Lunch With Ragtime Performer

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The Liberty Center Association of the Arts and the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation is partnering on a new event where ragtime enthusiasts can bid on a catered lunch with their favorite ragtime performer.   

The luncheons will be auctioned during the Scott Joplin Festival.  Local celebrity chefs will prepare a boxed lunch which is paired with four ragtime performers who will dine with the winning bidder on Saturday, June 7 at the Liberty Center.  Celebrity chefs include:

Nina Freed is preparing lunch for the winning bidder who will dine with performer Brian Wright and his wife, Yuko who live in Virginia.

Chelsea Kehde is preparing lunch for the winning bidder who will dine with performers, Jeff and Ann Barnhart from Connecticut.

Anne Gardner and Margaret Ward is preparing lunch for the winning bidder who will dine with performer Brian Holland of Texas.

Debbie Mitchell is preparing lunch for the winning bidder who will dine with performer Frederick Hodges from California.

“We are very excited to work with the Scott Joplin Foundation to offer an opportunity for festival goers to have one on one time with the performers,” said Terri Ballard, of the Liberty Center.  Proceeds will be split between the Liberty Center and the Joplin Foundation.  The center will be closed to the public so the auction winners and the performers can enjoy a private lunch.  The lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday.