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>> I was definitely born in the
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wrong time.
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Definitely.
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This is how I'm supposed--
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This is me in my natural state.
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>> The banjo player told me, I
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don't know where you're gettin'
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your chords and I'm not sure the
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melody is exactly the way it's
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supposed to be, but boy, that's
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the most fun I've had in years,
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you know.
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And so, you know, I think that
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comes from not being able to do
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what the ragtimers are doing,
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because I can't read music.
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>> I've been the only female in
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top ten, the only female in the
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top five.
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To be chosen as a winner, yes,
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that would feel absolutely
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I couldn't think of a more
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natural high than that.
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>> I don't understand, and I
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don't think I ever will, why
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people like hard rock and rap,
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hip hop.
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That's why I play this music.
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It's because I don't like that.
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I think this is wonderful.
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>> I'm not a great auto
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mechanic.
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I'm not good at sewing, I'm not
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good at Judo.
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I'd probably only be fair at
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football.
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And I'm a so-so singer.
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But I can play ragtime.
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I've got a black belt in it.
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>> I know I don't have the
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polish that the other performers
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have, but I'm okay with that.
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All I can do is just hold my
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own.
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Yes, I want to win the thing.
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Who doesn't?
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I just want to also have fun at
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it.
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listen for the little things
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that are going to separate, like
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last year, one point.
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>> So I missed Adam.
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Was it good?
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>> Yeah.
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>> It's going to be close I
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think.
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Just too many good pieces.
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>> You've got to figure out
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what's going to separate the men
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from the boys, who is going to
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put the top five in there.
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There has to be something.
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They thought, well, that's how
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he wanted to do it.
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But the judges, they go, oh,
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hell.
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He missed it, and that's what
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happens.
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>> It was pretty good.
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than it did this morning.
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There I am.
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>> Here come the judges.
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The contestants need to be
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advised that they may talk with,
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but not harm, the judges.
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What we're gonna do first is
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tell ya who's gonna be in
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competition.
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>> Ay-ay-ay-ay.
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>> So get your little program
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booklet out and write these ten
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names down.
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>> I'm actually getting away
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with playing ragtime music for a
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living.
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How're you doing?
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>> Fine, how're you?
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>> I have so much fun doing it.
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It doesn't feel like work.
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Was somebody eating pancakes
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with maple syrup and playing
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piano at the same time here?
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You know, the idea was it would
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be a low-stress and safe and
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ragtime in my free time.
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And that's what I did.
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>> I think before Ben was born,
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he would go to work all day and
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come home, and then he'd have
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all night to play piano.
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But after Ben came it was, go to
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work all day, come home, take
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care of a baby all day, and then
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else.
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I think he realized he wanted to
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have life where he could balance
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family and the things that he
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loved.
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That job thing had to go.
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>> I had a list of all the
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nursing homes in the area.
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city and play at each one.
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They all said, no.
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So that was discouraging.
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And then I tried again and I
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said, I'll volunteer for an hour
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if you consider having me once
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or twice a month regularly,
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>> Sing it, Charles!
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>> Wiggle it, baby.
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>> And that worked.
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It worked big time.
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>> You know, he'll be doing one
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thing with this hand and one
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thing with this hand, and then
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he throws in these tricks.
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It's just amazing how much
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effort and thought I think he
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puts into each piece.
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I think people recognize that
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and that's why they see
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something special in him.
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I'll get goosebumps, and see
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people looking at each other
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like--
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>> I hope you noticed, out of
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nowhere I played the funeral
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march there.
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There's just a minor chord at
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that point.
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I like to put in little
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quotations of something else.
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But you could also interpret it
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as signifying the death of my
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opponents.
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>> I mean, there's no way that
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>> Well, I'm telling you, this
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kid is good.
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The kid-- Last year I lost by
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one point.
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>> Yeah, but a 16 year old kid
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is not going to be back.
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>> He is, and he's going to be
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17 now.
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>> We all know the names of the
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former champions.
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I have no idea who finished
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second in any of those contests.
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I know Brian Holland won three
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times.
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Who did he beat?
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You don't remember, it's second
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place.
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It's forgotten.
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Yeah, this competition, all
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year-round, it's in the back of
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your mind, or the front of my
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mind.
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And if I lose then it's going to
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be another-- You know, I'm going
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to have to start this whole
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thing over.
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I could have won if I spats.
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I could have won if I had three
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costumes.
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I could have if I made, perhaps,
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one less mistake.
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Oh, just thinking about it!
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I'm queasy.
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>> No performer of any caliber
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is ever going to go up there and
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not be nervous at least to a
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point.
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All right.
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A good performer, you teach
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yourself, you channel that
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energy.
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You put it into the playing.
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That's how you get rid of it.
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Let's face the music and dance.
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I was actually born right here
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in Champaign, Illinois.
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They brought me home from the
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hospital, and except of course
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for going to school or extra
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curricular activities such as
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work, I haven't left.
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I actually started in the very
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second contest.
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I was going up against -- who
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was the reigning champion at
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that time.
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You had a 12-year old child,
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myself, who went up against a
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70-year old granny for an
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old-time piano playing title.
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According to what my mother told
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me, she had a look on her face
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as though she had thought that I
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had beaten her.
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Well, of course, I didn't, and
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rightly so.
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I certainly was not up at that
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time to being a full-fledged
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champion, to either handling the
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publicity or, you know, the
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playing demands that something
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like that places on you.
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But I would not trade that
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anything.
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As you see, I have a little
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assistance here.
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This, of course, helps me as far
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like that, tone.
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But a lot of it can't come just
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from hearing it.
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It has to come from the feel.
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Is hearing an absolute necessity
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for being a being a good
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pianist?
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did just fine.
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I've been the only female in top
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ten, the only female in the top
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five.
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To be chosen as a winner, yes,
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that would feel absolutely
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amazing.
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I couldn't think of a more
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natural high than that.
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I mean, having been part of this
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contest as long as I have, sure,
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I would love to win it.
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If you stumble the least little
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bit, a simple point or two can
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be the difference between
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winning and losing.
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It's like competing in an event
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in the Olympics.
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It's great that the audience is
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there cheering for you.
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We're there to entertain.
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That should be our primary
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focus.
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But if you get so caught up in
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that that you're not thinking
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about what you're doing-- You
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snooze, you lose.
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>> In 2009 we're in the 112th
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year of ragtime.
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>> And if you look at all the
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popularity for as long as
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ragtime did.
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>> Ragtime music is
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American-made.
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brought to the table.
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>> Like most American pop music,
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thing.
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They took marches, the marches
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that white people were listening
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to and playing, and they would
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syncopate them a lot and make
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them snappy.
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>> If you listen to a march,
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even with the "Mickey Mouse
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March" and "Stars and Stripes
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Forever."
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Then you get into the ragtime
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and it's off the beat, and
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that's what makes you move.
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>> And then finally it hit the
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mainstream.
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>> Then in Kansas City sometime
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in the late 1880s the word rag
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started to show up on occasion.
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In 1893 at the Chicago World's
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Columbian Exposition, that is
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allegedly where real ragtime was
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first heard.
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By 1900 everything in America
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was ragtime.
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There was a music industry all
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of a sudden, a publishing
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empire, million dollar
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entertainers, records.
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There was no record industry in
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1890.
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It was a pretty big industry by
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1910.
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Pretty phenomenal.
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Ragtime went from 1897 to 1917,
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and then one day everything as
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jazz.
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>> I don't think ragtime really
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stopped.
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I think what happened was in the
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1920s ragtime just evolved into
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jazz and people started using
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the word jazz.
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>> Jazz then went into swing
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music.
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Swing became rhythm and blues.
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Rhythm and blued became rock and
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roll.
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>> Everything else that we call
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popular music, even all the way
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to hip hop, came from ragtime in
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one way or another, owes
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something to ragtime.
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So I really feel that there's a
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real connection between Scott
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Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" and
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Akon's "Don't Matter."
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It's there, you just gotta
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listen.
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>> When I get to Peoria I just
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wanna do well.
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I just don't wanna hit any
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clinkers.
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I wanna sound good.
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I've been going to the World
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Championship Old-Time Piano
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Playing Contest since 1993 when
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it was still held in Decatur,
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Illinois.
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I've got to be honest, I stank
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out the Holiday Inn.
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All the juniors did much better
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than I did.
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But I had a call and they
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encouraged me to come back,
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which I did.
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It's just a lot of fun, and
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that's why I keep coming back.
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This is what I take to the job
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site at the factory I work at,
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Majors Plastics Incorporated.
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kind of tight for me.
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And also because I'm kind of
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He liked to choose foods that
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could be eaten quickly.
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But I really like it here, and
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the only thing that would top
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that would be my own house.
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To tell you the truth, last
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Thursday at this time I ended up
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going to a courthouse to
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sit in on a bankruptcy hearing.
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I filed last month.
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I just barely made the deadline
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after talking to one of the
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going through the
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pre-bankruptcy.
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I'll be all right.
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I presently practice at two
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different churches and I'm also
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practicing at one of the local
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piano stores.
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I know I don't have the polish
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that the other performers have,
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All I can do is just hold my
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own.
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Yes, I want to win thing.
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Who doesn't?
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I just want to also have fun at
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it.
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Lord, lift me up
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And let me say
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I've had a life where rarely
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I've been encouraged to have
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fun.
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This is one of the few times in
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life where I get to have fun,
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and I want to take advantage of
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it.
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>> No, I'm not feeling nervous
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except I'm curious.
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Because, you know, I don't know
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what I'm going to do.
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I mean, I know what songs
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because you have to write 'em
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down.
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But I don't know what kind of
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riffs and melody lines.
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I never know and it's always
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Sometimes they really work
396
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great, sometimes they don't.
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Yeah, so, we'll see.
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>> I love competition.
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It allows for an opportunity to
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express your highest potential.
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To compete with all your heart
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and might and go full-tilt is
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one of the great beauties of the
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world.
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I started playing these old-time
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or seven years old.
407
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I tend to throw in the old
408
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St. Louis honky-tonk.
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Like, for example, if I was
410
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Instead of doing that I would
411
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go--
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Just to kind of get that feelin'
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in.
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Now that's probably
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sacrilegious.
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That's probably like oh, man!
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I think that comes from not
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being able to do what the
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ragtimers are doing, because I
420
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can't read music.
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I never took a music lesson.
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I really missed that.
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What happens is you replace that
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with a sense of style and heart
425
00:16:29,679 --> 00:16:31,679
that comes from not knowing it.
426
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She's a true psychic.
427
00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:44,039
I told her I was looking for the
428
00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:45,239
love of my life.
429
00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:46,440
She says, I'm psychically
430
00:16:46,479 --> 00:16:47,640
picking up someone who lives
431
00:16:47,679 --> 00:16:48,880
near you, loves horses and
432
00:16:48,919 --> 00:16:50,520
nature, everything you want.
433
00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:54,880
talking in support
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of Ride and Tie.
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So I went and instantly fell in
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00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:59,599
love with him.
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00:17:01,719 --> 00:17:02,840
prenuptials.
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00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:04,160
So what do you want from me?
439
00:17:04,199 --> 00:17:05,280
She says, well, I don't want you
440
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to be an eight-to-five guy.
441
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And she say, what do you want
442
00:17:08,239 --> 00:17:09,239
from me?
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I said, I want you to play banjo
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with me.
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She'd never played a banjo in
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her life.
447
00:17:13,479 --> 00:17:14,760
>> I said, what's a banjo?
448
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>> So there you have the banjo
449
00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:33,800
playing.
450
00:17:33,839 --> 00:17:36,839
>> There you have it!
451
00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,880
I began going by my Indian name,
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which is --, and translates to
453
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Four Arrows, after a vision
454
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quest, an --.
455
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I had a strong vision of a lake
456
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with four arrows coming out of
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the middle of it.
458
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Each one went into a different
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00:17:55,479 --> 00:17:57,160
direction and became an animal.
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When the community brought me
461
00:17:58,479 --> 00:17:59,880
out of the vision pit I
462
00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:01,839
described that story.
463
00:18:03,719 --> 00:18:05,000
sacred ceremonies was a naming
464
00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,479
ceremony.
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00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,280
There's a certain feeling, a
466
00:18:10,319 --> 00:18:12,079
certain heart, a certain soul to
467
00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:13,760
this music.
468
00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:19,719
I'd like to see it not be lost.
469
00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,040
Hamlisch started playing "The
470
00:18:22,079 --> 00:18:23,839
Entertainer" for the movie
471
00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:27,000
resurgence and interest in
472
00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,079
ragtime.
473
00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:29,199
We devised The World
474
00:18:29,239 --> 00:18:30,439
Championship Old-Time Piano
475
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Playing Contest to take place on
476
00:18:32,319 --> 00:18:33,599
opening day of the railroad
477
00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,000
museum each year.
478
00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,160
>> He started it as a fundraiser
479
00:18:37,199 --> 00:18:38,479
for the Monticello Railroad
480
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Museum.
481
00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:40,880
>> This first year about 40
482
00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:42,199
spectators showed up, but only
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00:18:42,239 --> 00:18:44,000
three contestants.
484
00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:45,280
The next year we had lost a
485
00:18:45,319 --> 00:18:47,040
contestant, but 120 people
486
00:18:47,079 --> 00:18:48,640
showed up and the party went on
487
00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:51,880
By the third year we were up to
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00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,959
600 spectators and 12
489
00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,239
contestants.
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00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:56,599
We knew we had something that
491
00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:57,640
had something that had some
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enduring qualities.
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>> It grew and it took on this
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personality of its own.
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00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,160
>> People came in larger
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00:19:04,199 --> 00:19:05,400
numbers.
497
00:19:05,439 --> 00:19:07,319
One year we had 32 contestants
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that played in one afternoon.
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00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:10,400
>> They call me the contest
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coordinator.
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00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,079
I call it a big title, no money.
502
00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:16,920
>> I've seen every contestant,
503
00:19:16,959 --> 00:19:19,319
which is somewhere near 700 now,
504
00:19:23,719 --> 00:19:25,479
and thousands of happy people
505
00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:27,839
who enjoyed the music.
506
00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,479
>> I share with people the fact
507
00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,560
that the contest is so much fun.
508
00:19:31,599 --> 00:19:33,239
I always feel that if I can get
509
00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,319
them to come and try it once, if
510
00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:36,640
they don't like it, fine, you
511
00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,280
know.
512
00:19:38,319 --> 00:19:41,160
But they get hooked.
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00:19:41,199 --> 00:19:42,199
>> I don't want to wear this
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00:19:42,239 --> 00:19:43,359
hat.
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00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:44,439
>> You have to wear it.
516
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>> No!
517
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>> Yes, just for a few minutes
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00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:47,599
to look official.
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00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:48,760
>> Ack, forget it, it will be a
520
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:49,880
distraction.
521
00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:50,880
>> I always get more nervous
522
00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:51,920
than he does.
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00:19:51,959 --> 00:19:53,040
He doesn't get nervous before
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performing except a little bit
525
00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:55,959
at this.
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And it's possible that his
527
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nervousness at this has to do
528
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with me!
529
00:20:01,199 --> 00:20:02,439
>> Well, I think I live in about
530
00:20:02,479 --> 00:20:04,400
1925.
531
00:20:04,439 --> 00:20:05,640
If I had the choice of going
532
00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,280
back, I would, just to try it.
533
00:20:08,319 --> 00:20:09,640
Because I think I would have
534
00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,560
been perfectly happy touring in
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00:20:11,599 --> 00:20:13,439
Vaudeville or playing the piano,
536
00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:16,920
>> I'm sure we have the only
537
00:20:16,959 --> 00:20:19,239
child who wants to go to antique
538
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,400
stores more than we do.
539
00:20:21,439 --> 00:20:22,560
>> It used to be the opposite
540
00:20:22,599 --> 00:20:23,839
way around before he started
541
00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,359
playing the piano, but yeah.
542
00:20:25,479 --> 00:20:26,920
Once he got interested in this,
543
00:20:26,959 --> 00:20:28,079
Oh, there's an antiques store!
544
00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:29,439
>> At some point I lost contact
545
00:20:29,479 --> 00:20:31,119
with what people my own age were
546
00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:32,880
interested in and went off
547
00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,920
another way.
548
00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,560
>> He first heard the music
549
00:21:04,599 --> 00:21:06,439
through the internet.
550
00:21:06,479 --> 00:21:08,040
He wanted me to be able to play
551
00:21:08,079 --> 00:21:09,719
that kind of music rather than
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00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,040
the boring stuff.
553
00:21:11,199 --> 00:21:12,439
>> The very first piece of piano
554
00:21:12,479 --> 00:21:14,560
music that he ever played was
555
00:21:14,599 --> 00:21:17,199
Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag."
556
00:21:17,239 --> 00:21:18,959
He didn't play "Happy Birthday,"
557
00:21:20,719 --> 00:21:21,839
>> That night I said, you'd
558
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,439
better watch this and see what
559
00:21:23,479 --> 00:21:24,719
he can do.
560
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:27,839
you've got to come.
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00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,280
>> The junior world champion is
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00:21:30,319 --> 00:21:32,160
Adam Swanson!
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00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,119
Congratulations.
564
00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:38,959
There he is.
565
00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:42,760
competition three times you have
566
00:21:43,599 --> 00:21:44,959
to go into the adult
567
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,119
competition.
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00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:47,439
So I thought, good, I can go to
569
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,000
and not really have to worry
570
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,119
about it.
571
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:55,199
He's too young.
572
00:21:55,239 --> 00:21:56,319
Certainly he knows he can't win
573
00:21:57,719 --> 00:21:59,239
>> I never expected to win it.
574
00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:01,400
It came down to the two of us
575
00:22:01,439 --> 00:22:03,239
and I thought, oh, no way.
576
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,439
But, ah--
577
00:22:09,599 --> 00:22:11,239
It was only one point.
578
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,319
>> To Adam Swanson!
579
00:22:17,959 --> 00:22:19,319
>> When I'm going through school
580
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,040
play.
581
00:22:22,079 --> 00:22:23,119
I've got about 200 songs up
582
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:24,280
there.
583
00:22:24,319 --> 00:22:25,959
I kind of live in my own world I
584
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,599
guess.
585
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,439
But I've got good company.
586
00:22:30,479 --> 00:22:31,959
>> Socially he's not a person
587
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,439
that wants to go out on Saturday
588
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:35,079
night and go ride up and down
589
00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:36,520
the streets.
590
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:37,560
He likes to go home and
591
00:22:37,599 --> 00:22:38,719
practice.
592
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:39,760
That's what Adam does, he goes
593
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:40,800
home.
594
00:22:40,839 --> 00:22:41,839
To him it's not practice.
595
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:43,040
To him it's just playing.
596
00:22:43,079 --> 00:22:44,560
He just loves to play.
597
00:22:44,599 --> 00:22:46,079
I would not be a bit surprised
598
00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:47,319
if Adam played six to eight
599
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:51,839
because.
600
00:22:52,079 --> 00:22:53,119
>> All I know it I want to do
601
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,160
something with music.
602
00:22:54,199 --> 00:22:55,319
That's the simplest way of
603
00:22:58,839 --> 00:22:59,880
first.
604
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:01,839
>> I just have no interest in
605
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:02,920
learning to drive.
606
00:23:02,959 --> 00:23:04,479
People think that's crazy but
607
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,800
why should I.
608
00:23:06,839 --> 00:23:08,800
I mean, where would I go?
609
00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,079
Except to school and back.
610
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:18,880
>> One of the first things I do
611
00:23:19,079 --> 00:23:20,239
to get my blood pumping, I get
612
00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,920
up at 5:45 or 5:50 and I am down
613
00:23:22,959 --> 00:23:26,640
here at 6:00 AM.
614
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:27,839
And we are deployed.
615
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,160
Thank you very much sir.
616
00:23:29,439 --> 00:23:30,640
There she is.
617
00:23:37,479 --> 00:23:38,959
Let me think.
618
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:43,599
You have three important days in
619
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,439
your life, the day you're born,
620
00:23:45,479 --> 00:23:46,680
the day you're baptized, and the
621
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:48,119
day you find out who you are and
622
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,479
what you're here for.
623
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,040
I'm here, I believe, to spread
624
00:23:52,079 --> 00:23:53,880
happiness and joy, and God,
625
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:55,880
whatever, through ragtime.
626
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:02,959
This is our parlor, and we've
627
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,079
fashioned parlor that might have
628
00:24:06,239 --> 00:24:07,479
been found at the turn of the
629
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,040
century.
630
00:24:09,079 --> 00:24:11,040
The piano, of course, two
631
00:24:11,079 --> 00:24:14,040
pianos, knick-knacks.
632
00:24:14,079 --> 00:24:16,000
This piano full of knick-knacks
633
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:17,280
is a piano full of piano
634
00:24:17,319 --> 00:24:18,760
knick-knacks.
635
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:19,839
And a collection of various
636
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,839
musical instruments, an old
637
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,439
flute, an old E flat horn, not a
638
00:24:24,479 --> 00:24:26,680
B flat.
639
00:24:28,839 --> 00:24:30,479
sure what to call it.
640
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,239
I only know one song on it.
641
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:33,560
We call it "Hong Kong At Rush
642
00:24:33,599 --> 00:24:34,800
Hour."
643
00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,079
This frame over here was
644
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:42,439
something given to me by my
645
00:24:42,479 --> 00:24:44,520
first wife many years ago.
646
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,239
I absolutely treasure it.
647
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,439
The one in the center is a place
648
00:24:48,479 --> 00:24:50,359
medal, and on either side, a
649
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:51,959
second and a third place, the
650
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,239
silver and the bronze.
651
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:55,319
I have since added, as you can
652
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,359
up there yet.
653
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:00,760
>> To Professor Bill Edwards.
654
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:01,719
I don't know exactly what he
655
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:02,800
professes--
656
00:25:03,959 --> 00:25:05,640
But we'll find all of that out.
657
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,119
>> In 1987 is the first year I
658
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,079
went to actually compete.
659
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,040
I've done the medals ceremony,
660
00:25:29,079 --> 00:25:31,359
what, 18 or 19 times.
661
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:32,839
I'm quite familiar with standing
662
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:33,880
up there.
663
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,040
I've got to say, the year that I
664
00:25:35,079 --> 00:25:36,400
won, when we're down to those
665
00:25:36,439 --> 00:25:38,000
last two--
666
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,680
>> World champion old-time piano
667
00:25:39,719 --> 00:25:41,079
player--
668
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,920
>> It's like I was shaking.
669
00:25:46,319 --> 00:25:47,920
From Washington DC, Professor
670
00:25:47,959 --> 00:25:49,239
Bill Edwards!
671
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,199
are so lucky.
672
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:02,680
You can hear him any time.
673
00:26:12,719 --> 00:26:13,760
they think about Bill.
674
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,040
He's brought a lot about the
675
00:26:15,079 --> 00:26:17,040
music on his website and he's
676
00:26:17,079 --> 00:26:18,439
got an incredible sheet music
677
00:26:18,479 --> 00:26:19,839
collection which he plans to
678
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,880
leave to a library.
679
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,160
>> You know, you do a Google
680
00:26:23,199 --> 00:26:24,239
search for ragtime, you go
681
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:25,400
straight to Professor Bill.
682
00:26:25,439 --> 00:26:26,760
Bill knows everything there is
683
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,680
to know about ragtime, including
684
00:26:28,719 --> 00:26:30,119
stuff about ragtime that might
685
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,079
not be worth knowing.
686
00:26:36,719 --> 00:26:37,760
>> What up?
687
00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:39,920
>> I'm not going to respond to
688
00:26:39,959 --> 00:26:41,040
that.
689
00:26:41,079 --> 00:26:42,040
>> You're not?
690
00:26:42,079 --> 00:26:43,040
>> No.
691
00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:44,040
>> You ain't gonna get jiggy wit
692
00:26:44,079 --> 00:26:45,079
it?
693
00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:46,119
Ain't gonna give me shizzel,
694
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,199
huh?
695
00:26:47,239 --> 00:26:48,640
He hates that.
696
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:49,719
>> Yeah, no.
697
00:26:51,079 --> 00:26:52,079
It's going to sound like I'm
698
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:53,520
favoring him because he's my
699
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:54,719
dad, but that's not why.
700
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:57,640
I think he should be ranked
701
00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,880
higher than he usually is, but
702
00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:01,599
the judges don't usually get
703
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:02,640
what he's trying to do when he
704
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:03,920
plays his music.
705
00:27:03,959 --> 00:27:05,760
They don't always seem to get
706
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:06,760
that.
707
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:07,760
And personality-wise he
708
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:08,839
definitely fits in with everyone
709
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,439
there.
710
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,040
He's definitely as weird as all
711
00:27:12,079 --> 00:27:14,079
of them.
712
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:15,160
>> If there was a party where
713
00:27:15,199 --> 00:27:16,719
there was a piano I was the
714
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:17,959
person who was playing stuff on
715
00:27:18,079 --> 00:27:19,239
the piano.
716
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:20,920
Everybody could get into that.
717
00:27:20,959 --> 00:27:22,280
They'd say, wow, he's actually
718
00:27:22,319 --> 00:27:23,280
got a personality.
719
00:27:23,319 --> 00:27:24,280
He's got some talent.
720
00:27:24,319 --> 00:27:25,760
That's pretty cool.
721
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,800
Socially, without the piano,
722
00:27:28,839 --> 00:27:30,400
sometimes I was like wallpaper.
723
00:27:30,599 --> 00:27:32,119
Nobody knew I was there.
724
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,079
Finally I was able to step out
725
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:35,800
from behind the piano and come
726
00:27:35,839 --> 00:27:36,880
up with a persona which is a
727
00:27:37,479 --> 00:27:38,520
duel-persona.
728
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:39,880
It's half Bill and half
729
00:27:40,079 --> 00:27:41,400
Professor Bill.
730
00:27:41,439 --> 00:27:42,719
The stage version of me is
731
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,680
bigger, the gestures are bigger.
732
00:27:47,199 --> 00:27:48,839
The comedy, well, the comedy is
733
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:00,719
Oh, I have been
734
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,199
Around the world
735
00:28:02,239 --> 00:28:04,439
A time or two or three
736
00:28:04,479 --> 00:28:05,640
From Paris, France
737
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,119
To Timbuktu
738
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,439
And sunny Italy
739
00:28:09,479 --> 00:28:10,680
But of all the places
740
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,000
I have been
741
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,520
None fills my heart
742
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:14,680
With joy
743
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:16,199
Like that
744
00:28:16,239 --> 00:28:18,959
Friendly little town
745
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,199
In central Illinois
746
00:28:24,599 --> 00:28:26,760
Peoria
747
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,839
Where the weather is fine
748
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,680
Peoria
749
00:28:30,719 --> 00:28:32,680
It's the talk of the line
750
00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:34,959
I can hardly
751
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,839
Think of a place
752
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:38,719
That exhibits so much
753
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,439
Peoria
754
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,359
All the ladies are swell
755
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:45,719
Peoria
756
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,920
I want to shout
757
00:28:49,959 --> 00:28:52,079
From December to June
758
00:28:52,119 --> 00:28:54,760
Peoria, Peoria
759
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:55,839
I'll be there soon
760
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,040
Take it!
761
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:05,359
>> Welcome to the Hotel Pere
762
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:06,800
Marquette and the host of the
763
00:29:06,839 --> 00:29:08,000
35th annual Old-Time Piano
764
00:29:08,599 --> 00:29:09,719
Players.
765
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,040
is the historical grandeur of
766
00:29:13,079 --> 00:29:15,400
the old hotel.
767
00:29:16,439 --> 00:29:17,439
Peoria
768
00:29:17,479 --> 00:29:18,599
Which is simply the best
769
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,280
Peoria
770
00:29:20,319 --> 00:29:22,560
Pride of the whole Midwest
771
00:29:22,599 --> 00:29:24,040
There's one place
772
00:29:24,079 --> 00:29:26,439
Where I long to be
773
00:29:26,479 --> 00:29:28,400
Not Estoria, Pretoria
774
00:29:28,439 --> 00:29:30,359
Or even Lake Victoria
775
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,280
It's Peoria for me
776
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:42,400
>> Now this room is for the
777
00:29:42,439 --> 00:29:43,959
contestants.
778
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,079
My name is Judy Leschewski.
779
00:29:45,119 --> 00:29:46,400
I'm the contest coordinator.
780
00:29:46,439 --> 00:29:48,439
I'm going to sit down, and if
781
00:29:48,479 --> 00:29:49,599
you have any questions you can
782
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,239
ask.
783
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,400
You enter from stage right.
784
00:29:53,439 --> 00:29:54,439
>> The basic rules of the
785
00:29:54,479 --> 00:29:55,520
contest--
786
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:56,560
>> You have to play something
787
00:29:56,599 --> 00:29:57,719
written prior to 1930.
788
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,119
>> And eight minutes only
789
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:01,560
playing time per round.
790
00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:02,640
>> Or else they start
791
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,000
>> You may not do a medley.
792
00:30:05,239 --> 00:30:06,439
>> You can't play patriotic
793
00:30:07,479 --> 00:30:08,599
You're not allowed to play
794
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:09,839
religious songs.
795
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,079
>> "God Bless America" would be
796
00:30:11,119 --> 00:30:12,239
a double no-no.
797
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:13,439
>> If you make the cut, the top
798
00:30:13,479 --> 00:30:15,040
ten -- on Sunday.
799
00:30:15,439 --> 00:30:16,959
>> Your scores are cumulative.
800
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,280
The five highest of those scores
801
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,640
would then move on to the final
802
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,160
round.
803
00:30:22,199 --> 00:30:23,400
All three scores are added
804
00:30:23,439 --> 00:30:24,599
together.
805
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,239
The highest score is your
806
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,239
winner.
807
00:30:35,719 --> 00:30:36,880
>> I'm from Buffalo, which we
808
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,880
call the Miami of the North.
809
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,000
woman, win.
810
00:30:51,959 --> 00:30:53,239
>> It doesn't matter if you win
811
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:54,959
or lose--
812
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,199
until you lose.
813
00:30:58,079 --> 00:31:00,239
>> Welcome to the 35th annual
814
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:01,880
edition of The World
815
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,839
Championship Old-Time Piano
816
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,160
Playing Contest.
817
00:31:06,839 --> 00:31:08,400
We've got contestants from 12
818
00:31:08,439 --> 00:31:11,040
states, two foreign countries,
819
00:31:11,079 --> 00:31:12,319
and you're really gonna enjoy
820
00:31:12,359 --> 00:31:29,959
this year's show.
821
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,479
>> Well, you're excited, you're
822
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:34,719
nervous.
823
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,040
year.
824
00:31:37,319 --> 00:31:38,439
What this year's surprise going
825
00:31:38,479 --> 00:31:39,439
to be?
826
00:31:39,479 --> 00:31:40,439
>> If you're not ready to go at
827
00:31:40,479 --> 00:31:41,479
this point in time, you're not
828
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:42,520
ready.
829
00:31:44,719 --> 00:31:45,719
so this must be the place.
830
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:47,359
>> That's all you can say about
831
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,359
it.
832
00:31:57,239 --> 00:32:00,520
>> I won't know until I hit the
833
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,199
Upright.
834
00:32:05,239 --> 00:32:09,160
We'll see what happens.
835
00:32:09,199 --> 00:32:10,839
>> I've been collecting record
836
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,479
since 1964.
837
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,520
I try to collect all kinds of
838
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:19,880
I try to run the gamut.
839
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,959
I've got this arranged according
840
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,400
don't start out with Elvis
841
00:32:28,439 --> 00:32:29,520
Presley.
842
00:32:32,479 --> 00:32:34,079
My thing is pop music, whether
843
00:32:34,119 --> 00:32:37,839
it's from the 1890s,
844
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,119
or all the way to the 1980s
845
00:32:40,079 --> 00:32:41,280
>> Here she is for the first
846
00:32:41,319 --> 00:32:42,640
time in '09 --
847
00:32:45,599 --> 00:32:47,239
Everybody give a nice welcome to
848
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,599
a fella from Omaha, Nebraska,
849
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,520
Jim Boston!
850
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,040
How are you doin' today?
851
00:32:55,079 --> 00:32:56,319
>> I'm think I'm doin' fine.
852
00:32:56,359 --> 00:32:57,400
How's it goin' for you?
853
00:32:58,079 --> 00:32:59,040
>> It's early.
854
00:32:59,079 --> 00:33:00,040
I'll let you know.
855
00:33:01,239 --> 00:33:02,239
Anyway, what are you gonna to
856
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:03,280
play first for us?
857
00:33:03,319 --> 00:33:04,439
>> "Take Your Girly To The
858
00:33:04,479 --> 00:33:05,479
Movies If You Can't Make Love At
859
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:06,760
Home"
860
00:33:35,839 --> 00:33:37,760
"normal."
861
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,439
My mom was an alcoholic.
862
00:33:40,479 --> 00:33:42,199
It got to the point where I
863
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:45,839
couldn't confide in any of my
864
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,400
adult relatives.
865
00:33:48,239 --> 00:33:49,680
The radio and the record player
866
00:33:49,719 --> 00:33:51,520
were my refuge.
867
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,920
Being able to have an advocate,
868
00:33:53,959 --> 00:33:56,160
if you want to put it that way,
869
00:33:56,199 --> 00:33:57,920
an advocate on vinyl, someone to
870
00:33:57,959 --> 00:34:00,000
speak up for me.
871
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:05,079
I remember being told I'd have
872
00:34:05,119 --> 00:34:08,280
been better off dead, better off
873
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,520
not born.
874
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:13,320
All of that before going to
875
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,639
still wrestling with L.B.J's
876
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,000
decision to sign the Civil
877
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:25,360
Rights Act back in 1964.
878
00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:37,120
I'm still struggling to keep
879
00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:39,320
convincing myself to choose
880
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:42,320
I've made it a promise, made
881
00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:46,879
myself a promise, to choose
882
00:34:46,919 --> 00:34:48,760
life.
883
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,239
I'm really fighting every day.
884
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:52,679
This is one of the reasons that
885
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:54,120
I want to choose life.
886
00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:56,080
I'm gonna have some fun, and The
887
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:57,840
World Championship Old-Time
888
00:34:57,879 --> 00:34:59,320
Piano Playing Contest, well,
889
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,080
part of that fun.
890
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:04,399
Every person has got challenges
891
00:35:04,439 --> 00:35:06,439
in life.
892
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,280
I'm determined to lick it.
893
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:29,600
>> Jim Boston everybody.
894
00:35:29,639 --> 00:35:34,600
Thank you Jim.
895
00:35:34,639 --> 00:35:36,280
>> Oh, my gosh.
896
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,840
Oh, my gosh!
897
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,879
the second one.
898
00:35:42,959 --> 00:35:44,959
I think I'm gonna be on the
899
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,399
sidelines, but that's okay.
900
00:35:46,439 --> 00:35:47,840
I had fun.
901
00:35:47,879 --> 00:35:49,239
I didn't feel all that nervous
902
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:50,840
at all.
903
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,000
to get any sort of applause.
904
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,520
I get goosebumps!
905
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,600
I get goosebumps.
906
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,919
>> Ahhh.
907
00:36:10,959 --> 00:36:12,199
I'll go into a room where
908
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:13,560
there's an old upright piano and
909
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,080
I'll just sit there.
910
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:16,560
It's like meeting a beautiful
911
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:17,639
woman.
912
00:36:17,679 --> 00:36:18,639
It's like, wow!
913
00:36:18,679 --> 00:36:20,719
How're you doin'?
914
00:36:22,959 --> 00:36:24,239
Sometimes if the piano tells you
915
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:25,399
what to do.
916
00:36:25,439 --> 00:36:26,399
It says, I don't like that.
917
00:36:26,439 --> 00:36:27,679
Do this right.
918
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:28,879
You know, if you're in a
919
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:30,199
melancholy mood because of some
920
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:31,280
of the things that have been
921
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:32,520
going on, you may be put more
922
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:34,399
emotion into it.
923
00:36:34,439 --> 00:36:36,239
I think that comes back and you
924
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:37,520
realize that emotion is
925
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:38,879
something that has motion in it.
926
00:36:38,919 --> 00:36:40,439
It can move on.
927
00:37:29,879 --> 00:37:31,080
so much easier than the girls
928
00:37:31,199 --> 00:37:32,360
simply because, okay, they don't
929
00:37:32,399 --> 00:37:33,840
have to fuss really with the
930
00:37:33,879 --> 00:37:34,840
hair.
931
00:37:34,879 --> 00:37:35,919
They don't have to do the
932
00:37:35,959 --> 00:37:37,000
make-up, jewelry.
933
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:38,199
>> Let's welcome a young lady
934
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:39,600
from Champaign, Illinois.
935
00:37:39,639 --> 00:37:40,959
Would you welcome, please, Faye
936
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,080
Ballard.
937
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:43,639
>> Girls have to work a little
938
00:37:43,679 --> 00:37:45,239
harder on that part of it.
939
00:37:56,399 --> 00:37:57,560
I couldn't do contests without
940
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:58,639
her.
941
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:00,840
outfit's straight, the look is
942
00:38:00,919 --> 00:38:01,879
there the way it's supposed
943
00:38:01,919 --> 00:38:02,879
to be.
944
00:38:02,919 --> 00:38:04,000
She keeps my nerves calm.
945
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,159
Business manager, mother, best
946
00:38:06,199 --> 00:38:08,719
friend.
947
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:10,479
>> Flunky.
948
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:13,280
>> That too.
949
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:38,239
>> Yeah, that's good with that.
950
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,639
I'll do that, I'll do that.
951
00:38:39,679 --> 00:38:43,879
It's slower in the beginning.
952
00:38:43,919 --> 00:38:45,479
>> Professor Bill Edwards!
953
00:38:48,199 --> 00:38:49,320
>> I'm going to repeat something
954
00:38:50,879 --> 00:38:52,120
It's one of those condiment
955
00:38:52,159 --> 00:38:54,439
pieces, something that I really
956
00:38:54,479 --> 00:38:55,679
relish.
957
00:38:57,159 --> 00:38:58,199
Hot dog! I do.
958
00:38:58,239 --> 00:38:59,280
I'm going to mustard up the
959
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:00,439
strength to do this.
960
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:02,479
I'll give some of you a moment
961
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:03,840
to ketchup.
962
00:39:09,199 --> 00:39:10,639
>> This was called "Tr�s
963
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,159
pretentious way of saying "Too
964
00:39:14,439 --> 00:39:15,719
Much Mustard."
965
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:33,840
Without wanting to sound like I
966
00:39:33,879 --> 00:39:35,239
have a big ego, other people
967
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,719
would say I'm sort of marquee.
968
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:39,959
to see me.
969
00:39:40,199 --> 00:39:41,280
If I don't go, there'll be
970
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:42,719
questions asked.
971
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,520
Has he lost his enthusiasm?
972
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:46,760
Did he die?
973
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,639
>> He takes it really seriously.
974
00:39:56,679 --> 00:39:57,679
Ragtime has it's own role in his
975
00:39:58,479 --> 00:39:59,479
life.
976
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:00,959
It's almost like a mistress in a
977
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,280
way, which is fine.
978
00:40:02,639 --> 00:40:03,840
I mean, when he's practicing or
979
00:40:03,879 --> 00:40:05,040
when he's recording, I'm happy
980
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,280
just to leave him to do that.
981
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:08,840
He wrote a rag for me, "The
982
00:40:08,879 --> 00:40:11,120
Ragtime Pamela".
983
00:40:11,879 --> 00:40:14,040
I love to listen to him play.
984
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,439
I just love it.
985
00:40:24,159 --> 00:40:25,360
>> I'll live with that.
986
00:40:25,399 --> 00:40:26,840
It'll get me where I need to go.
987
00:40:26,879 --> 00:40:28,280
I wish it were about three
988
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,080
percent better.
989
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:32,239
I'm happy enough, which is
990
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,360
unusual.
991
00:40:35,399 --> 00:40:36,639
>> Who's here?
992
00:40:36,679 --> 00:40:38,280
Adam Swanson, all the way from
993
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,719
Shenandoah, Iowa!
994
00:40:46,479 --> 00:40:47,520
>> I've been playing the piano
995
00:40:47,679 --> 00:40:48,719
for forty years.
996
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,120
players.
997
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:52,399
I've known a lot of spectacular
998
00:40:52,439 --> 00:40:53,560
players.
999
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:54,679
Once in a great while, like once
1000
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:55,879
in a lifetime, you run into
1001
00:40:55,919 --> 00:40:58,399
somebody who is able to think
1002
00:40:58,439 --> 00:41:01,199
the piano like Adam does.
1003
00:41:03,679 --> 00:41:05,719
>> His brain works so fast and
1004
00:41:05,879 --> 00:41:07,879
his fingers work so fast.
1005
00:41:07,919 --> 00:41:09,239
He just wants to go.
1006
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:10,639
He'll be able to understand
1007
00:41:11,879 --> 00:41:13,000
had college professors that
1008
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:14,120
could.
1009
00:41:14,159 --> 00:41:15,239
>> I've had some trouble trying
1010
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:16,439
to do a chromatic run with my
1011
00:41:16,479 --> 00:41:17,639
left hand in one of my pieces
1012
00:41:17,679 --> 00:41:18,600
this year.
1013
00:41:18,639 --> 00:41:19,719
It's just driving me crazy,
1014
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:21,199
because I just haven't run into
1015
00:41:21,639 --> 00:41:23,040
things that I've tried to be
1016
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:25,360
able to do that I can't.
1017
00:41:25,399 --> 00:41:26,439
I mean, everything that I've
1018
00:41:26,479 --> 00:41:27,719
tried so far in ragtime I can
1019
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:29,560
do.
1020
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:50,719
It usually goes how I expect.
1021
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,120
Uh-oh.
1022
00:41:52,159 --> 00:41:55,639
It's the fish mouth over here.
1023
00:41:55,679 --> 00:41:57,520
>> What the heck just happened?
1024
00:41:58,040 --> 00:41:59,840
>> I don't know.
1025
00:42:01,479 --> 00:42:03,000
A couple of those runs--
1026
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:06,399
>> Did you do another one of the
1027
00:42:06,439 --> 00:42:07,439
octaves here?
1028
00:42:09,479 --> 00:42:10,479
octaves thing?
1029
00:42:10,639 --> 00:42:11,600
Like that?
1030
00:42:11,639 --> 00:42:12,639
There was one more that
1031
00:42:12,679 --> 00:42:13,800
sounded-- I was like, okay,
1032
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:15,040
That's humanly impossible!
1033
00:42:17,479 --> 00:42:18,639
>> I pulled it off.
1034
00:42:18,679 --> 00:42:20,320
>> Yeah, you pulled it off!
1035
00:42:22,479 --> 00:42:23,479
>> It was great.
1036
00:42:23,679 --> 00:42:24,679
It was great.
1037
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:25,840
I'm the underdog.
1038
00:42:25,879 --> 00:42:29,399
I'm the underdog again.
1039
00:42:29,439 --> 00:42:30,600
>> When you go back, take your
1040
00:42:30,639 --> 00:42:32,639
hands and insure them.
1041
00:42:32,679 --> 00:42:34,040
Because you never know who might
1042
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:35,840
be trying to arrange an
1043
00:42:35,879 --> 00:42:37,120
accident.
1044
00:42:37,159 --> 00:42:38,199
>> You.
1045
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:39,360
>> No!
1046
00:42:39,399 --> 00:42:40,439
>> Okay.
1047
00:42:40,479 --> 00:42:41,479
>> No, I wouldn't do that.
1048
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:43,120
I know people.
1049
00:42:43,159 --> 00:42:44,639
I got something up my sleeve.
1050
00:42:44,679 --> 00:42:45,879
Ha ha ha.
1051
00:42:45,919 --> 00:42:47,080
>> Last year Professor Bill
1052
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:48,399
stole one of my pieces.
1053
00:42:48,439 --> 00:42:49,520
He heard me doing "Bluin' The
1054
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,080
He said, oh, I was doing it
1055
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:53,479
before my arm broke.
1056
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:54,639
>> It's a little hard to follow
1057
00:42:54,679 --> 00:42:56,280
Adam Swanson on this, but I will
1058
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,399
be attempting "Bluin' The Black
1059
00:42:58,439 --> 00:42:59,439
Keys."
1060
00:42:59,479 --> 00:43:00,840
I'm surprised to be up here
1061
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:03,040
today.
1062
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:04,159
But we'll do what we can.
1063
00:43:04,199 --> 00:43:05,360
>> Yeah, uh-huh.
1064
00:43:05,399 --> 00:43:06,800
>> If somebody else were able to
1065
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:08,360
find out what I was doing and
1066
00:43:08,399 --> 00:43:10,600
they add more panache and flash
1067
00:43:10,639 --> 00:43:12,320
to it than I do because they
1068
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,560
it's a competition.
1069
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:17,239
>> I didn't care.
1070
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:18,399
It bothered my parents more than
1071
00:43:18,439 --> 00:43:20,080
anybody.
1072
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:21,080
>> That's a disadvantage for
1073
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:22,239
them.
1074
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:23,439
Then if Adam plays it better
1075
00:43:23,479 --> 00:43:24,840
than they do, then it really
1076
00:43:24,879 --> 00:43:26,879
makes them look poor.
1077
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:35,040
>> I usually am not going to
1078
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:36,320
pick it up because their doing
1079
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:37,439
it.
1080
00:43:37,479 --> 00:43:38,719
I was already planning on it or
1081
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:40,040
it was somewhere in my choice of
1082
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:41,879
top twenty pieces.
1083
00:43:41,919 --> 00:43:43,199
But I'm going to do it
1084
00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:44,959
differently.
1085
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:51,919
I don't feel that that's
1086
00:43:51,959 --> 00:43:53,120
unscrupulous.
1087
00:43:53,159 --> 00:43:54,439
It's a competition after all.
1088
00:43:55,479 --> 00:43:56,879
me a little preview.
1089
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,159
But somebody else might do that,
1090
00:43:59,199 --> 00:44:02,479
so-- It's too important now to--
1091
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:03,479
>> I did a weaselly thing last
1092
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:04,520
year.
1093
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:10,399
because he's a nice guy and he
1094
00:44:10,439 --> 00:44:11,439
told me.
1095
00:44:11,479 --> 00:44:12,560
>> Yeah, we were just e-mailing
1096
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:13,560
each other, and I told him, I'm
1097
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:14,560
going to play this and this and
1098
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:15,919
this.
1099
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:21,639
>> So I decided to learn it and
1100
00:44:21,679 --> 00:44:22,919
play it as fast and as
1101
00:44:22,959 --> 00:44:24,879
complicated as I could.
1102
00:44:24,919 --> 00:44:26,000
>> He said, okay, Russell's
1103
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:27,040
playing "Sweet Georgia Brown,"
1104
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:28,040
I'm going to play "Sweet Georgia
1105
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:29,040
Brown" too.
1106
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:30,280
And I'm going to do it better.
1107
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:31,600
And he did.
1108
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:39,479
>> I figured out how to beat
1109
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:40,479
Russell.
1110
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:41,479
I'm really happy that I beat
1111
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:42,520
Russell.
1112
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:43,560
I was only here to beat Russell.
1113
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:44,560
But I was surprised that Adam
1114
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:45,639
beat me, yeah.
1115
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:47,760
>> Was it really?
1116
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:48,800
And you slipped under my radar,
1117
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:50,840
I was like, well, you know--
1118
00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:52,040
That's the nature of
1119
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:53,120
competition.
1120
00:44:53,159 --> 00:44:55,239
Competition turns nice people,
1121
00:44:55,280 --> 00:45:01,040
like myself, into weasels.
1122
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:02,239
So next year, man.
1123
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:03,239
>> Yeah.
1124
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:04,479
>> It's on.
1125
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:05,639
>> Now I have to do something.
1126
00:45:05,679 --> 00:45:06,840
>> It's on.
1127
00:45:06,879 --> 00:45:07,879
I don't know, how do you
1128
00:45:07,919 --> 00:45:10,520
properly hold a cane?
1129
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:12,760
>> God, you're out to get me.
1130
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:17,479
>> Hey man, all's fair in war.
1131
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:19,080
>> You know, desperate times
1132
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,959
call for desperate measures.
1133
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:23,159
One of my problems, I think, is
1134
00:45:23,199 --> 00:45:24,639
I try to make my arrangements so
1135
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:27,719
them.
1136
00:45:27,919 --> 00:45:29,840
It's hit or miss.
1137
00:45:33,479 --> 00:45:34,719
It might me better to play it a
1138
00:45:34,879 --> 00:45:36,080
little safer and play something
1139
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,840
that I know I can nail.
1140
00:45:38,879 --> 00:45:40,000
But I don't think that's me.
1141
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:41,919
I like to try to do stuff that I
1142
00:45:41,959 --> 00:45:43,479
can barely do.
1143
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,239
That's just more fun for me.
1144
00:46:00,479 --> 00:46:02,879
>> Oh, how debonair, Ethan.
1145
00:46:34,639 --> 00:46:36,120
>> One of the tricks that I've
1146
00:46:36,159 --> 00:46:37,800
been working on is the Chico
1147
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:39,959
Marx gun finger.
1148
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:45,120
This is tricky for me with my
1149
00:46:45,159 --> 00:46:46,239
left hand.
1150
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,439
I can do it easily with the
1151
00:46:48,479 --> 00:46:49,639
right hand.
1152
00:46:49,679 --> 00:46:50,919
With the left hand it's a little
1153
00:46:50,959 --> 00:46:52,320
harder.
1154
00:47:07,479 --> 00:47:08,800
But I feel I need to do it with
1155
00:47:10,679 --> 00:47:11,959
the stage is set up, the piano's
1156
00:47:12,439 --> 00:47:13,679
facing the audience.
1157
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:19,120
showiness, I think I have to do
1158
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:20,639
the gun finger with my left
1159
00:47:20,679 --> 00:47:22,280
hand.
1160
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:50,000
>> The Chico was nice at the
1161
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:51,080
end.
1162
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:52,159
>> I missed the note, did you
1163
00:47:52,199 --> 00:47:53,239
notice?
1164
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:54,239
>> Yeah.
1165
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:55,320
>> Yeah, I missed the gun.
1166
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:56,280
I missed the gun.
1167
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:57,439
Did you notice that, Adam?
1168
00:47:57,479 --> 00:47:58,479
>> He notice it.
1169
00:47:58,520 --> 00:47:59,560
I saw him.
1170
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:00,639
>> He brought it up before we
1171
00:48:00,679 --> 00:48:01,679
did.
1172
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:03,919
>> I missed the gun.
1173
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:05,239
>> Oh, it's not that big a deal.
1174
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:06,239
>> There's still a couple of
1175
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:07,239
rounds.
1176
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:08,360
Yeah, but that was Adam's
1177
00:48:08,399 --> 00:48:10,239
warm-up, you know.
1178
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:11,360
I feel it was a good,
1179
00:48:11,399 --> 00:48:12,919
entertaining performance.
1180
00:48:12,959 --> 00:48:14,719
I'd be happy with it, but in
1181
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:16,080
Peoria I don't know if that's--
1182
00:48:17,199 --> 00:48:18,479
I felt like I might have dug
1183
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:20,080
myself a hole.
1184
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:21,280
The key is to be able to play
1185
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:22,760
something really hard easily,
1186
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:24,760
which I think Adam has mastered.
1187
00:48:30,679 --> 00:48:31,840
>> It's a hundred point scale
1188
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:33,360
that we judge on, five points
1189
00:48:33,399 --> 00:48:34,560
for every category.
1190
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:35,719
>> Finger dexterity, note
1191
00:48:37,879 --> 00:48:39,239
articulation and phrasing,
1192
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:40,800
contrast and dynamics.
1193
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:42,120
>> When you figure in costuming
1194
00:48:42,159 --> 00:48:43,679
and the showmanship part of it,
1195
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:45,080
that really only counts for 30
1196
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:46,600
points.
1197
00:48:46,639 --> 00:48:48,040
Well, then somebody who has
1198
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:50,320
not-so-great showmanship but is
1199
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:51,679
perfect technically has that
1200
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:53,600
other 70% to be able to make up
1201
00:48:53,639 --> 00:48:54,840
those points.
1202
00:48:54,879 --> 00:48:57,159
>> My big thing is dynamics.
1203
00:48:57,199 --> 00:48:58,560
If you can bring something down
1204
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:01,479
to a really nice soft level and
1205
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:02,520
then all of the sudden zing it,
1206
00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:03,919
now that shows me a little bit
1207
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:05,360
of musicality.
1208
00:49:05,399 --> 00:49:06,479
>> I see dynamics as playing
1209
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:07,639
with emotion.
1210
00:49:07,679 --> 00:49:09,120
I want somebody who gets up
1211
00:49:09,159 --> 00:49:10,840
there and feels this music, not
1212
00:49:10,879 --> 00:49:12,520
just sees it as a cluster of
1213
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,120
level the technical stuff should
1214
00:49:18,159 --> 00:49:20,840
fall away and the drama takes
1215
00:49:20,879 --> 00:49:22,000
over.
1216
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:23,959
>> If I stop writing my little
1217
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,439
notes and actually listen to
1218
00:49:25,479 --> 00:49:27,239
somebody, then you know that I'm
1219
00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:28,639
impressed with that person.
1220
00:49:28,679 --> 00:49:31,040
Because it takes an awful lot to
1221
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:32,080
convince me that something's
1222
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:34,320
really, really good.
1223
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:35,760
>> What we're gonna do first
1224
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:37,639
is tell ya who's gonna be in
1225
00:49:39,479 --> 00:49:41,399
competition.
1226
00:49:41,959 --> 00:49:43,840
Four Arrows is in the
1227
00:49:46,679 --> 00:49:47,719
If he'd have been Three Arrows
1228
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:48,760
he probably wouldn't have made
1229
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:49,760
it.
1230
00:49:50,919 --> 00:49:52,040
Our second player tomorrow
1231
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:53,919
afternoon, Brett Youens from
1232
00:49:53,959 --> 00:49:55,239
Germany.
1233
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:57,959
Then position tomorrow in the
1234
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,040
semi-finals will be Ethan Uslan.
1235
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:10,639
Playing fourth, John --.
1236
00:50:10,679 --> 00:50:11,879
Playing in the number five
1237
00:50:11,919 --> 00:50:13,439
position in the semi-finals,
1238
00:50:13,479 --> 00:50:15,120
Adam Swanson.
1239
00:50:18,879 --> 00:50:20,199
Number six, all the way from
1240
00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:23,040
Buffalo, Joe Mankowski's playin'
1241
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:24,439
in the semi-finals.
1242
00:50:24,479 --> 00:50:26,120
Yay!
1243
00:50:26,159 --> 00:50:28,479
Number seven will be Bill
1244
00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:30,719
McNally, all the way from
1245
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:32,159
Philadelphia.
1246
00:50:33,679 --> 00:50:36,239
Number eight will be Faye
1247
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:37,639
Ballard from Champaign,
1248
00:50:37,679 --> 00:50:38,760
Illinois.
1249
00:50:41,199 --> 00:50:42,280
She thought, we're running outta
1250
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:43,320
names.
1251
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:44,879
You better get in there, huh?
1252
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:47,760
This is nine, Ben Rudolph.
1253
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:48,840
You have to come back tomorrow,
1254
00:50:48,879 --> 00:50:49,840
Ben.
1255
00:50:49,879 --> 00:50:51,040
Bring your family this time.
1256
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:56,280
And number ten,
1257
00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:58,120
Bill Edwards will be playing in
1258
00:50:58,159 --> 00:51:00,840
the tenth spot.
1259
00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:03,439
>> When you start getting to
1260
00:51:03,479 --> 00:51:04,479
number eight you start thinking,
1261
00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:06,360
what'd I do wrong?
1262
00:51:06,399 --> 00:51:08,080
You hear eight and then nine,
1263
00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:09,919
it's like, oh, my God!
1264
00:51:09,959 --> 00:51:12,919
Am I going to get called?
1265
00:51:12,959 --> 00:51:15,080
>> Even as a fan, as a
1266
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:19,879
spectator, as a listener, as
1267
00:51:19,919 --> 00:51:24,879
long as that's part of the whole
1268
00:51:24,919 --> 00:51:26,879
deal, that's fine with me.
1269
00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:37,560
>> What do I think the future of
1270
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:41,840
the contest is?
1271
00:51:41,879 --> 00:51:43,239
I don't know.
1272
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,000
>> Our audience demo is getting
1273
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:47,399
older and I'm getting older, and
1274
00:51:47,439 --> 00:51:49,120
I can't do this forever.
1275
00:51:49,159 --> 00:51:50,760
Some of the people that we saw
1276
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:52,360
20 years ago at the contest
1277
00:51:52,399 --> 00:51:54,080
don't come back any more.
1278
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:55,320
Either they've gotten too old to
1279
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:56,479
travel or they're just not
1280
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:57,719
around anymore.
1281
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:01,360
there are going to be less and
1282
00:52:01,399 --> 00:52:02,879
less requests for "Let Me Call
1283
00:52:02,919 --> 00:52:04,840
You Sweetheart" and there are
1284
00:52:04,879 --> 00:52:07,719
going to be more requests for
1285
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:10,800
Woman."
1286
00:52:17,679 --> 00:52:18,840
That's how everything from the
1287
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:21,040
good at that.
1288
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:26,280
Ah, there we go.
1289
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:28,320
I'll be fine.
1290
00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:30,760
you know, our contestants are
1291
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:32,000
young.
1292
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:33,320
If they wanted to keep going
1293
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:35,360
people are going to have to step
1294
00:52:35,399 --> 00:52:36,560
up and do it.
1295
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,919
Basically, I'm worn out.
1296
00:52:38,959 --> 00:52:40,320
>> After 35 years of doing
1297
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:41,879
something, of giving up your
1298
00:52:41,919 --> 00:52:43,840
weekends and a lot more time
1299
00:52:45,679 --> 00:52:48,159
in seeing someone with a little
1300
00:52:48,199 --> 00:52:52,320
more steam left.
1301
00:52:53,840 --> 00:52:54,840
I feel I got the nerves out
1302
00:52:55,159 --> 00:52:56,120
yesterday.
1303
00:52:56,159 --> 00:52:57,120
I made my mistakes.
1304
00:52:57,159 --> 00:52:58,239
Now they're over.
1305
00:52:58,280 --> 00:52:59,360
I tried to minimize it, I think
1306
00:52:59,399 --> 00:53:00,560
I contained them.
1307
00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:03,280
Now I'm just ready to rock out
1308
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:05,560
and squeak by on my good looks,
1309
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:08,479
with my nice clothes.
1310
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:09,560
>> It's always a little more
1311
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:10,639
tense on the second day because
1312
00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:15,080
out the big gun stuff.
1313
00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:16,639
Some of it's gonna to be a
1314
00:53:16,679 --> 00:53:17,879
little luck, and it's gonna be a
1315
00:53:17,919 --> 00:53:19,120
definite test of skill, speed
1316
00:53:19,159 --> 00:53:22,719
and strength.
1317
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:23,840
>> I don't get nervous until I
1318
00:53:23,879 --> 00:53:25,159
actually sit on the stool.
1319
00:53:25,199 --> 00:53:26,320
Then all of the sudden it's
1320
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:28,080
amazing how quickly sweat can
1321
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:30,439
start dripping from your palms.
1322
00:53:30,479 --> 00:53:33,679
In 30 seconds it's, whoa!
1323
00:53:33,719 --> 00:53:35,159
>> If I do get stressed that's
1324
00:53:36,479 --> 00:53:37,879
why it would be.
1325
00:53:37,919 --> 00:53:39,040
It's the most important part of
1326
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:40,439
the year for me.
1327
00:53:40,479 --> 00:53:41,719
>> I don't usually worry about
1328
00:53:42,159 --> 00:53:43,399
him truly messing up.
1329
00:53:43,439 --> 00:53:45,159
I've never really heard him mess
1330
00:53:45,199 --> 00:53:46,320
up.
1331
00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:47,600
But his pieces this time are
1332
00:53:47,639 --> 00:53:49,520
really hard, so technically he
1333
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:51,399
could mess up.
1334
00:53:51,439 --> 00:53:53,800
I don't want him to mess up!
1335
00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:54,840
>> This is the true test of
1336
00:53:54,879 --> 00:53:59,719
will, who goes and who doesn't.
1337
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:00,679
>> All right.
1338
00:54:01,239 --> 00:54:02,120
Are we on?
1339
00:54:02,159 --> 00:54:04,840
Almost.
1340
00:54:04,879 --> 00:54:06,000
I can't change my mind now, man.
1341
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:10,120
So we'll just have to channel it
1342
00:54:10,159 --> 00:54:11,760
and see what happens.
1343
00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:12,840
It's hard for me when the
1344
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:15,040
Here you look down and there's
1345
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:16,080
these judges here.
1346
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:17,439
My sister told me, that's the
1347
00:54:17,479 --> 00:54:18,719
first time I've ever seen you
1348
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:21,280
'Cause you were being judged
1349
00:54:21,399 --> 00:54:22,840
instead of performing, you know?
1350
00:54:44,840 --> 00:54:46,000
My mom and dad got a divorce.
1351
00:54:46,399 --> 00:54:47,520
They used to have a lot of
1352
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:48,639
arguments.
1353
00:54:48,679 --> 00:54:50,000
Once in a while I'd go down to
1354
00:54:50,040 --> 00:54:51,040
the tavern in St. Louis
1355
00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:52,239
with my dad.
1356
00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:53,320
In those days they always had an
1357
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:57,040
So he'd go slide up to the bar
1358
00:54:57,080 --> 00:54:58,639
and I would kind of slide next
1359
00:54:58,679 --> 00:55:01,679
to the piano player.
1360
00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:03,159
You know, they were always doin'
1361
00:55:03,199 --> 00:55:04,600
all the old songs.
1362
00:55:04,639 --> 00:55:05,840
I kind of liked it.
1363
00:55:05,879 --> 00:55:07,520
It just made me feel happy.
1364
00:55:23,159 --> 00:55:24,600
When I look out at the audience
1365
00:55:24,639 --> 00:55:25,760
and I play the piano, I'm
1366
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:26,879
thinkin', you know what, this is
1367
00:55:26,919 --> 00:55:28,840
for you guys.
1368
00:55:28,879 --> 00:55:30,280
Yeah, isn't this fun?
1369
00:56:08,879 --> 00:56:10,040
>> Hey what, you are what this
1370
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:11,320
music's all about.
1371
00:56:12,879 --> 00:56:13,919
just everything.
1372
00:56:13,959 --> 00:56:16,080
That's what ragtime's all about.
1373
00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:17,159
>> Good luck.
1374
00:56:17,199 --> 00:56:18,320
>> Good luck, son.
1375
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:19,399
>> I know you're gonna win.
1376
00:56:19,439 --> 00:56:20,639
>> All right.
1377
00:56:20,679 --> 00:56:21,639
>> Hey, Joe, welcome to the
1378
00:56:21,679 --> 00:56:22,719
stage.
1379
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:24,040
Nice to have you here.
1380
00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:26,639
Just a second here.
1381
00:56:26,679 --> 00:56:28,879
I get these taller ones.
1382
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:54,840
maybe goin' out and getting my
1383
00:56:54,879 --> 00:56:56,080
own place.
1384
00:56:56,120 --> 00:56:57,800
I had started lookin' around a
1385
00:56:57,840 --> 00:56:59,080
little bit.
1386
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:00,639
After dad died it just seemed
1387
00:57:00,679 --> 00:57:02,919
like it made more sense that I
1388
00:57:02,959 --> 00:57:04,879
stuck around here.
1389
00:57:04,919 --> 00:57:06,919
>> She's not only caring, but
1390
00:57:06,959 --> 00:57:08,840
she's entertaining.
1391
00:57:08,879 --> 00:57:10,159
I feel every fortunate.
1392
00:57:10,959 --> 00:57:12,199
I'm waitin' for her ship to come
1393
00:57:12,239 --> 00:57:14,439
in.
1394
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:43,199
>> Faye Ballard everybody.
1395
00:57:43,239 --> 00:57:45,120
Thank ya, Faye.
1396
00:57:45,159 --> 00:57:47,439
>> Oh, that was great.
1397
00:57:47,479 --> 00:57:48,560
>> Your second pieces are the
1398
00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:50,199
best I've ever heard you play.
1399
00:57:50,239 --> 00:57:51,239
>> Cool.
1400
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:52,320
>> Yeah, good piece.
1401
00:57:54,479 --> 00:57:55,439
>> You didn't like my first one?
1402
00:57:55,479 --> 00:57:56,520
>> It was okay, but nothing to
1403
00:57:57,679 --> 00:57:59,199
That one I'm sure pulled you up
1404
00:57:59,239 --> 00:58:00,879
a lot in the scores.
1405
00:58:00,919 --> 00:58:02,159
>> Well, we'll see if it's
1406
00:58:02,199 --> 00:58:03,239
enough.
1407
00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:04,520
>> I hope so.
1408
00:58:36,080 --> 00:58:37,280
>> The most fun part about being
1409
00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:39,239
in the Hall of Ragtime is the
1410
00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:40,959
other musicians.
1411
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:42,000
They've all been wonderful to
1412
00:58:42,040 --> 00:58:43,040
me.
1413
00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:44,159
>> Even when he was very little
1414
00:58:44,199 --> 00:58:46,560
these people were willing to sit
1415
00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:48,360
and play.
1416
00:58:58,560 --> 00:59:00,360
nice to him.
1417
00:59:00,399 --> 00:59:02,520
Shared information and just
1418
00:59:02,560 --> 00:59:04,000
shared their time.
1419
00:59:05,080 --> 00:59:06,479
>> Our hope is that he will
1420
00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:08,840
continue to grow and be able to,
1421
00:59:08,879 --> 00:59:10,399
not just perform, but to
1422
00:59:10,439 --> 00:59:13,479
entertain audiences.
1423
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:15,719
And teach people and infuse them
1424
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:17,760
with this electricity that this
1425
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:20,639
music has for him.
1426
00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:33,000
>> He's the future.
1427
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:35,360
He may be the rock and roll guy
1428
00:59:35,399 --> 00:59:36,360
of ragtime.
1429
00:59:36,399 --> 00:59:38,040
What I mean is, he could be one
1430
00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:40,080
of the next superstars of
1431
00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:41,479
ragtime.
1432
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:43,080
>> It seems like, when I heard
1433
00:59:43,120 --> 00:59:44,719
this music the first time, it's
1434
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:46,840
what I was meant to do.
1435
01:00:27,879 --> 01:00:29,239
>> You know, I don't want to do
1436
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:30,360
anything too aggressive, any
1437
01:00:30,399 --> 01:00:31,360
this that's going to make me
1438
01:00:31,399 --> 01:00:32,679
sore.
1439
01:00:32,719 --> 01:00:33,879
>> I understand, get some blood
1440
01:00:34,080 --> 01:00:35,159
moving and that kind of thing.
1441
01:00:35,199 --> 01:00:36,320
>> Yeah, you choose a body part.
1442
01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:37,360
Whatever you feel--
1443
01:00:37,639 --> 01:00:38,600
>> Okay.
1444
01:00:38,639 --> 01:00:40,320
>> That feels great.
1445
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:43,639
Last year I was de-throned so I
1446
01:00:43,679 --> 01:00:48,520
need every advantage I can get.
1447
01:01:22,760 --> 01:01:24,120
Coming back to this contest
1448
01:01:24,159 --> 01:01:25,679
makes me feel like those
1449
01:01:25,719 --> 01:01:26,879
Christian gladiators.
1450
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:28,120
The people who go to the
1451
01:01:28,159 --> 01:01:29,679
stadium, they're just like--
1452
01:01:31,280 --> 01:01:32,320
You know, it's like, whatever,
1453
01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:34,040
they're here to entertain us.
1454
01:01:43,919 --> 01:01:45,199
It's kind of like that for me.
1455
01:01:45,239 --> 01:01:46,239
You know, you put in all this
1456
01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:47,439
work.
1457
01:01:47,479 --> 01:01:48,439
You want to win.
1458
01:01:48,479 --> 01:01:49,479
To not win, it's like being feed
1459
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:51,919
to the lions emotionally.
1460
01:02:34,879 --> 01:02:35,879
to the rooms and change all my
1461
01:02:35,919 --> 01:02:37,320
arrangements.
1462
01:02:38,479 --> 01:02:39,919
record, huh?
1463
01:02:39,959 --> 01:02:41,679
That was phenomenal.
1464
01:02:41,719 --> 01:02:43,159
That was phenomenal.
1465
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:44,719
Wow.
1466
01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:46,040
I quit, I'm out.
1467
01:02:46,280 --> 01:02:47,520
>> I've never played that well
1468
01:02:48,679 --> 01:02:49,679
It's really nice to see those
1469
01:02:49,919 --> 01:02:50,879
shirt, guys.
1470
01:02:50,919 --> 01:02:51,879
Thank you.
1471
01:02:51,919 --> 01:02:53,239
This was really nice, a really
1472
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:54,959
nice gesture.
1473
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:02,560
super-awesome.
1474
01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:04,399
The best.
1475
01:03:04,439 --> 01:03:06,159
I mean, I think he had
1476
01:03:06,199 --> 01:03:07,840
everybody's attention, don't
1477
01:03:07,879 --> 01:03:09,520
you?
1478
01:03:09,560 --> 01:03:10,879
Yeah, yeah.
1479
01:03:10,919 --> 01:03:14,639
I mean, it was just beautiful.
1480
01:03:21,719 --> 01:03:23,000
>> I almost believe that if that
1481
01:03:24,199 --> 01:03:25,439
if I could get that trophy one
1482
01:03:25,479 --> 01:03:26,600
more time, then I would step
1483
01:03:26,679 --> 01:03:27,800
down.
1484
01:03:27,840 --> 01:03:29,080
I'll say I've proved it twice.
1485
01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:32,479
>> I think he wants to win
1486
01:03:32,520 --> 01:03:33,679
again.
1487
01:03:33,719 --> 01:03:35,000
I really do, but I also think
1488
01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:38,879
he's realistic and he knows
1489
01:03:38,919 --> 01:03:40,479
that, you know, he'd just have
1490
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:41,919
to be almost perfect.
1491
01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:03,719
>> Nope.
1492
01:04:03,760 --> 01:04:05,479
Close, but no cigarette.
1493
01:04:07,199 --> 01:04:08,840
There's no throngs to greet me.
1494
01:04:08,879 --> 01:04:10,080
That says something.
1495
01:04:10,399 --> 01:04:11,520
You couldn't tell?
1496
01:04:11,560 --> 01:04:12,639
>> I didn't listen, sorry.
1497
01:04:13,080 --> 01:04:14,120
>> Where were you?
1498
01:04:14,159 --> 01:04:15,239
>> It was too stressful.
1499
01:04:15,280 --> 01:04:16,280
I went up to the room for a few
1500
01:04:16,320 --> 01:04:17,399
minutes.
1501
01:04:17,439 --> 01:04:18,479
>> It was too stressful?
1502
01:04:18,520 --> 01:04:19,479
>> It's very stressful.
1503
01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:20,479
>> And you went up to the room.
1504
01:04:20,520 --> 01:04:21,520
That's great.
1505
01:04:23,679 --> 01:04:24,639
"Steeple Chase" before.
1506
01:04:24,679 --> 01:04:25,639
>> If I'm in fifth it's because
1507
01:04:25,679 --> 01:04:29,919
I did well yesterday.
1508
01:04:29,959 --> 01:04:33,000
That's okay.
1509
01:04:33,040 --> 01:04:35,159
>> It all comes down to how they
1510
01:04:35,199 --> 01:04:37,320
play at that moment.
1511
01:04:38,719 --> 01:04:39,679
week, or whether they can play
1512
01:04:40,439 --> 01:04:41,360
better.
1513
01:04:41,399 --> 01:04:42,800
You can't even take them down
1514
01:04:42,840 --> 01:04:43,919
for not playing better than
1515
01:04:43,959 --> 01:04:45,360
they're able to play, because
1516
01:04:45,399 --> 01:04:47,239
that isn't what it's about.
1517
01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:48,360
It's about that moment on the
1518
01:04:48,399 --> 01:04:49,639
stage.
1519
01:04:49,679 --> 01:04:51,280
>> This may be the toughest
1520
01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:53,199
competition we've ever seen.
1521
01:04:53,239 --> 01:04:54,320
>> The competition is gonna be
1522
01:04:54,360 --> 01:04:55,760
extremely close.
1523
01:04:56,679 --> 01:04:58,040
>> Well, it will be interesting
1524
01:04:58,080 --> 01:04:59,280
to see who the top five are,
1525
01:04:59,320 --> 01:05:00,959
because it's not clear, at least
1526
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:02,199
not to me.
1527
01:05:02,239 --> 01:05:03,439
>> They're competing with him,
1528
01:05:03,479 --> 01:05:05,479
but I've got Adam up on the top
1529
01:05:05,520 --> 01:05:06,679
right now.
1530
01:05:09,479 --> 01:05:10,600
>> Bill Edwards has a good shot
1531
01:05:10,639 --> 01:05:11,719
at it.
1532
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:12,840
>> Ethan would be our number one
1533
01:05:13,399 --> 01:05:14,439
pick.
1534
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:16,959
>> I was impressed with Brett
1535
01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:18,199
Youens.
1536
01:05:18,239 --> 01:05:19,280
>> I'm for Four Arrows to win it
1537
01:05:19,320 --> 01:05:21,760
all, I hope.
1538
01:05:21,800 --> 01:05:24,000
>> Ethan Uslan.
1539
01:05:24,040 --> 01:05:27,360
>> Adam knows how to play.
1540
01:05:27,399 --> 01:05:28,919
>> All right, and now I guess
1541
01:05:28,959 --> 01:05:30,639
we're gonna announce the final
1542
01:05:30,679 --> 01:05:32,679
five.
1543
01:05:45,399 --> 01:05:47,439
Okay, Adam Swanson will be
1544
01:05:47,479 --> 01:05:49,439
playing in the finals.
1545
01:05:57,719 --> 01:05:59,879
>> Ethan Uslan.
1546
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:08,879
>> Let's see, left one.
1547
01:06:08,919 --> 01:06:13,360
Let's see who that is.
1548
01:06:13,399 --> 01:06:15,399
Bill McNally will be playing in
1549
01:06:15,439 --> 01:06:17,600
the finals.
1550
01:06:26,040 --> 01:06:27,840
>> Professor Bill Edwards.
1551
01:06:31,879 --> 01:06:33,239
>> I'll hold this one with I
1552
01:06:33,280 --> 01:06:35,280
draw it myself.
1553
01:06:41,959 --> 01:06:43,600
And Brett Youens will be playing
1554
01:06:43,639 --> 01:06:45,239
in the finals today.
1555
01:06:46,800 --> 01:06:47,639
All right.
1556
01:06:47,679 --> 01:06:49,040
Those are gonna start.
1557
01:06:49,080 --> 01:06:50,639
We give these people 14 seconds
1558
01:06:50,679 --> 01:06:52,000
to get their adrenaline levels
1559
01:06:53,080 --> 01:06:54,360
back down.
1560
01:06:54,399 --> 01:06:55,800
>> I feel that it was accurate
1561
01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:57,399
in terms of the way the criteria
1562
01:06:57,919 --> 01:06:59,439
is for the judging.
1563
01:06:59,479 --> 01:07:00,959
I had at least six members of
1564
01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:02,159
the audience come up and they
1565
01:07:02,199 --> 01:07:03,320
were saying, oh, no, no!
1566
01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:04,479
That shouldn't be!
1567
01:07:04,520 --> 01:07:05,679
But you know what, there's a
1568
01:07:05,719 --> 01:07:06,919
different criteria for
1569
01:07:06,959 --> 01:07:09,840
showmanship and musicianship.
1570
01:07:09,879 --> 01:07:11,600
These guys are the musicians.
1571
01:07:11,639 --> 01:07:12,679
They really are.
1572
01:07:12,719 --> 01:07:13,719
>> I disagree, I disagree.
1573
01:07:14,080 --> 01:07:15,040
>> They are.
1574
01:07:15,080 --> 01:07:16,040
>> You're a musician.
1575
01:07:16,080 --> 01:07:17,040
>> No, no, it's really--
1576
01:07:17,080 --> 01:07:18,520
>> Music's more than hitting the
1577
01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:28,000
Like I said before, you could
1578
01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:29,040
not pick a bad final five out of
1579
01:07:29,080 --> 01:07:30,439
bunch.
1580
01:07:30,479 --> 01:07:31,879
I rejoice that you've got five
1581
01:07:31,919 --> 01:07:34,239
great guys going up there.
1582
01:07:34,280 --> 01:07:35,719
For myself, okay, Finnegan,
1583
01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:37,159
begin again.
1584
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:38,639
I go home, I start picking the
1585
01:07:38,679 --> 01:07:39,879
stuff for next year.
1586
01:07:39,919 --> 01:07:41,040
I come back better, stronger,
1587
01:07:41,080 --> 01:07:43,600
faster.
1588
01:07:43,639 --> 01:07:46,600
>> We're happy.
1589
01:07:46,639 --> 01:07:47,840
Enough said.
1590
01:07:47,879 --> 01:07:51,199
>> Okay, PDA.
1591
01:07:51,239 --> 01:07:52,760
>> When you get to perform for
1592
01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:54,639
people and make them happy, you
1593
01:07:54,679 --> 01:07:57,159
know, that's really-- That's
1594
01:07:57,199 --> 01:07:58,199
great.
1595
01:07:58,239 --> 01:07:59,280
I mean, musicianship you can't
1596
01:07:59,320 --> 01:08:00,520
take it away.
1597
01:08:00,560 --> 01:08:01,639
But makin' people happy because
1598
01:08:01,679 --> 01:08:02,840
of the feeling that the
1599
01:08:02,879 --> 01:08:04,639
vibrations of music puts out to
1600
01:08:04,679 --> 01:08:06,879
their hearts, when I walk away,
1601
01:08:06,919 --> 01:08:08,239
that's what I'm bringing home.
1602
01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:09,280
If I come back it's because of
1603
01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:19,479
that.
1604
01:08:21,479 --> 01:08:23,080
>> I've done it, I know what
1605
01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:24,959
it's like to have it, and it
1606
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:26,319
really is a joy.
1607
01:08:26,359 --> 01:08:27,640
I believe in myself until I'm on
1608
01:08:27,680 --> 01:08:29,080
stage.
1609
01:08:29,120 --> 01:08:30,959
Then I believe that hopefully
1610
01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:35,080
I'm going to survive this.
1611
01:08:35,120 --> 01:08:37,640
>> You worry about your child
1612
01:08:37,680 --> 01:08:40,319
being disappointed or hurt.
1613
01:08:40,359 --> 01:08:42,080
>> Heart pounding, walking down
1614
01:08:42,120 --> 01:08:47,240
the hall.
1615
01:08:47,279 --> 01:08:52,879
It's not that bad really.
1616
01:08:52,919 --> 01:08:53,959
>> History is written by the
1617
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:55,120
victors.
1618
01:08:55,160 --> 01:08:57,120
Second place, nobody remembers.
1619
01:10:58,399 --> 01:10:59,560
>> See, you're not quite such an
1620
01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:00,879
old dog.
1621
01:11:06,879 --> 01:11:08,160
>> It's all right.
1622
01:11:08,279 --> 01:11:09,479
>> How do you feel?
1623
01:11:09,520 --> 01:11:10,600
Are you okay?
1624
01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:11,600
>> It was dope, Dawg, it was
1625
01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:12,640
dope.
1626
01:11:13,720 --> 01:11:15,439
That was good.
1627
01:11:33,640 --> 01:11:35,000
>> Bill McNally, welcome to the
1628
01:11:35,040 --> 01:11:36,439
finals, buddy.
1629
01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:02,040
>> No, I never get nervous.
1630
01:12:02,240 --> 01:12:03,560
I get cold hands in Peoria.
1631
01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:06,520
That's about it.
1632
01:14:22,680 --> 01:14:24,879
>> That last chord!
1633
01:14:30,160 --> 01:14:31,279
>> Clean!
1634
01:14:31,319 --> 01:14:32,319
>> But the last chord.
1635
01:14:32,359 --> 01:14:33,560
I didn't hardly get any sound
1636
01:14:33,959 --> 01:14:35,120
out of it.
1637
01:14:35,160 --> 01:14:36,560
>> But it was perfect!
1638
01:14:36,600 --> 01:14:37,839
It was absolutely perfect,
1639
01:14:37,879 --> 01:14:38,959
because it was one of those--
1640
01:14:39,160 --> 01:14:40,200
It was like you're going over
1641
01:14:40,240 --> 01:14:41,879
a hill, and it's like--
1642
01:14:41,919 --> 01:14:43,000
That's exactly what it was.
1643
01:14:43,040 --> 01:14:44,240
It was perfect.
1644
01:14:44,279 --> 01:14:45,240
>> It was too soft.
1645
01:14:45,279 --> 01:14:46,439
It was supposed to be, poom!
1646
01:14:46,479 --> 01:14:48,560
But it was, blah.
1647
01:14:48,600 --> 01:14:50,959
>> That's what I heard.
1648
01:17:12,959 --> 01:17:14,560
>> You really must feel good.
1649
01:17:14,600 --> 01:17:16,080
>> I had a lot of fun.
1650
01:17:16,120 --> 01:17:18,240
I had a lot of fun, but it was,
1651
01:17:18,279 --> 01:17:19,799
you know--
1652
01:17:21,479 --> 01:17:23,040
There was some things--
1653
01:17:23,080 --> 01:17:24,680
But I had a lot of fun.
1654
01:17:25,759 --> 01:17:26,839
>> Thanks, Martin.
1655
01:17:26,879 --> 01:17:28,520
>> The articulation, God!
1656
01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:29,600
My hand hurts.
1657
01:17:29,640 --> 01:17:30,799
>> Thank you.
1658
01:17:30,839 --> 01:17:31,839
>> Wow!
1659
01:17:31,879 --> 01:17:35,640
>> Awesome, awesome.
1660
01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:37,479
Awesome.
1661
01:17:37,520 --> 01:17:38,680
>> That was spectacular.
1662
01:17:38,720 --> 01:17:40,600
>> Thanks, June.
1663
01:17:40,959 --> 01:17:42,799
>> I was incredible.
1664
01:17:42,839 --> 01:17:44,240
He doesn't practice like that at
1665
01:17:44,279 --> 01:17:47,120
home.
1666
01:17:47,160 --> 01:17:49,560
It's pretty exciting.
1667
01:17:49,600 --> 01:17:52,000
I got goosebumps.
1668
01:17:52,040 --> 01:17:53,720
>> Now this is the worst part.
1669
01:17:54,839 --> 01:17:55,839
compliments you.
1670
01:17:55,959 --> 01:17:56,919
You know, and the people who
1671
01:17:56,959 --> 01:17:57,919
didn't like it don't talk to
1672
01:17:57,959 --> 01:17:59,160
you.
1673
01:17:59,200 --> 01:18:00,240
So all you get is compliments.
1674
01:18:00,279 --> 01:18:01,240
It makes you think that you're
1675
01:18:01,279 --> 01:18:02,680
going to get first, you know.
1676
01:18:03,720 --> 01:18:04,799
when it's all over.
1677
01:18:05,160 --> 01:18:06,200
The fun is gone, you have to
1678
01:18:06,240 --> 01:18:07,439
leave.
1679
01:18:07,479 --> 01:18:08,479
I guess the wait adds to the
1680
01:18:08,520 --> 01:18:10,839
suspense.
1681
01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:14,080
>> I've taken home plenty.
1682
01:18:14,120 --> 01:18:16,240
I'm taking home another medal.
1683
01:18:16,279 --> 01:18:17,839
I've got that wall you already
1684
01:18:17,879 --> 01:18:18,879
saw full of medals.
1685
01:18:19,120 --> 01:18:20,080
That thing is going to fall off
1686
01:18:20,120 --> 01:18:21,160
pretty soon.
1687
01:18:21,200 --> 01:18:22,160
I don't care.
1688
01:18:22,200 --> 01:18:23,200
>> There's going to be maybe a
1689
01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:24,279
point here, maybe a point and a
1690
01:18:24,319 --> 01:18:25,439
half, variance, is what you're
1691
01:18:25,479 --> 01:18:26,560
going to see.
1692
01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:29,279
But it's going to be this tight.
1693
01:18:29,319 --> 01:18:32,359
This tight.
1694
01:18:32,399 --> 01:18:34,359
>> Number one.
1695
01:18:45,680 --> 01:18:47,040
All right, now ladies and
1696
01:18:47,080 --> 01:18:48,919
gentleman, the 35th annual World
1697
01:18:48,959 --> 01:18:50,640
Championship Old-Time Piano
1698
01:18:50,680 --> 01:18:52,439
Playing Contest comes down to
1699
01:18:52,479 --> 01:18:53,959
the regular division with these
1700
01:18:54,000 --> 01:18:55,879
finalists.
1701
01:18:55,919 --> 01:18:57,919
Lee -- is going to put the
1702
01:18:57,959 --> 01:18:59,600
ribbon around their neck.
1703
01:18:59,640 --> 01:19:05,520
This is for fifth place.
1704
01:19:05,560 --> 01:19:06,799
Oh, he took his hat off in
1705
01:19:07,040 --> 01:19:08,240
deference.
1706
01:19:19,799 --> 01:19:22,319
Thank you, Lee.
1707
01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:27,040
place one to Brett Youens.
1708
01:19:35,160 --> 01:19:36,720
>> Ted Lemen is going to give
1709
01:19:36,759 --> 01:19:41,200
the third place medal to--
1710
01:19:44,759 --> 01:19:46,160
>> Bill McNally.
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Here's Judy Leschewski, our
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contest coordinator.
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She's got the ribbon and the
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else.
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01:20:14,919 --> 01:20:16,600
>> A whole year of preparing for
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this, you know, of just really
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devoting my life to it.
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01:20:25,919 --> 01:20:28,640
>> My biggest fear is if I might
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01:20:28,680 --> 01:20:30,080
get to a point where I can never
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improve.
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That would be-- I always hope I
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can do--
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I always know I can do better.
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And Barb -- presents Adam
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Yay!
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01:21:06,439 --> 01:21:07,720
If you want to get up and get a
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01:21:07,759 --> 01:21:09,279
photo, this is the time, folks.
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01:21:10,080 --> 01:21:11,600
Why don't ya get in a little
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closer?
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01:21:12,839 --> 01:21:13,879
All right, boys, that you very
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01:21:13,919 --> 01:21:14,959
much.
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01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:16,040
I'd like to present now the Ted
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01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:17,879
Lemen memorial trophy, for the
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01:21:17,919 --> 01:21:22,080
second year, to Adam Swanson!
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01:22:09,600 --> 01:22:11,040
>> I think, after initially
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01:22:11,080 --> 01:22:12,720
getting here, the feeling is,
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01:22:12,759 --> 01:22:14,120
oh, my goodness!
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01:22:14,160 --> 01:22:15,520
It's the contest again!
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01:22:16,839 --> 01:22:20,439
more relaxed.
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01:22:22,399 --> 01:22:24,240
>> It's hard, but it's okay.
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01:22:24,279 --> 01:22:25,560
>> If I don't come back next
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01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:27,240
year I'll miss it.
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01:22:27,279 --> 01:22:28,959
Yeah.
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01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:30,520
But I'll also get frustrated,
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01:22:30,600 --> 01:22:32,080
because I can't beat Adam.
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01:22:32,120 --> 01:22:36,600
I can't do it.
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01:22:36,640 --> 01:22:38,720
>> Are you gonna get frustrated?
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01:22:38,759 --> 01:22:39,759
>> Yeah.
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01:22:39,799 --> 01:22:41,000
>> Why?
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01:22:41,040 --> 01:22:43,439
>> Because, because I play piano
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01:22:43,479 --> 01:22:45,640
in a contest and another guy
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01:22:45,680 --> 01:22:47,680
wins.
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01:22:52,799 --> 01:22:54,040
We use the word frustrated.
1754
01:22:54,080 --> 01:22:55,120
He gets frustrated too
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sometimes.
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01:22:59,319 --> 01:23:00,919
>> There's always next year.
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Who knows what will happen.
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01:23:03,120 --> 01:23:04,439
>> In a way it's liberating not
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to have to stress all year about
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putting arrangements together,
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01:23:09,319 --> 01:23:10,839
but I kind of live for that.
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01:23:10,879 --> 01:23:11,919
I love putting arrangements
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01:23:12,040 --> 01:23:13,040
together.
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01:23:13,080 --> 01:23:14,240
I love the stress, but I also
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01:23:14,279 --> 01:23:16,959
hate that stress.
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01:23:17,000 --> 01:23:32,560
It's a big contradiction.
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01:23:34,799 --> 01:23:36,080
>> Well, this will be my last
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01:23:36,120 --> 01:23:38,000
official year of competition.
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I will be taking over as the
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01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:41,839
contest coordinator.
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01:23:46,759 --> 01:23:48,160
But of course you have to quit
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01:23:48,200 --> 01:23:49,560
sometime.
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01:23:49,600 --> 01:23:51,600
With the younger caliber player
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01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:53,240
that you have now, quite
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01:23:53,279 --> 01:23:54,439
frankly, it's scaring the snot
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01:23:54,479 --> 01:23:55,720
outta me.
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01:23:55,759 --> 01:23:56,759
>> To be truthful, I don't think
1778
01:23:56,799 --> 01:23:57,759
she has any idea of what she's
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01:23:57,799 --> 01:23:59,439
gettin' into.
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01:24:00,720 --> 01:24:01,720
It's between you and me, okay?
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01:24:03,080 --> 01:24:04,040
>> Bring it on.
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01:24:04,080 --> 01:24:05,040
It's going to be a great
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01:24:05,080 --> 01:24:06,799
challenge for me.
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01:24:27,879 --> 01:24:29,879
>> In the last year my research
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01:24:30,040 --> 01:24:31,959
has really intensified.
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01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:33,279
I have three books, one's
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01:24:33,319 --> 01:24:36,160
completed, two are getting near.
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01:24:36,200 --> 01:24:37,520
God gave everyone certain gifts.
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01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:40,640
entertain, play the piano, and
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01:24:40,680 --> 01:24:42,640
to love syncopation and be able
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01:24:46,839 --> 01:24:48,640
until they kick me out.
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01:25:07,479 --> 01:25:09,359
as much, or more, spiritual
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01:25:09,640 --> 01:25:11,479
awareness and happiness, and
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01:25:11,520 --> 01:25:12,640
feeling connected with
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01:25:12,680 --> 01:25:14,160
everything as anything.
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01:25:14,200 --> 01:25:15,720
You know, we say in Lakota, --.
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01:25:22,879 --> 01:25:25,680
American songs there's this real
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01:25:25,879 --> 01:25:28,640
sense of relatedness that comes
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01:25:33,839 --> 01:25:35,160
before, but thanks for the
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01:25:35,200 --> 01:25:36,919
question.
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01:25:47,520 --> 01:25:48,959
>> Well, I just graduated from
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01:25:50,560 --> 01:25:52,080
I'm probably going to college in
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01:25:52,319 --> 01:25:53,799
Durango, Colorado.
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01:25:55,479 --> 01:25:56,759
which we found because I played
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01:25:57,200 --> 01:25:58,439
the piano a lot there at the
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01:25:58,479 --> 01:26:00,640
Strater Hotel.
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01:26:00,680 --> 01:26:02,040
I have a learner's permit!
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01:26:02,080 --> 01:26:03,680
I've been up to 65 miles an
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01:26:03,720 --> 01:26:05,600
hour!
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01:26:27,000 --> 01:26:28,120
world are hurting.
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01:26:28,600 --> 01:26:29,680
Hurting financially, hurting
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01:26:30,879 --> 01:26:32,240
Too many people are falling
1813
01:26:32,279 --> 01:26:33,879
through the cracks.
1814
01:26:33,919 --> 01:26:35,240
Who's gonna help 'em if we
1815
01:26:35,279 --> 01:26:36,720
don't?
1816
01:26:36,759 --> 01:26:38,120
I've been interested in helping
1817
01:26:38,160 --> 01:26:40,439
bring a ragtime festival about.
1818
01:26:42,759 --> 01:26:44,240
raise money for a different
1819
01:26:44,279 --> 01:26:47,640
nonprofit effort each and every
1820
01:26:47,680 --> 01:26:49,000
year.
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01:26:49,040 --> 01:26:50,279
And, you also get some really
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01:26:50,319 --> 01:26:52,040
great music.
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01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:54,040
>> Jim has more enthusiasm for
1824
01:26:54,080 --> 01:26:55,799
the piano than I think anyone
1825
01:26:55,839 --> 01:26:57,240
I've every met in my entire
1826
01:26:57,279 --> 01:26:59,120
life.
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01:26:59,160 --> 01:27:00,439
>> Doubt is natural.
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01:27:00,479 --> 01:27:02,839
It's in every person.
1829
01:27:02,879 --> 01:27:06,919
It's just what we do with it.
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01:27:06,959 --> 01:27:08,279
It's what we do during times of
1831
01:27:08,319 --> 01:27:10,799
doubt that makes the difference.
1832
01:27:24,919 --> 01:27:26,359
>> The first stage is denial.
1833
01:27:26,399 --> 01:27:29,399
I denied it, then I grieved.
1834
01:27:29,439 --> 01:27:31,080
I was very regretful and ashamed
1835
01:27:31,120 --> 01:27:33,120
that I played so fast.
1836
01:27:33,160 --> 01:27:34,600
Then I said, it's not the end of
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01:27:34,640 --> 01:27:35,759
the world.
1838
01:27:35,799 --> 01:27:37,040
There's another contest.
1839
01:27:37,080 --> 01:27:38,959
Joplin, Joplin, Joplin.
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01:27:48,600 --> 01:27:50,640
I don't really know exactly why
1841
01:27:50,680 --> 01:27:53,080
this music is in my bones.
1842
01:27:53,120 --> 01:27:55,000
I feel like when I play it, it's
1843
01:27:55,040 --> 01:27:56,520
just me.
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