SCOTT JOPLIN INTERNATIONAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SCHEDULE:

TODAY

Preview Night at Silvermoon on Broad, 6:30 p.m. ($35)

Vintage rock by Texarkana Trio Jazz from Candace Taylor and Carol Miles with Three of a Kind

Boogie woogie by John Tennison Hors d’oeuvres and beverages featuring local chefs

SATURDAY

Scott Joplin International Centennial Celebration at the Perot Theatre, 7:30 p.m. ($40-$15 w/ half-priced student tickets available)

MacArthur Genius Award winner Reginald Robinson performs ragtime

Grammy-nominated jazz singer and Texarkana native Roseanna Vitro performs jazz

Texarkana Jazz Orchestra performs big band jazz

Carol Miles performs original arrangement of “The Texarkana Jazz Rag”

Winning ensemble from the Four States Student Jazz Showcase held earlier Saturday

Presentation of the first Regional Music Heritage Center Lifetime Achievement Award to Rule Beasley

SUNDAY

Texarkana ROCKS! 1954-1956 at the Perot Theatre, 2 p.m. ($45-$18) Elvis impersonator George Thomas

as “Young Elvis” performs in honor of the late Dr. Carl “Cheesie” Nelson, Elvis impersonator

Texarkana Trio performs rockabilly music in honor of Pat Cupp, a Texarkana native and rockabilly pioneer

Post-show: Free Arkansas Municipal Auditorium tours, photos with “Elvis” and AMA Walk of Fame dedications for Pat Cupp and the late Texarkana jazz musician Jay Franks