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MUSIC | JOPLIN CENTENNIAL
By Aaron Brand
Texarkana Gazette
TheMuseumofRegionalHistorywillscreen
documentary movies about Scott Joplin this
Saturday in conjunction with the Scott Joplin
International Centennial Celebration.
The talent and
a c c o m p l i s h -
ments of Joplin,
a pioneer of
ragtime music,
will be explored
through two
d o c u m e n t a -
ry movies.
Screenings start
onthehourfrom
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
They’re free to
see, courtesy of
the Texarkana
M u s e u m s
System. Museum and Joplin exhibit tours
are $5.
The SJICC is a three-day celebration of
Joplin and Texarkana’s music heritage, start-
ing today. It’s being presented by the Regional
Music Heritage Center at the Perot Theatre
and Silvermoon on Broad.
“We are going to be screening some doc-
umentaries. There’s one that was done in
the late ’70s that is narrated by Eartha Kitt,”
said Velvet Cool, board president for the
TMS. That movie, “Scott Joplin: King of
Ragtime Composers,” was directed by Amelia
Anderson.
“She did extensive research on Joplin and
this focuses on the environment that Joplin
would’ve existed in and some of the struggles
that he would have had to overcome and go
on to his success as being the father of rag-
time,” Cool said.
Scott Joplin International
Centennial Celebration Schedule:
TODAY
Preview Night at Silvermoon on Broad,
6:30 p.m. ($35)
n Vintage rock by Texarkana Trio
n Jazz from Candace Taylor and Carol
Miles with Three of a Kind
n Boogie woogie by John Tennison
n Hors d’oeuvres and beverages fea-
turing local chefs
SATURDAY
Scott Joplin International Centennial
Celebration at the Perot Theatre, 7:30
p.m. ($40-$15 w/ half-priced student tick-
ets available)
n MacArthur Genius Award winner
Reginald Robinson performs ragtime
n Grammy-nominated jazz singer and
Texarkana native Roseanna Vitro per-
forms jazz
n Texarkana Jazz Orchestra performs
big band jazz
n Carol Miles performs original
arrangement of “The Texarkana Jazz
Rag”
n Winning ensemble from the Four
States Student Jazz Showcase held ear-
lier Saturday
n Presentation of the first Regional
Music Heritage Center Lifetime
Achievement Award to Rule Beasley
SUNDAY
Texarkana ROCKS! 1954-1956 at the
Perot Theatre, 2 p.m. ($45-$18)
n Elvis impersonator George Thomas
Joplin Centennial Celebration
includes music, films, tours
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The TMS will also show a
video of a 1998 concert at the
Perot Theatre that honored
Joplin. “It was an evening of
ragtime music,” Cool said. The
goal is to have 45 minutes of
play time for the hour, repeat-
ing at the top of the hour.
Because it’s the first Saturday
of the month, the event is held
at the MoRH. Each TMS prop-
erty is hosting one event per
month now.
Of course, part of the MoRH’s
Beasley Music Exhibit includes
a piano thought to have been
played by Scott Joplin. Joplin
grew up in Texarkana and
learned how to play the piano
here. The importance of cele-
brating Joplin?
“Because he is so underap-
preciated in what is possibly
his own hometown,” Cool said.
“That is, I think, something
that’s another of aspect of his-
tory that needs to be clarified
and fixed. Too often we look
elsewhere for things that we
place importance on. We tend
to undervalue the things that
come from our own backyard.”
as “Young Elvis” performs
in honor of the late Dr. Carl
“Cheesie” Nelson, Elvis imper-
sonator
n Texarkana Trio performs
rockabilly music in honor of Pat
Cupp, a Texarkana native and
rockabilly pioneer
n Post-show: Free Arkansas
Municipal Auditorium tours,
photos with “Elvis” and AMA
Walk of Fame dedications for
Pat Cupp and the late Texarkana
jazz musician Jay Franks
Tickets and more info:
TexarkanaRMHC.org or 832-
498-3830.
To appreciate Joplin’s life
and legacy, visit the MoRH on
Saturday.
(The Museum of Regional
History is located at 219
State Line Ave. in downtown
Texarkana. More info: 903-793-
4831.)
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