Since its inception as a fundraiser for the Monticello, IL Railway Museum in 1975, the World Championship Old-Time Piano ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 19—CHAMPAIGN — Faye Ballard set out for the 2024 World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest planning to bring home a ...

Another local ragtime piano player, who understands the pressure of competing, is Julie McClarey-Smith. “It’s a great thing for everybody to have that outlet,” she said. Larry Wade practices playing ...

Faye Ballard, winner in the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest in Oxford, Miss., over Memorial Day weekend, plays a compillation of Mack The Knife at her home in Champaign on Friday, ...

Faye Ballard, winner of the senior division at the 2024 World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest held over Memorial Day weekend in Oxford, Miss., plays a compilation of ‘Mack The Knife’ at ...