Weekend Lineup
Pick the Cotton Gin Festival

The 31st annual Burton  Cotton Gin Festival is set for Sat., June 13 (rescheduled from Apr. 18). It's one of those unique events that combines great music and activities with a history lesson! The Texas Cotton Gin Museum keeps the legacy of cotton alive for all generations through the maintenance and preservation of the 1914 Burton Farmers Gin -- the oldest operating cotton gin in America. 
Here's the schedule:
10 am Cotton Gin Parade...11:30 am Bubble Gum Blowing...Noon-2:30 pm Music by PAR for the Horse...Noon-3 pm Tours of the Cotton Gin...12:30 pm Pie Eating Contest...1:30 pm Cotton Seed Pulling...2-4 pm Music by Leather & Lace...3 pm Ginning of cotton bales...4-6 pm Music by Sean Orr & Texas Gold

Also on Saturday, the first live stream concert of Not Just Oom-Pah featuring Grammy-nominated Kevin Solecki from Pittsburgh. The next concert will be June 22 featuring Alicia Baker  Straka and the workshop sessions will begin on June 23. Click here to learn more and register.





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Cistern Country Store - FRIDAY: DJ Superman Karaoke & Dancing; SATURDAY: Smokin' Guns
Krause's Cafe  - Closed, plans to reopen mid-June
Schroeder Hall  - June 13: No Chance Band; June 19: Nathan Colt Young; June 20: Parker McCollum 
Houston VFW #10352  - June dances canceled
Sweet Home - SUNDAY: Charles & Fab 4
Swiss Alp Dance Club - Next dance is Aug. 16 with Dujka Brothers
Goodtime Polka & Waltz Club - Next dance is Aug. 22 with Dujka Brothers
Elgin SPJST Lodge 18 - Western Days Free Dance with Glen Collins/Alibis on June 27, canceled
Pavlas Tavern - You never know when an impromptu jam session will occur!


Join Texas Folklife on Mon., June 15 from 3-4 pm CDT for a showcase of Texas accordion broadcast online as part of the Kennedy Center's Couch Concert series. The show presents traditional music genres all fronted by accordion including conjunto, polka and zydeco. Starting in the Rio Grande Valley with Conjunto music from Juan Longoria, Jr. (2007 Big Squeeze Grand Prize Champion), moving to Central Texas with polka music from Isaak Klaus (2020 Big Squeeze Grand Prize Champion) and closing with Houston's zydeco with Keyun Dickson (2010 Big Squeeze Grand Prize Champion). Living room dancing is welcomed and encouraged! 

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.

Latest cancellations of festivals/events:
Boerne Village Band Concert Series, June 6-July 25, postponed; Date TBD
Kolache-Klobase Festival in East Bernard, June 13, canceled
St. Mary picnic in Hallettsville, June 14, canceled
St. Rose picnic in Schulenburg, June 14, changed to drive-thru dinner, raffle, and online auction
Ammannsville: St. John the Baptist picnic, canceled
Millheim: Annual Father's Day BBQ, June 21, canceled
Bremond Polish Days, June 26-27, canceled
Sealy KC Music Fest, June 28, postponed
St. John Picnic, July 4, canceled
Dubina Picnic, July 5, canceled
Pulaski Polka Days, Wisconsin, July 16-19, canceled
Polka Party Cruise with Barefoot Becky, Jan. 3-10, 2021, canceled

Have a cotton-pickin' good weekend and Polka On!

Texas Polka News will go to an every-other-month publishing schedule due to lost ad revenue from canceled events. There will be no June issue. The July issue will be published the week of June 22. Visit  texaspolkanews.com to see latest issue.


Photo Gallery 
Nathan Colt Young @ Sweet Home 
Click on photo to see images by Karen Kurtz and  Gary E. McKee
Moravian Woodpeckers @ Pavlas Tavern Pivo Patio
Click on photo to see images by Gary E. McKee


Polka Trending

Good to hear that folks are supporting alternative fundraisers to the traditional church picnics. Holy Trinity in Corn Hill had them lining up at 10 am for a drive-thru meal. Serving began at 11 and they were sold out by 11:30, selling 600 meals. The drive-thru meal at St. Michael's in Weimar was also a huge success selling 1,500 plates. Volunteers also staged a cake race and raffle.

This Sunday, St. Rose in Schulenburg will not have it's traditional picnic but will have drive-thru meal, sweepstake drawing, and online auction (bidding starts tomorrow!). Click here to learn more about how you can support St. Rose.


 
Blue Denim @ Blase's Hall
Click on photo to see images by Joe Cool Pavlicek and Gary E. McKee

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

A elderly retiree wobbled gingerly into an ice cream shoppe and carefully, slowly climbed up onto a counter stool. He wheezed for a minute, then ordered a chocolate sundae.
"Crushed nuts?" asked the server.
"No," he answered. "Bad knees."

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