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Mason Krause, Straight To The Brass Table

Sun, 03/29/2020 - 4:00am

Many people would agree that one of the most beautiful things to see is a young musician carrying on a style of music that everyone loves. Mason Krause, surely does that superbly. Krause is a newcomer to the polka scene but has adapted to the environment without struggle. Mason plays trombone in the Needville High School band and lately has been branching out to playing with various polka bands in his area.

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It's Wunnerful Down Here in Tex-is!

Thu, 03/26/2020 - 4:00am

A plaque in the lobby of the Lawrence Welk Museum proclaims: “A total of 10,300,000,000 people! (That’s 10.3 BILLION!) have tuned in” to the TV show. Welk started his first TV show in 1951, at the age of 48. He had been performing since he was a teenager. Anyone interested in music has heard of the Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, the Crosby Brothers, all these Big Band orchestra leaders who were contemporaries of Welk.

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Polka On! Fans

Thu, 03/26/2020 - 4:00am

Hanging out at Spoetzel Brewery where the Shiner Hobos performed during the birthday party for brewery founder Kosmos Spoetzel on Mar. 7 are TPN and polkabeat photographer Karen Kurtz and a couple of new fans of David Kocurek, who graced the cover of our Spring & Summer Fest Guide. At right, TPN fans could be found at Kloesel's Steakhouse in Moulton where the Moravian Woodpeckers were playing on Feb. 15.

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