What kind of person can coax shy, diffident Minnesotans to boogie down on the dance floor? He’s a pirate and he calls himself Jimi Jimi Jimi, the Polka Dancing Pirate. If there’s an Oktoberfest event ...

The White Rose Polka Dancer’s Association will sponsor six classes on basic polka and figure dances, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 2-16 and March 1-15, in the Sinking Springs Elementary School cafeteria, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Have you ever danced the polka? Kansas lawmakers are working to get the polka named as the official state dance of Kansas. Originally a Czech dance, the polka spread throughout ...

As the horns pulse and the bass drum pops, dozens of couples work in unison to alternate their footwork and swing their bodies to the much-celebrated and interactive state dance — polka. This was the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In the 1960s, it was the twist; in the ’20s, the Charleston. But these fads were mere blips on ...

to the local PBS channel. About five members answered phones at the WVIA studio in Pittston on a Saturday evening during a membership drive designed to save the “Pennsylvania Polka” program. The polka ...

PULASKI (WLUK) -- A fun summer tradition has returned to Pulaski once again. Despite rain in the forecast, Pulaski Polka Days is back for its 46th year as hundreds of people are already joining in on ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The polka chinata, in which two men whirl together in a crouch, is revived in a dance by Alessandro Sciarroni, coming to PS21 in Chatham, N.Y. Two dancers doing polka chinata, ...

Kansas Czech-Slovak Princess Brooklyn Webb encouraged legislators Thursday to support a bill declaring polka the state's official dance. She said the style of dance had its roots in European culture ...

Apr. 5—Promoter Joe Nardone smiled with satisfaction Saturday afternoon as his gaze took in the hundreds of people gathered in the Keystone Ballroom at Mohegan PA for Pennsylvania PolkaFest 2025.