its mission is to provide unique educational experiences based on authentic objects, stories and lives from America’s traditions of ingenuity, resourcefulness and innovation. Its purpose is to inspire people to learn from these traditions to help shape a better future. Five distinct attractions at The Henry Ford captivate more than 1.5 million visitors annually: Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, The Ford Rouge Factory Tour, The Benson Ford Research Center and The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre. The Henry Ford is also home to Henry Ford Academy, a public charter high school which educates 485 students a year on the institution’s campus and was founded in partnership with The Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company and Wayne County Public Schools. For more information please visit our website thehenryford.org.
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