Texas Polka News

Prost! Round Top Brass Band Keeps German-Texas Beat

First a description: brass bands consist of mainly trumpets, cornets, trombones, various other brass instruments, and use a sousaphone or tuba for the bass rhythm that the others play around.

Celebrate a Century Of Community at Wied Hall

MARKER DEDICATION SET FOR NOV. 9 On Sat., Nov. 9 a Texas historical marker will be placed at Wied Hall as a testament to those honorable men and women who

TCHCC Czech Fest Has It All

The Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center in La Grange will host the annual Heritage Festival & Muziky on October 18 and 19. The Fest will open on Friday in

Red Ravens Welcome New Member

On June 30, 2019, Mason Nesvadba joined the Red Ravens as their new accordion player. Mason was born in Wharton, Texas and grew up listening to the Red Ravens as their new accordion player. Mason was born in Wharton,

The View from the Dance Floor

You meet the most wonderful and/ or interesting people when music brings together strangers (well, most of the time). This pretty much sums up the five years that Theresa and

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

The Moravians: Aggie Polka Band Celebrates a Decade

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

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Polka On! Fans

Welcome to our new feature! Our first Polka On! fan is Danny Zapletal of Ennis, who took the Texas Polka News and a Polka On! button with him to the Kolache Festival in Caldwell.

From Our Readers

Bravo for the TPN column in favor of the kids dancing (Sept. 2019). I enjoy seeing the little ones out on the floor, with elders or soloing.

WIED Hall Memories

Wied Hall was featured in the documentary Dance Hall Days. A screening of the film was shown at the hall on Dec.

DJ Profile: Egon Barthels

Egon Barthels has become a regular fixture in talk and country music radio in the Gonzales area. I had the chance to learn more about Egon's journey to becoming a disc jockey.

By Justin Everett

Columns & Opinions

Bohemian Princess Diary

Live music venues are hot! What a boon for local musicians to set up in a relaxed, casual atmosphere to play their music for an appreciative audience looking for an escape from a crazy work week.

By Theresa Cernoch Parker