GRAND RAPIDS -- Dancers, tune up your toes. Two upcoming church festivals will feature polka dancing contests.The first is set for Sept. 20 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 2222 Lake Michigan Drive ...

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

Joe Sr. and his friend would play polka tunes, and, in 1967, his son and two cousins joined him and formed a polka band, starting with gigs at the former Slovenian ballroom in Herminie.

To the uninitiated, the idea of a polka Mass may seem sacrilegious. But for the experienced, there’s nothing as beautiful as singing a favorite polka tune with words fitting the liturgy of the ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) --A Wisconsin polka musician is accusing his ex-wife and her new husband of stealing one of his most popular tunes. Ray Rubenzer of Chippewa Falls filed a federal ...

Dance tunes were provided by The E-Z Tones, a six-member band that kept the old-time polka dance alive. Set up on the marina building patio, they continually offered upbeat songs.

If you’ve ever done “The Chicken Dance” at a party, you have Stanley Mills to thank. The music publisher promoted the polka ditty until it became a ubiquitous number at weddings and other ...

WILKES-BARRE — Odds are, if you walk into the Genetti’s Grand Ballroom on Saturday, April 29, you’ll immediately be hit with the smell of pierogies and haluski and the sound of polka tunes.

Blau negotiated one final event before "Polka Time!" exits, in part so he could fully document it visually. People can ride the polkalator up and down from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 18.

Meisner entertained audiences at fairs, festivals and parades across Wisconsin with his accordion and polka tunes, working to keep the genre current. News Sports Packers Business Suburbs Advertise ...

Joe Sr. and his friend would play polka tunes, and, in 1967, his son and two cousins joined him and formed a polka band, starting with gigs at the former Slovenian ballroom in Herminie.