MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- In the post-World War II era, the names Lawrence Welk and Frankie Yankovic were as familiar as Robin Thicke and Justin Bieber are today. However, they are fading from memory -- ...

A Polka band playing at Oktoberfest this year is drawing crowds of all ages. They play everything - from your what your grandparents like to current hits. The Chardon Polka Band is playing all weekend ...

Despite the current practice of social distancing the Chardon Polka Band continues to keep the good times rolling. The local group that provides upbeat polka music and entertaining shows at festivals, ...

Although some of the composers — Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Strauss among them — whose music J.D. Parr studied as a music student in the 1970s at Washburn University incorporated polkas into their ...

Before ‘Tony’s Polka Band’ was formed in 1996, the Banewicz family would often get together on Sunday afternoons at the Banewicz family farm. Being the former band leader of ‘Mary’s Polka Band’ in the ...

Inside the door, a couple collected $8 and dispensed tickets that doubled as raffle numbers. Once in the hall, guests collected a beer or a Coke before taking a seat with the generations of friends ...