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SUMMARY:Thanksgiving Polka Weekend Returns for Its 61st Year
DESCRIPTION:[caption id="attachment_170139" align="alignnone" width="700"] 
 Mollie B[/caption]\nFri 11/28-Sat 11/29\nCleveland is a polka town.  The 
 roots go back well over 100 years when Slovenians brought their distinct t
 ake on the music with them when they settled in Northeast Ohio. That reput
 ation was sealed after World War II when the local bars filled with polka 
 bars\, producing a star in Frankie Yankovic who had two million-selling re
 cords. And many people still around remember growing up on the Polka Varie
 ties TV show\, and starting their music careers not with a guitar but an a
 ccordion.\nIt was 61 years ago when local polka promoter/radio personality
  Tony Petkovsek\, who passed away in 2019\, started the annual Thanksgivin
 g Polka Weekend\, attracting polka enthusiasts from around the country for
  a weekend of music\, dancing and Slovenian food. It’s hosted\, of cours
 e\, by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame\, located in Euclid
 \, and includes its induction event as part of the weekend.\n\n\n[caption 
 id="attachment_170140" align="alignnone" width="500"] Joey Miskulin and Wa
 lter Ostanek[/caption]\nThe entertainment includes local musicians and tho
 se who’ve come from away\, established and rising stars. Familiar faces 
 include Canadian Polka King Walter Ostanek\, now 90\, Joey Miskulin who go
 t his start as a teenager with Yankovic’s and and is now a successful Na
 shville session player\, and local mainstays such as Joey Tomsick\, Eddie 
 Roddick\, Kathy Hlad and Bob Kravos. There are younger performers as well\
 , keeping the polka flame burning\, such as squeezebox player Mollie B and
  the Festa Band. A full roster of performers will be pumping out the polka
 s and waltzes and keeping the dance floor at the Holiday Inn Cleveland Sou
 th in independence filled all weekend.\nThe Polka Music Awards inductions 
 and the beloved Polka Mass take place on Saturday\, followed by more hours
  of dancing\, and the All-Star Accordion Jam with a plethora of accordioni
 sts joyously bumping elbows. Slovenian food and polka merch will be availa
 ble all weekend too.\nFor full information and tickets call 216-261-3263 o
 r email PolkaShop@aol.com.\n\n\n[caption id="attachment_170141" align="ali
 gnnone" width="500"] The Festa Band[/caption]\n\n[mappress mapid="1906"]
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