By the 1960s, the Verne Meisner Band was one of the best-known polka groups in the region. Steve received an ambivalent message from Verne when he showed an interest in music. Seven-year-old Steve ...

Four days, 36 bands and a sold-out crowd. That’s the short story of the “Mollie B Polka Party” taping that took place Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 8-11, at the Medina Entertainment Center ...

It’s really great seeing younger people get excited and dance to polka music.” Part of that effort involves spreading the music far and wide. “When I was a kid, we’d go to church on Sunday ...

Polka became a symbol of Polishness for a great many Polish Americans and was practiced as a casual dance by this group long after others had drifted away from it. No wonder then that also polka music ...

so they were booking events on top of one another,” he said. “We’re all in this for the same reason — we love polka music and want people to come out and enjoy it. So I reached out to ...

Moeller said, like last year, there will be more live musical talent, including polka music. Headling act Mollie B., host of the Mollie B. Polka Party TV show, Ted Lange and the band Squeezebox ...

Chris Bogdon was in first grade in his native Carnegie when he started taking accordion lessons. Steve Novosel, while growing up in Murrysville, took up the instrument at 9 years old. Both were raised ...