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Leap into Polka Sunday!
Note: Lucky y'all! I'm headed to Nashville for a friend's wedding, so you get the Weekend Lineup a day early. Yay!
The Bexar County Czech Heritage Society invites you take a spring break and dance to the music of Mark Halata & Texavia on Sun., Mar. 1, from 2-6 pm at Martinez Social Club. Feast on sausage in a bun and kolaches. Doors open at 1 pm. Admission is $10 and children, 14 and under, are free! Great way to spend a Sunday.
KJT Lodge 79, aka Hungerford Hall, will be the scene for great polka and barbecue on Sun., Mar. 1. They start serving the barbecue chicken and sausage dinner at 10:30 am. Then prepare to polka with the Red Ravens from 1-5 pm. It's a free dance and auction with all kinds of great things you can't do without. Bid once and often as this is a fundraiser to help replace the AC and heating units at the hall.
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Cistern Country Store Friday: Vic Rodriguez...Saturday: Broken Duckfeet
Krause's Cafe
Saturday: Leap Year Party with Das Ist Lustig...Wednesday (3/4): Polka Wednesday with Rennie Guenther & Happy Travelers...Thursday (3/5): Blue Water Highway
Mullins Prairie Store Friday: Collin Dwiggins; Saturday: Al Sulak & Country Sounds
Schroeder Hall
Friday: Bill Pekar in the Saloon
Sweet Home Sunday: Lost Cause
Also this weekend
Friday BRYAN: Das Ist Lustig @ Bavarian Brauhaus...
ELM MOTT: Roger Kirby/Texas Heartbeat @ American Legion...SEGUIN: Good Ole Boys @ Silver Center
Saturday AUSTIN: Glen Collins/The Alibis @ Giddy Ups...BLANCO: Johnny Bush Birthday Celebration @ Twin Sisters Dance Hall...COUPLAND: Al Dressen/Super Swing Revue @ Coupland Dance Hall...HALLETTSVILLE: Mama Tried @ Blase's Hall...ROUND TOP: Mike Stroup @ Teague's Tavern...SAN ANTONIO: Jeff Woolsey @ Martinez Social Club
Sunday GERONIMO: Glen Collins/The Alibis @ VFW...ROUND TOP: Mike Stroup @ Teague's Tavern
Looking ahead to next week
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Monday
- Charles Thibodeaux & Austin Cajun Aces in Austin.
Tuesday
- GERONIMO: The Gathering Music Show @ VFW...HOUSTON: Houston Accordion Association Jam @ Son Nam Vietnamese Restaurant...PLANO: Alan Walling @ Bavarian Grill (Wed. & Thurs., too!).
Wednesday
- HOUSTON: Das Ist Lustig @ Rudi Lechner's...SAN ANTONIO: Most Wanted @ Martinez Social Club. Thursday - AUSTIN: Charles Thibodeaux/Austin Cajun Aces @ Cypress Grill...BASTROP: Farm Street Opry @ Bastrop Convention Center, 7P, Featuring Rocky King, Duane Wavra, Wayne Brown...FLORESVILLE: Floresville Opry @ Wilson County Expo & Community Center, 6-9:30P, Featuring Billy Mata, Rich Orr, The Boecks...RICHMOND: Das Ist Lustig @ Sauer Kraut Grill
Leap into dancing and polka on!
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Coming in March: Our cover story features piano man Gene Lichnovsky. From the family orchestra to Gil Baca Orchestra, to solo performances, Gene has been playing polkas, waltzes, and marches for more than 70 years. Gary McKee takes a look at Central Texas dance halls that were around during the Roaring 20s. Justin Everett reviews vintage recordings of the Dancehall Boys (now called the Czech Melody Masters); visits with DJ Donnie Howard; and features Scott Hodde: A Third Generation Musical Hodde. Of course, we have your March calendar of dances, festivals, and live music events. And the much-anticipated Spring and Summer Fest Guide. Yes, it's the first listing of church picnics, plus German fests, sausage fests, country music fests, maifests, and polka fests coming in the next few months. Visit texaspolkanews.com to see the latest issue. The Spring and Summer Guide is free to view online.
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Click on photo to see images by Earline Berger Okruhlik and Gary E. McKee
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Corpus Polkafest Grand March
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Click on photo to see images by Gary E. McKee
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Click on photo to see images by Joe Cool Pavlicek
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Click on photo to see images by Karen Kurtz
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Alex Spends a Day in El Campo
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Click on photo to see images by Gary E. McKee
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Alex Meixner Band @ Taiton Hall
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Click on photo to see images by Gary E. McKee
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Annual Kolache Shootout brings Elba community together
TDHP to Award Preservation Grants
Do you manage a dance hall? Maybe a historic hall that needs some updating, but don't have the funds? Then you will want to learn more about how to apply for
Texas Dance Hall Preservation's Spring 2020 Preservation Grants. Learn more. Deadline to apply is March 1.
Young Accordion Players Are Invited to Learn, Compete and Engage in Live Music Events Across the State!
The 14th annual Big Squeeze Accordion Contest announces its dynamic 2020 event lineup featuring youth competitions, live concerts and music workshops in traditional Texas accordion music genres including conjunto, polka, Cajun, zydeco and more. From February to April, the Texas Folklife team will produce local events in communities across the state - each uniquely highlighting talented young accordion players and celebrating Texas' diverse musical heritage. The competitions and workshops are open to the public and seeking participants.
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Click on photo to see images by Leigh Ann Brune
Watch the videos
by Walt Harfmann of Dujka Brothers in Elgin...Red Ravens in Cyclone...all five bands at the Ennis Czech Music Festival...SqueezeBox in Cyclone...Fritz Hodde & Fab 6 at NYE dance in Elgin...Walburg Boys on Dec. 28...Dujka Brothers, SqueezeBox, Chris Rybak at Tomball German Christmas Market...The Johnny Koenig Band, Mark Halata & Texavia, and more from Wurstfest...Jodie Mikula Orchestra at Moravian Hall in Corn Hill
Watch the videos
by George Weber of Fritz Hodde/Fab 6 and 3-band jam at El Campo Polka Fest...Lost Cause at the PoLK of A dance...Das Ist Lustig and SqueezeBox at Tomball German Christmas Market...Red Ravens and Dujka Brothers at Ellinger Polka Fest...Czech & Then Some and The Moravians at Caldwell Kolache Festival
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WEEKLY LAUGH
A blond man is in the bathroom and his wife shouts: "Did you find the shampoo?"
He answers, "Yes, but I'm not sure what to do... it's for dry hair, and I've just wet mine."
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