It was not the sort of request that I expected to hear from our 13-year-old daughter, Emma, but at least it was one that I could grant. “I want to see someone polka dance,” is what Emma said. Forget ...

SHERMAN OAKS – Kenny Kotwitz sipped his drink and slipped back into an accordion memory 50 years in the making. He was just a teenager from Milwaukee, playing squeezebox in a combo and getting work ...

Blame it on Lawrence Welk. If you’re unfamiliar with that name, members of the American Accordionists’ Association will give you an extra-warm welcome to their festival in Baltimore this week.

Carol Knish of Munster has proven she can polka with the best of them. It's been nearly a decade since a touring tribute to the legendary Lawrence Welk waltzed anywhere near our readership. In October ...

Fifty years ago, Lawrence Welk and his orchestra made their first local TV appearance live on KTLA from the Aragon Ballroom in Santa Monica, later going national for one of the longest runs in ...

When the Jazz Arts Group Big Band takes the stage this afternoon to play music from Lawrence Welk's TV show, the tunes will be a blast from the past, not only for the audience but also the players.

Thse delightful pierogis aren’t served at a tavern that features polka bands or plays Lawrence Welk. In fact, the delicious golden brown goodness changes regularly, and is hardly traditional. These ...

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — Myron Floren, an accordion player who entertained generations of television viewers on "The Lawrence Welk Show," died Saturday. He was 85. Floren died of cancer at ...

In a letter that signs off with, ”Musically yours, Lawrence Welk,” the reclusive former bandleader agrees there is one dance that all taxpayers should sit out. Welk`s message, distributed Monday by ...

Before he became a household name as the host of his own self-titled television show, Lawrence Welk was a hardworking bandleader shaped by the rural Midwest, European folk traditions, and the rhythms ...

Ray Henry Mocarski, the town’s well-known “Polka Maestro” who died last January, will be honored Saturday when his loyal followers dedicate the Route 159 bridge over the Farmington River in his name.