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Latest Posts & Texavia, and a sacred places tour. Sign up Pearl's Summer Dance Hall your team to fish the Gulf in the first Tunes & Series Announced Tails Tournament & BBQ Cookoff coming in September. Or just plan to go for the great music lineup! Also in this issue: Encore Time: Schroeder Hall Slovacek's story, fate of Mollie B Polka Party, Hofner salute coming to Pearl, Reopens tons of photos, and more! Rybaks to Host European Tour in September
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Moravia Church Picnic Weekly Lineup Czechaholics, Mark Halata/Texavia Janak's Country Market Church Picnic Alert: None this week, but watch for celebrations in Lockhart, Penelope, and Granger next weekend.
Friday, July 22 Austin: Sean Orr @ BD Riley's on 6th, 10P Conroe: Glenn Lenderman (60+ Club) @ Conroe Activity Center, 6:30-10P Eagle Lake: Charles/Fab 4 @ Vivian's, 7P, BYOB See the photos by Gary E. McKee Geronimo: Ann & Gene McIntyre/Reflection Band @ VFW, 8P-12A and Earline Berger Okruhlik Giddings: Lost Cause @ The Bull Pen, 8:30-11:30P Granger: Out of the Blue @ Cotton Club, 8:30P-12A Houston: Good, Bad & Ugly @ SPJST Lodge 88, 8-11:30P (Ad Monthly Calendar page) Navasota: Robbie Wooten @ The Western Club, 8:30-11:30P Pearland: Enzian Buam @ King's Biergarten, 6-10P San Antonio: 3 Chord Rodeo @ Leon Springs Dancehall, 8:15-11:45P Polka Trending Taylor: Ed Kopecky's Fun Time Czech Band @ SPJST Lodge 29, 7:30-11:30P Wisconsin: 38th Annual Pulaski Polka Days Saturday, July 23 Oklahoma: Q&A with Carl Austin: Shiner's Saloon 8th Anniversary - Shiner Hobo Band, 4-7P Finch Bandera: National Day of the American Cowboy @ Mansfield Park, benefiting Frontier Times Museum - Western music, cowboy poetry, Texas Heroes Hall of Fame Induction, Ranch Michigan: Bronson Polish Rodeo; Toman Brothers @ 11th Street Cowboy Bar, 9P Fest Cistern: EZ Country @ Cistern Store, 9P-1A New York: Polka Bandstand Granger: Debonaires @ Cotton Club, 9P-1A celebrates 35 years on air Houston: Jason Deleon/Cajun Friends (CFMA) @ VFW #10352, 7:30-11:30P (Ad, Monthly Rhode Island: Neighbors Calendar page) Liberty: Liberty Opry on the Square - Country/Western starring Marcus Leary, 7P excited to see city star in latest Pearland: Enzian Buam @ King's Biergarten, 5-10P film role: 'The Polka King' Proctor: Jeff Woolsey/Dancehall Kings @ The River Club, 8P Roscoe: Bobby Flores @ The Lumberyard, 9:45P-12:45A Houston: Gene Hackemack Round Top: Sean Orr @ Stone Cellar, 7P interviewed by Channel 13 on San Antonio: Jake Hooker/Outsiders @ Leon Springs Dancehall, 8:15P Spring: Spring Music Fest @ Bareback Bar & Icehouse, starts @ noon - Jody Booth, Charlie Apollo 11's moon landing Robison, Jason Cassidy, Jon Wolfe, Rick Trevino, Josh Ward, more anniversary Webster: Kenny James @ Alpine Brauhaus, 6-9P
Texas: Fayette Co Fair Sunday, July 24 Welcomes Charley Pride Geronimo: Wranger Country w/Paul Sanchez @ VFW, 3-6:30P Granger: Can't Hardly Playboyz @ Cotton Club, 5-10P Houston: Texas Roadrunners @ VFW #10352, 2-6P (Ad, Monthly Calendar page) New Taiton: Charles/Fab 4 @ Taiton Community Center, 2-6P Florida Polka Schedule Pearland: Kenny James @ King's Biergarten, 5-8P Robstown: DanceHall Sounds DJ Allen Pollard @ Community Hall, 4-7:30P Sweet Home: Lost Cause @ Community Center, 3-7P (Ad Monthly Calendar page)
Monday, July 25 Austin: Charles Thibodeaux/Austin Cajun Aces @ Evangeline Cafe, 6:30-8:30P
Tuesday, July 26 San Antonio: San Antonio Accordion Assoc. Meeting, 6P @ Chester's Hamburgers, NE Loop 410 Featuring Mario Pedone
Wednesday, July 27 San Antonio: Pearl Dance Hall Series @ Pearl Stable - Jose Amador & Natiao Salsa, 6P (Banner ad, above) (Banner ad, above) San Antonio: Vernon Doege @ Martinez Social Club, 7:30-10:30P Schulenburg: Pettit Brothers @ Sengelmann Hall, 7P
Thursday, July 28 El Campo: Texas Mavericks @ American Legion, 7:30-10P La Grange: Fayette County Country Opry @ KC Hall, 7:30P San Antonio: Cajun Music Jam Session @ Roux Cajun Firehouse, 14355 Blanco Rd., 7-9P www.20polkabands.com Friday, July 29 Austin: Billy Mata @ Broken Spoke, 8P Bandera: Rex Allen McNiel @ 11th Street Cowboy Bar, 8:30P Brenham: Abigail Taylor @ Home Sweet Farm Market/Biergarten, 8:30-11:30P Granger: Steel Country Outlaws @ Cotton Club, 8:30P-12A Navasota: Anthony Moreno Band @ The Western Club, 8:30-11:30P Pearland: Enzian Buam @ King's Biergarten, 6-10P San Antonio: Natalie Rose @ Leon Springs Dancehall, 8:15P
Visit the Monthly Calendar, along with the Church Picnics brought to you by Janak's Country Market in Hallettsville, and Texas & US Festivals pages. It's always best to call the dance venues to check on any last-minute schedule changes. Weekly Laugh
A man went to the local church and asked to join. The preacher said, "Okay, but you have to pass a small Bible test first. The first question is 'Where was Jesus born?'" The man answered, "Longview." The preacher said, "Sorry, you can't join our church." So he went to another church and asked to join. The preacher said, "We would love to have you, but you have to pass a Bible test first. Where was Jesus born?" The man said, "Tyler." The preacher said, "Sorry, you can't join our church."
So he goes to another church and asks, to join. The preacher said, "That's great! We welcome you with open arms." The man said, "I don't have to pass no Bible test first?" The preacher said, "No." The man said, "Can I ask you a question?'" The preacher said, "Sure." The man said, "Where was Jesus born?" The preacher said, "Palestine." The man mumbled to himself, "I knew it was somewhere in East Texas!"
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