He’s a pirate and he calls himself Jimi Jimi Jimi, the Polka Dancing Pirate. If there’s an Oktoberfest event at the Germanic-American Institute in St. Paul, a polka mass at St. Boniface Catholic ...

Pat Barrera hadn’t been out to see her favorite music in a while. But when she sat at a table on a recent Sunday to watch the 55th Annual Chicago Festival of Polka Bands in Orland Park, the bands ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PULASKI, Wis. (WFRV) – Thousands of people are expected to descend upon the village of Pulaski this weekend as Pulaski Polka Days ...

Radio host Val Pawlowski is inviting visitors to “come for lunch, stay for dinner and enjoy the music” at her 2024 Memorial Day Polka Dance in Kirtland. The annual dance will take place on May 27, ...

"A bicentennial project: Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song" ; includes recordings from field and commercial sources. Program notes include words of the songs, and bibliographical and ...

WILKES-BARRE — It will soon be polka time again at Genetti’s. Mrs. T’s Pierogies has announced the eagerly anticipated “Jimmy Sturr’s Spirit of Christmas Show Polka Dance,” featuring not one, but two ...

Verne Meisner, 66, whose accordion-propelled polka tunes kept the upper Midwest dancing for 57 years and who won international accolades for his musical skill, died June 10 of cancer at St. Luke's ...

One-two. one-two. Senior dancers lined up in white shirts and black pants, swaying to classic polka music at Pioneer Hall at the Iowa State Fair. The first song, "Harvest Time Schottische," instantly ...

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 ...

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