Weekend Lineup
Week 3: POLKA ONline! 

Hope everyone is staying healthy! Dance and festival cancellations are listed on polkabeat.com. The list represents cancellations that I know about. If dances/live music are still on the schedule, please call the venue before heading out.

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Latest cancellations of festivals/events:
Burton Cotton Gin Festival April 18, rescheduled to June 13, 2020
Muenster Germanfest April 24-26, canceled
Moravia Fest April 25, canceled
Fyrdek Grotto Picnic, April 26, canceled
St. Michael Springfest in Weimar, April 26, canceled
Spring Awakening Dance in West, April 26, canceled
Brenham Maifest, May 1-2, postponed TBA
Hostyn Church Picnic, May 3, canceled
Gedenke in Weimar, May 8-9, canceled
Slavnost May Fest at TCHCC in La Grange, May 17, canceled
National Polka Festival in Ennis, May 22-24, canceled

Also, Texas Polka Museum in Schulenburg closed through April.

Check out these TPN/polkabeat advertisers when live music returns!
Cistern Country Store - Take-out food
Krause's Cafe  - Take-out food
Mullins Prairie Store - Closed 
Schroeder Hall  - All April events canceled or postponed
Houston VFW #10352  - April dances canceled
Sweet Home - April dances canceled canceled
Goodtime Polka & Waltz Club - April 18 dance canceled
Moravia Store - Closed 
Elgin SPJST Lodge 18 - April 5 dance with Red Ravens canceled
Pavlas Tavern - April events canceled
Swiss Alp Dance Club - April 19 dance with Lost Cause canceled


Pray and polka on!

Coming in April: Our cover story features wunnerful, wunnerful Lawrence Welk. Gary E. McKee shares interesting background on the orchestra leader and his love for performing and even living in Texas at one point. Gary's column tells us about Alex Meixner's mission to grow polka by working with El Campo high school students. As of press time, the Fiddlers Frolics in Hallettsville at the end of April was still on. Read about this popular festival's 50th anniversary and background on headliner Doug Kershaw. Justin Everett reviews the essential Johnny Cash album; visits with DJ Larry Sodek in La Grange; and features Mason Krause, who with friend and mentor, Mason Nesvadba, has formed the M&M Playboys. Of course, we have your April calendar of dances, festivals, and live music events. Please check venue and organization websites and Facebook pages to see if events are still on. Also check the calendar on polkabeat.com, which is updated daily.

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Photo Gallery 
All Quiet on the Public Dancing Front in Fayette County
Click on photo to see images by Gary E. McKee


2019 Tomball German Fest
Click on photo to see images by Gary E. McKee
Since the fest did not happen last weekend, we thought we'd include photos from last year. 

Polka Trending


 


Watch the videos  by Walt Harfmann of Czech Harvesters at TPMM Fundraiser in West...Walburg Boys at Leap Year Day party...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

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
WEEKLY LAUGH
Heard a doctor on TV say to get through the boredom of self-isolation we should finish things we start and thus have more calm in our lives.
 
So I looked through the house to find all the things I've started but hadn't finished...so I finished off a bottle of Pinot, a bottle of Barolo, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, tha mainder of Valiumun srciptuns, an a box a chocletz. Yu haf no idr how feckin fablus I feel rite now. Sned this to all who need inner piss. An telum u luvum.


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