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I love going to a nice German or Polish polka bar and having a few piwos and enjoying a good polka band. I normally don't listen to it much other than when I'm at a bar though.
I love going to a nice German or Polish polka bar and having a few piwos and enjoying a good polka band. I normally don't listen to it much other than when I'm at a bar though.
That 2/4 polka beat is also big in the southwest amongst Hispanic groups, where they dance to corridos (runners), or Mexican polkas! They can be found at many dances, weddings, anniversaries, etc. Do I like polkas? Sure!
By the way, the Mexican Polka was introduced by immigrant miners from Poland who brought their instruments with them, and their music caught on with the Mexicans and is still the staple rhythm of their music. The Polish immigrants settled in Sinaloa, in the early 19th century.
By the way, the Mexican Polka was introduced by immigrant miners from Poland who brought their instruments with them, and their music caught on with the Mexicans and is still the staple rhythm of their music. The Polish immigrants settled in Sinaloa, in the early 19th century.
That is very interesting. I love to polka and I am particularly fond of the Mexican Polka. It's happy music and doing the polka is fun plus excellent exercise.
By the way, the Mexican Polka was introduced to Mexico by immigrant miners from Poland who brought their instruments with them, and their music caught on with the Mexicans and is still the staple rhythm of their music. The Polish immigrants settled in Sinaloa, in the early 19th century.
That makes sense, because of the accordian instrument which is seen in most Norteño music, as well as the 2/4 beat which influences much of Mexican music. I went and found some info on this very influence here... and there! Thanx!
Not exactly Polka but close enough to go down memory lane for some old timers here.
Back in the 30's and 40's in Canada my church (Hungarian) had a ladys group that would put on a social picnic at some farm outside of town. There would be the ethnic food...soft drinks for the kids...beer for the adults and of course a wooden dance floor with a live Hungarian band playing the music to dance too. Nearby on the same farm would be a Polish or other Foreign group with their picnic also. People would go back and forth between both and everyone had a good time with the proceeds of course going to the church.
Thats how I met a good looking Polish girl and learned to dance the Polka.
Not exactly Polka but close enough to go down memory lane for some old timers here.
Back in the 30's and 40's in Canada my church (Hungarian) had a ladys group that would put on a social picnic at some farm outside of town. There would be the ethnic food...soft drinks for the kids...beer for the adults and of course a wooden dance floor with a live Hungarian band playing the music to dance too. Nearby on the same farm would be a Polish or other Foreign group with their picnic also. People would go back and forth between both and everyone had a good time with the proceeds of course going to the church.
Thats how I met a good looking Polish girl and learned to dance the Polka.
Bob Blecha and his Bouncing Czechs, who were very populat around Humboldt, Nebraska.
"Cousin Fuzzy" had a polka band with its own prime-time live TV show on WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin, back in the 50s. In those days, you could go up and down the AM radio dial anywhere in Wisconsin, and hear polkas on at least ten stations.
I love this video, of the Michigan Tech Pep Band---it's not a polka, but it brings tears to my eyes.:
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