2021 Lifetime Achievement Award winner: Mimi Blais

The Scott Joplin Ragtime Foundation Board is now accepting nominations for its Outstanding Achievement Award in Ragtime.  The award is presented to the person(s) or organization that has made exceptional contributions to performance, research, support, education, or advancement of the ragtime genre. Nominee submissions should include letters of recommendation, a list of accomplishments, and contact information for the nominee.  We will also need the contact information for the person submitting the nomination. 

Submissions should be sent to the Scott Joplin Ragtime Foundation at PO Box 1244, Sedalia MO 65302 or via email to SJFsedalia@gmail.com .  The deadline for 2020 submissions is March 31, 2021.  The recipient of the award will be announced at a future Syncopated Saturday Night video.
 
The award began in 1989 in order to honor those who work to preserve and keep ragtime music and its history alive.  Past recipients are not eligible for nomination.  Below is a list of the current and previous awardees:

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2021 - Mimi Blais
2020 - Bryan Cather
2019 - Peter Lundberg
​2018 - Jerry & Mary Grace Lanese​
2017 - Lucille Salerno
​2016 - Bill Edwards
​2015 – Janice Clear
2014 – Tex Wyndham
2013 – Johnny Maddox
2012 – Patricia Lamb Conn
2011 – Helen & David “Smiley” Wallace
2010 – Sue Keller
2009 – Jim Radloff
2008 – Richard Berry
2007 – Scott Joplin Festival Founders:
            Dorothy Kitchen, Kathryn Rayford, Jake Siragusa, and Harlan Snow
​2006 – David Reffkin

2005 – Jack Rummel
​2004 - Nora Hulse
​2003 - Michael Schwimmer
2002 – St. Louis Ragtimers
2000 – Dr. Edward Berlin
1999 – Jeanene Wright
1998 – John Arpin
1997 – Terry Waldo
1996 – Jean & Paul Huling
1995 – David Jasen
1994 – Bob Darch
1993 – Dick Hyman
1992 – Trebor Tichenor
1991 – Richard Zimmerman
1990 – Wally Rose
1989 – Max Morath