By News Staff on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 04:05
  • From left: Martinek Orchestra, first documented polka band played in Ennis in 1915. The Moravians provided the music at a polkabeat party at Sengelmann Hall in Schulenburg in July 2012. Band members with Jim Busta and Mollie B during their Midwest polka t
    From left: Martinek Orchestra, first documented polka band played in Ennis in 1915. The Moravians provided the music at a polkabeat party at Sengelmann Hall in Schulenburg in July 2012. Band members with Jim Busta and Mollie B during their Midwest polka t
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    It must be in the water. The North Central Texas town of Ennis keeps producing enduring polka bands. The first documented band played around 1915, the Martinek Orchestra, listed among its me...

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