Polka may be a musical punchline to a lot of people, but it’s no joke to others. That’s why no one was laughing when the Recording Academy announced last week that it was eliminating the Best Polka ...

Polka began as a Czech peasant dance. The basis of polka dancing is in the pattern of lightly stepping from one food to the other. This movement, derived from the Czech word “pulka,” meaning ...

It's Saturday night and all around the SPJST Lodge 88 dance floor, middle-age men and women, some thick at the waist and stiff in the knees, joyously show off their trickiest steps. On stage, The ...

NEW PRAGUE, Minn. (WCCO) -- Whoever invented the polka is responsible for a lot of happy moments. That toe-tapping music was introduced in Prague -- in what used to be Czechoslovakia -- nearly two ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Czech Moravian Hall is back with its unique musical celebration of its culture. Tammy and Dennis Biswell visited Eye on NE Kansas to share information about their upcoming ...

The Brazos Valley Czech Heritage Society will host an evening of polka music Friday in College Station. Accordion player Chris Rybak of Hallettsville and veteran polka musician Bernard Tupa of Austin ...