Polka as a genre isn’t a Polish invention ... You also find that ‘they were trained in theory and the classics, as well as in jazz, voice, and the popular big-band dance music of the era’. One of the ...

Newswatch 16's Chelsea Strub checked out a Polka band spreading Christmas cheer in Luzerne County.

The 19th-century European immigrants to Wisconsin arrived with polkas ringing in their ears. The polka, a lively couples dance in 2/4 time, had developed from folk roots and became a European ...