Almost all states with an official dance choose the square dance, but not Wisconsin. Not by a longshot. We picked the polka in 1993, as a nod to ethnic heritage, but the dance doesn’t acknowledge just ...

Approaching the entrance of the Chandelier Ballroom in the Heights, I began to hear the faint echoes of accordions and trumpets and a pang of dread surged in my spine. I was entering the world of ...

The hammered dulcimer, accordion, trombone and bass blend to create unique polka melodies and the 100-year-old dance tradition of the Volga Germans. Meet the musicians, dancers and families who ...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - For Polka’s On Ice, it all began with a chicken dance. “Two young ladies, Lily Perlak and Jessica Caves, recorded themselves doing the chicken dance and put it online,” ...

Rarely do the sounds of polka and big band meet, but here in Sheboygan County they flourished together for more than a decade in dance halls and ballrooms. The sound of swing, rooted in jazz, ...

The 19th-century European immigrants to Wisconsin arrived with polkas ringing in their ears. The polka, a lively couples dance in 2/4 time, had developed from folk roots and became a European popular ...

This week, a huge division of opinion nearly cleaved your Belleville News-Democrat newsroom into two nearly equal pieces. No, not Trump or Clinton. Not ketchup or mayo on fries. And not the ...

A Christmas polka dance to benefit the needy is scheduled from 3-7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Polish Club Hall, 1470 Valley Street. Music will be by Duane Malinowski. Cost is $13 per person, and it ...

MUSKEGON, MI — The fryers will be bubbling, the accordions tuned and the flower crowns arranged just right for the 10th annual Muskegon Polish Festival. Founded a decade ago by Polish community ...