Dwayne Verheyden in San Antonio at the Arneson River Theater, 2013: 'El Puente Roto' http://youtu.be/7WKGTQBrIGY <http://youtu.be/7WKGTQBrIGY>
<http://www.dwayne-verheyden.nl/biografie_eng> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYkJ1Y3LC1U > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" cardemaister@ wrote: > > > > > > Säkkijärven polkka (sack-key-yar-ven---), polka of/from > > Säkki-järvi (bag-lake) village (after WWII, part of Russian > > Karelia) by Viljo (vill-yaw) "Vili" > > Vesterinen, 1939: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZx1zl_sVTI > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Bhairitu: > > > > Who would have thunk it? Willy is a polka fan. > > > > > > > It's all about the Polka. > > > > > > My favorite is the 'Beer Barrel Polka'. LoL! > > > > > > Beer Barrel Polka by Brave Combo: > > > http://youtu.be/l8d8i271VgU > > > > > > > > > Brave Combo, San Antonio, Texas 2013 > > > Dancing is real big around here. I recently took > > > dancing lessons at the university by joining a > > > folk dance group to learn folk dancing. > > > > > > We really like the two-step around here, 2/4. > > > Polka music and dancing the two-step is sort of > > > like the 'polska', which has a 3/4 beat; a > > > Swedish dance style, but the Polka dance is > > > apparently from Polish roots. > > > > > > Polka music has very popular and over time > > > evolved into Ragtime dances and Rockabilly music > > > styles. > > > > > > Further south, polka music began to sound a lot > > > like Cajun and Cajunta music. Go figure. > > > > > > "Polka is also popular in Milwaukee, Wisconsin > > > where the Beer Barrel Polka is played during the > > > seventh inning stretch and halftime of Milwaukee > > > Brewers and Milwaukee Bucks games." > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polka > > > > > > Polka Swing Two Step: > > > http://youtu.be/gyTXIzQEvCs > > > > > > > > "They won a Grammy Award in 1999 in the Best Polka > > > >> Album category for their album Polkasonic, and again > > > >> in 2004 for their album Let's Kiss..." > > > > > > > > > > Brave Combo: > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_Combo
