Paragon Ragtime Orchestra will present MEET ME AT THE FAIR!: Music from the Great “World’s Fairs” on May 10, 2024, in Clarks Summit, PA. A spectacular musical celebration of the legendary world’s fairs, including the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. Music played a key role in these international festivals, launching both hit songs and the illustrious careers of many American musicians. This new Paragon Ragtime Orchestra program features dozens of stirring world’s fair hits, performed from rare original scores, along with the continuous projections of magnificent fairground images. There is audience participation (on “Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis”) and as a finale, the Orchestra will perform M.L. Lake’s tone poem At the Panama-Pacific Exposition, a unique sonic visit to the 1915 San Francisco World’s Fair. All is propelled forward with evocative narration by conductor Rick Benjamin in this free to the public performance. So don’t just stand there… grab your hat and MEET US AT THE FAIR!

The concert will be held at 7 pm at the Arts At First Presbyterian (300 School Street in Clarks Summit). Admission is free.