LINCOLN — 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 ...

Fröhliche Musiker Blasorchester is the name of mid-Michigan’s own German Polka Band. The band’s name translates to “happy musicians in a wind band” and features 14 members, including co-founders Sara ...

What kind of person can coax shy, diffident Minnesotans to boogie down on the dance floor? He’s a pirate and he calls himself ...

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 ...

Feb. 2—Chris Bogdon was in first grade in his native Carnegie when he started taking accordion lessons. Steve Novosel, while growing up in Murrysville, took up the instrument at 9 years old. Both were ...

It may not take oom-pah-pah-precedence in Topeka this session, but some Kansans want lawmakers to declare the polka the state’s official dance. Senate Bill 158 continues an effort introduced last year ...

Kansas Czech-Slovak Princess Brooklyn Webb encouraged legislators Thursday to support a bill declaring polka the state's official dance. She said the style of dance had its roots in European culture ...

As you'll often hear in reference to the more than 50-year-old polka dance show, “Bandwagon” is quite possibly the longest-running televised music program in the world. Having been begun by KEYC News ...

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 ...

A three day celebration full of BBQ, cool cars and music will be kicked-off by "a polka band with an attitude." The Marysville Big Blue River Days begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 31, in the seventh ...