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"Sometimes, if we're lucky, a nun comes out and plays 'Maple Leaf Rag' on the pipe organ!"

The North 103.3 | By Lisa Johnson
Published April 7, 2016 at 11:01 AM CDT

The Lake Superior Ragtime Society has had to cut back a little since its inception in 1984.

The monthly meetings had to go by the wayside and family reunions cut into their summer schedule so they only do three concerts a year now.

But there's no shortage of amazing musicians - and stories with this outfit.

From 7 year old Eddie the piano player to the 103 year old mandolin player to the kid who basically "grew up under the piano bench," everyone has a story and some music to share.

For more information about the Lake Superior Ragtime Society and their concert April 10, click here:
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Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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