GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - It’s time to put on the dancing shoes for the 44th annual event drawing thousands of people to Pulaski. Experts say that the key to the perfect polka dance performance is ...
DICKINSON (WBNG) -- Community members came out in full force to enjoy another year of “Polka Fest” at Otsiningo Park. The festival featured a live performance by Grammy Award-Winner Jimmy Sturr & His ...
Polka began as a Czech peasant dance. The basis of polka dancing is in the pattern of lightly stepping from one food to the other. This movement, derived from the Czech word “pulka,” meaning ...
The hammered dulcimer, accordion, trombone and bass blend to create unique polka melodies and the 100-year-old dance tradition of the Volga Germans. Meet the musicians, dancers and families who ...
It was a picture-perfect summer day for the recent Polka Party at the Hammond Marina. The ever-popular event took place during the city’s annual Festival of the Lakes celebration. The day was ...
A hundred years ago, Bill Ackerman's ancestors farmed the land surrounding his present-day home, which they also built. The foursquare colonial, painted a sunny yellow with blue and white trim, now ...
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — This Saturday, the Genetti's ballroom will be packed with polka dancers and players, hosted by the Pennsylvania Polkafest with a long lineup of local and national talent. It's a ...
Stanky and the Coal Miners have performed Irish polkas, Italian polkas, Russian polkas, even rock ‘n’ roll polkas. Add hip-hop to the list of experiments. Stanky and local songwriter/producer Jim ...
It all started so simply for the Dearborn dance band Kielbasa Kings. It was on the occasion of an annual backyard barbecue that accordionist Kevin Jakubowicz assembled a fun-loving group of friends ...
Sure, some teens might fit into convenient categories – geeks and goths and jocks and such. But Becky Livermore, who will be at the Great Lakes Folk Festival on ...
See the Polka Club of Iowa celebrate 50 years of tradition, accordion and dance The Polka Club of Iowa celebrates 50 years in 2025, their goal is to encourage and pursue the study of old time music.