Polka
The leader of the band started playing polka music in 1957, at that time playing the trumpet. He picked up the concertina in 1960 and has been performing both instruments ever since. He was the original trumpet player with the Jolly Brothers Polka Band from 1960 to 1964. During his four years with the “Brothers,” he composed and arranged most of the music on the first two albums by the Jolly Brothers: Polka Special and Come Dance With Me. During the summers of 1962 and 1963, the Jolly Brothers along with him, toured the upper midwest with the Golden Voice of Polkas, Marion Lush from the Windy City of Chicago.
Founded in 1935, this Polka Band is dedicated to upholding the tradition and fostering the continued development of authentic German, Eastern European and American brass band music.Members of this band are drawn from the ranks of the finest musicians in the greater Philadelphia area. Some are working professionals, others are semi-professional or highly talented amateurs. They bring with them a wide range of experience from symphony orchestras, chamber music groups, musical theaters, jazz, rock and even metal bands.
This Seattle Polka Band, widely regarded as Seattle’s #1 polka band, has been around since May 17, 1995, when the bandleader got a group of his friends at Cornish College of the Arts to form a polka band. Since that time they’ve built a reputation as one of the Northwest’s most fun and entertaining polka bands.
In the year 2000 the leader of this Minneapolis Polka Band decided to start his own band, featuring the traditional Czech, German, and Dutchmen style. Starting out as a five piece band, the band progressed and put out a recording in 2002. This recording featured three of his original compositions, along with a duet.
This Chicago Polka Band has been playing together since 1976 playing polkas, big band, rock and roll and country music, performing on television, radio and in movies as well as by invitation all over the world. The band has played numerous polka festivals in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Hawaii, the Caribbean and South America.
This Omaha Polka Band has a reputation for pleasing their dancing and listening audience. They have been playing in Nebraska, Iowa and surrounding communities for several years. They have five to six musicians and play a variety of music, which includes: Polka, Waltz, Country Western and Swing.
This Phoenix Polka Band is Arizona’s Hottest Party Band. Organized in the spring of 2003, they have already turned up the heat in the polka field with their distinctive, lively polka beat. The group is composed of seasoned musicians who are talented and have been associated with the Polka music style for many years.
This Orchestra specializes in the kind of music Wisconsin greats Romy Gosz and Dick Rodgers used to play from the early 1930s to the early 1980s.The heart of the Wisconsin-based orchestra is the father and his son. The father, a retired band director, always loved the old-time polka style of Romy Gosz, and taught Gosz’s music to his band students. He also gave music lessons to his son when he was a small boy. When the boy was seventeen, the two of them started playing in bands together. As the son grew older, he and his father would regularly get together to play their trumpets.
Our three-person band is lead by Carol on accordion along with Dennis on drums and Steve on guitar. They play at various locations around Wisconsin and are available for personal engagements such as: weddings, retirements, reunions, anniversaries or any other sort of event that could use a little music.While polka is certainly their specialty, their Play List also includes a good variety of waltzes, country and a little rock ‘n roll. To their fans, thank you all so much for your support – they couldn’t do it without you.
In a small west central Wisconsin village about 30 miles east of the Mississippi River lived a young farm boy whose roots were embedded deeply into old time folk music. The leader of this band, born in 1965, has carried on a family tradition that goes back to the 1800′s. Being the youngest of five children, it was not unusual for his dad and all of the children to sit in the kitchen and play music. At the age of 3, his grandfather told everyone that he would be a great musician one day. Being a concertina player himself, Grandpa was correct.