Contact: Sammy McDavid
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Registration now is open for the March 28-30 Charles Templeton Ragtime Music Festival at Mississippi State.
Sponsored by the University Libraries and its Templeton Music Museum, the annual event blends major and miniconcerts, educational seminars and museum tours. All programs are designed to educate participants about the distinctive sounds of jazz and ragtime music.
This year's festival features entertainers Mimi Blais, Marty Eggers, Frederick Hodges, Brian Holland, David Reffkin, Bob Seeley, and Virginia Tichenor.
David A. Jasen, a leading ragtime music authority and collector, will lead the museum tours.
For complete registration information on the 2008 Templeton festival, visit http://library.msstate.edu/templeton/festival or contact Lyle Tate at 662-325-2559.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.