This year’s West Coast Ragtime Festival (http://www.westcoastragtime.com) turned out to be one of the best ever! Performers included: Paul Asaro, Andrew Barrett, Mimi Blais (http://www.mimiblais.com), Tom Bopp, Nan Bostick, Jack and Chris Bradshaw, Tom Brier, Shirley Case, Crown Syncopators, Jared DiBartolomeo, Neville Dickie, Marty Eggers, Frank French (http://www.creolerhythm.com), Ann Gibson, Alex Hassan, Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra, Frederick Hodges, Brian Holland, Dave Jasen, Steve Johnson, Larry Karp, Brad Kay, Janet Klein (http://www.janetklein.com), Carl Sonny Leyland, Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra, Dennis Pash, Nancy Piver & Stanley Stern, Plucking Wonders, Porcupine Ragtime Ensemble, Jim Radloff, Raspberry Jam Band, Sophie Rivard (http://www.creolerhythm.com), David Thomas Roberts, Jack Rummel, Sue Schmitt, Ray Skjelbred, Hal Smith, Squeek Steele, Sullivans & Drivons, Adam Swanson, Virginia Tichenor, Stephanie Trick, Sarah Roth Vanegas, Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod, Galen Wilkes, Adam Yarian, Richard Duree & Ruth Levin, Bruce Mitchell & Inge Kress. The festival was dedicated to “King of Ragtime” and dear friend John Arpin who was scheduled to play but passed away on November 8, 2007.