After 15 years of being around a family polka band, Heather Sadowsky Faulkner says the music and dancing are a way of life. But she held off telling her future husband, Shawn, about that lifestyle.

A four-piece band struck up a lively tune Saturday afternoon as more than 30 couples danced in the Al Bedoo Shrine Auditorium to the steady beat of the music. Some of them danced intricate steps, ...

PLAINS TWP. — There’s a good reason why William C. Kurilla dances the polka. It keeps the 77-year-old retiree young. “I feel 39,” said Kurilla, of Walnutport, between numbers by the John Stevens’ ...

Dancing can be a true test for a lot of couples.The ones who are good at it usually have spent some time working at it. It's about knowing where the other will step, not bringing attention to when the ...

Part steamy small-town jamboree, part honest-to-God Czech cultural celebration, the National Polka Festival in Ennis is one of your best chances all year to escape the mess of the city and remind ...

PULASKI, Wis. (WBAY) - Tens of thousands of people looking to polka dance are in northeast Wisconsin, as one of the largest Polish festivals in the country is now in full swing ahead of this weekend.

What's not to love about an Oktoberfest? Between the parades and polka dancers, the dirndl dresses and lederhosen trousers, the tasty links of bratwurst and frothy steins of brew, you can wash away ...

Apr. 5—Promoter Joe Nardone smiled with satisfaction Saturday afternoon as his gaze took in the hundreds of people gathered in the Keystone Ballroom at Mohegan PA for Pennsylvania PolkaFest 2025.

Thomas D. Kalinowski, a polka enthusiast, instructor and longtime DJ of “The Maryland Polka Train” who raised thousands of dollars for the charity God’s Special Children, died Jan. 20 of a cerebral ...

As the horns pulse and the bass drum pops, dozens of couples work in unison to alternate their footwork and swing their bodies to the much-celebrated and interactive state dance — polka. This was the ...

A Polka Mass and dance is coming Aug. 3 to SNPJ Farm in Kirtland and will feature the Anthony Culkar Orchestra. The members and friends of SNPJ Charter Lodge 5, Naprej, and Utopians Lodge 604 will ...