What kind of person can coax shy, diffident Minnesotans to boogie down on the dance floor? He’s a pirate and he calls himself Jimi Jimi Jimi, the Polka Dancing Pirate. If there’s an Oktoberfest event ...

The Cheyenne Polka Club has helped keep the polka-waltz style of dancing alive for at least 22 years. Claude Pruter, now retired after 32 years in maintenance at F.E. Warren Air Force Base both in the ...

TWO RIVERS - The next Two Rivers Community Band concert will be at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 4. This concert, titled “Sunday Afternoon in the Park,” will feature a variety of polkas, waltzes and marches. It will ...

After nearly two years of not being able to produce live in-person concerts due to the pandemic, the Warren Symphony Orchestra will make its triumphant return to the stage with “Come Dance with Us,” a ...

DEADWOOD - More than one gentleman steered his lady through a high-stepping spin Saturday afternoon as they circled the temporary dance floor gracing a room at the Four Aces Casino. It was the second ...

Munich may be an ocean away from Blacksburg, but don't tell that to the director of the traditional German Oompah band, Ed Schwartz. Decked out in traditional German lederhosen (think leather shorts ...

Smithsonian Folkways: SF 40088 (on container: SF CD 40088). Polkas and other dance music performed by 7 Wisconsin polka bands. All selections previously released. Program notes by Richard March (28 p.

TWO RIVERS – The Two Rivers Community Band will host a concert titled Polka in the Park July 31. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. in Central Park, featuring "The Star-Spangled Banner." Attendees can ...

CHATFIELD — Dancing shoes will be welcome when the Chatfield Brass Band presents "Music to Dance By" at 7:30 p.m. July 8 at the City Park bandshell. The band will play a mix of polkas, waltzes and ...

It wasn’t until I served as a judge last September at the 17th annual Slovenian Sausage Festival that I realized just how many folks share a Slovenian heritage here in Northeast Ohio. And many of the ...

With talk of a pending winter storm over the weekend, around 30 seniors gathered at the Grand Forks Senior Center to ignore the snow and enjoy an afternoon of coffee and polka music. The dance floor ...