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.

The polka world was rocked -- well, maybe not rocked, ... Johann Strauss wasn’t too proud to compose polka tunes, nor are such giants of American tunesmithery as Weird Al Yankovic.

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.

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.

Earlier this year, the Chronicle's Andrew Dansby wrote of legendary polka band Brave Combo: There exists no greater invitation to dance than the music of Brave Combo. The Texas mainstay has been ...

Krawisz grew up in Oak Lawn listening to his parents’ favorite polka tunes on the radio. By 11, he had formed his first two-piece polka band, playing at church festivals and taverns.

CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Chippewa Falls polka musician is accusing his ex-wife and her husband of stealing one of his most popular polka tunes. Ray Rubenzer, 19976 76th Ave., filed a federal copyright ...

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.

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