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Texas Polka News - April 2015 Volume 27 | Isssue 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Texas Polkafounded in 1987News - a Polkabeat Inc Texas Polka News - April 2015 Volume 27 | Isssue 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Texas PolkaFounded in 1987News - A Polkabeat Inc. Publication Joel Guzman/Squeezebox Mania 2 Bohemian Princess Report By Theresa Cernoch Parker Polka Fundraisers, Mason and Story on Page 4-5 the Tuba, German State Contest Results, Celebrate the Grads 3 Editor’s Log Gary E. McKee Accordion: Bagpipe with Pleats Part 3/Final 3 From the TPN Archives April 2002: Jimmy Sturr Wins 12th Grammy 4-5 Featured Story Joel Guzman: God, Family, Squeezebox Mania 6-7 Accordions Rule! Editor's Log Continued 8-9 German & Czech Fests Muenster's 40th Germanfest, Ennis' 49th Polka Fest 10-11 Dances, Festivals, Events, Live Music, and National Festivals 12-13 In the News PoLK of A, Joann's Travel, Polka Reality TV Show 14, 18-19 Dance Notes 16-17 Fiddlers, Cotton Gin, Maifest 20 Polka Smiles Sponsored by Hruska's Page 2 Texas Polka News - April 2015 Ravens played Bohemian Princess at Lodge 88 and Texas Polka News Staff Report met his dad - Theresa Cernoch Parker, Publisher beaming from Gary E. McKee, Editor/Photo Journalist ear to ear. He has Jeff Brosch, Artist/Graphic Designer a lot to be proud Contributors: of! Mason's Julie Ardery Alec Seegers career goal is Bill Bishop Will Seegers to be a band Mark Hiebert Karen Williams director and let's Mark Karasek John Roberts hope playing in a Julie Matus Earline Berger Okruhlik polka band will be a permanent side gig! By Theresa Cernoch Parker Also proud to announce that The Contact I recently attended two fundraisers, Woodlands College Park High School one for the Texas Chapter of the Polka repeated their polka band title at the Theresa Parker, Texas Polka News Lovers Klub of America and the other 33rd Annual Texas State German P.O. Box 800183 • Houston, TX 77280 for the Texas Polka Music Museum. Contest held in February at Texas State 281-836-5362 Congrats to these organizations for University. Congrats to these kids and [email protected] | Gary: [email protected] providing great music and awesome to the thousands who participated in auctions. My husband says I have a real the German contest in music, dancing, knack for "winning" things in silent singing, drama and other categories. Ads/Media and live auctions. (Probably would Polka band second through sixth place have "won" more stuff if he hadn't been Articles, ads, letters to the editor deadline: 5th of the month for the next month went to Lanier Middle School (the only Ad Rates 1/3 page: $170 1/8: $55 sitting next to me at the TPMM live middle school polka band in the state!), auction.) Anyway, having been on the Full page: $455 1/4 page: $115 1/16: $35 Clements in Sugar Land, Boerne High 1/2 page: $255 3/16 page: $75 coordinating side of these events, I School, Smithson Valley near New know it takes a lot of time and angst Rates above are for one-time, black-and-white ad placement. Discounts available Braunfels and Cinco Ranch in Katy. for multiple runs. Additional charge for color. Combo deals available for ads in to make sure they are successful. Your Top folk dancing went to Greenville support means PoLK of A and TPMM TPN and polkabeat.com. High School (near Dallas), followed by Contact Theresa Parker for information. can continue the mission to preserve Kingwood, The Woodlands, Clements and promote polka music. and The Woodlands College Park. At the TPMM Speaking of young musicians, On The Cover event, Editor Gary singers and dancers, please note the ad McKee surprised on page 15. Let's celebrate the music Joel Guzman preparing for his annual event Squeezebox Mania taken March me with a Polka and recognize those youngsters who 16, 2015, in Austin, by Mark Hiebert, hiebertphotography.com. On! award to have a passion for music, whether celebrate our six- they decide to make it their career or month publishing not. Just send the info in the ad along About Texas Polka News anniversary and the with a photo of the graduate to me fact that we're still talking to The Texas Polka News was started by throughout Texas and the U.S. John each other. Ha! Gary's friend, artist Julius Tupa of Houston in 1987 with stepped down as editor in June 2014 to Pat Johnson of Fayetteville, created the mission to preserve and promote care for Marlys’ failing health. Marie a beautiful ceramic piece. Thanks polka music and dance. When Julius sold the paper to Theresa Cernoch Pat (and Gary)! passed away in 2002, his wife, Marie, Parker, who resumed publishing the Also at the PoLK of A continued as publisher, and his friend, paper in September 2014. Theresa also fundraiser, I had the opportunity John Rivard, took the reins as volunteer founded polkabeat.com in 2010 to editor. John’s wife, Marlys, was a regular honor the memory of her dad, Willie to visit with tubameister Mason contributor to the paper, and the couple “Bill” Cernoch, to promote polka music Nesvadba. He is graduating from were always on the floor at dance halls and heritage. Needville High School in May and will attend Blinn to study music with John Dujka and staff. I wonder if he'll take Brian Klekar's History of Get/Give The Texas Polka News The Woodlands College Park High School Polka Band Rock and Roll class. Anyway, Mason Continue the polka tradition! Give your children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, blew, literally, the competition away via email at [email protected], nieces and nephews a subscription to Texas Polka News. We’ll extend your current TPN at all the state band contests, sweeping subscription one month for each subscription you designate as a family gift. Published and mail a check for $35 to the TPN monthly. One year (12 issues) for $25. all categories. He sat in with the Red post office box. Deadline is May 5. I Clip this out & mail check for $25 (outside U.S. $40) to The Texas Polka News Ravens at the PoLK of A fundraiser, will use the money from the ads to set P.O. Box 800183 Houston, TX 77280. Or click on the TPN link on polkabeat.com to using his iPhone to read music (and up TPN subscriptions for school arts subscribe or renew online with a credit card. update Facebook during breaks). departments. His inspiration? Lawrence Svetlik I wish safe travel to the Czech and Name ___________________________________________________________ of the Ravens. "I saw him play the tuba Then Some Polka Party bus heading Street ___________________________________________________________ and knew that's what I wanted to do," to Yukon, OK, and Wahoo, NE, April Mason told me. He also has a family 9-13. Danny Zapletal reports the bus is City _________________________________ ST ________ Zip _____________ connection with the Ravens, as he is full and they're ready to roll! a cousin to Linda Lala, Shane's wife. I Polka On! at your favorite church Ph _____________________ Email____________________________________ saw Mason again in Houston when the picnic or music fest. ❏ New ❏ Renewal ❏ Gift ❏ Address change (include old address) Texas Polka News - April 2015 Page 3 accordion was released in the U.S. From the TPN Archives: April 2002 Editor's Log Venanzio Morino who had been Accordion: Bagpipe building accordions on his own in Italy, was hired by Hohner in 1928 with Pleats Part 3 to oversee accordion production. At the same time, the marketing department stepped up by forming the Hohner Accordion Orchestra, which in 1931 had 29 members. They began touring the U.S. pro- moting their product and, like the JIMMY STURR WINS while maintaining the basic Sturr polka Charleston dance and other sen- 12TH GRAMMY style. In “Gone Polka,” the Willie Nelson sations, the accordion orchestra Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra have recording of “Yellow Rose of Texas” is a became a craze with hundreds of won their 12th Grammy award, this one great example of finding good polka in By Gary E. McKee orchestras being formed. for the album, “Gone Polka.” This Rounder a traditional song with a famed country Editor’s Log Polkadate April 2015. The artist. Other Willie tunes include “Waltz Despite the Great Depression, Record features The Jimmy Sturr Orchestra editor is exploring the history of the instru- accordion sales were brisk. How- with guest vocals by the legendary Willie Across Texas,” “Just Because,” and “On The ments that entwine (most of the time) to Nelson and the great Brenda Lee. Road Again.” create the music that we dance to and sing ever, World War II put a damper on The unprecedented 12th Grammy Jimmy reaches out further in this along with. This final column explores the spending and the company’s Ger- award was announced Wednesday, Feb. Grammy-winning release, finding Sturr- scope of the accordion in today’s music. man heritage put a damper on sales. 27th at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards style polka in trademark Brenda Lee hits “Music Music Music” and “Ricochet.” In the Hohner museum, there is a in Los Angeles. Awards were presented to As the 20th century unfolded, the photograph of Hermann Göring, winners in 100 categories of music. One Brenda Lee fans will love these vocals. of those categories is for the best album of “Gone Polka” is clearly a celebration of the rapid advance in engineering and Nazi Luftwaffe leader and notorious polka music! diversity of polka. Regular fiddler Frankie manufacturing in the world resulted Nazi party leader, holding a Hohner. With 11 previous Grammy Awards, Urbanovitch draws on his Cajun roots (he’s in the mass production of the accor- it’s clear that Jimmy Sturr has the touch.
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