Polka began as a Czech peasant dance. The basis of polka dancing is in the pattern of lightly stepping from one food to the other. This movement, derived from the Czech word “pulka,” meaning ...

Children got a thrill out of riding in the parade in downtown Ennis at the festival. ( Louis DeLuca - Staff Photographer ) Children got a thrill out of riding in the parade in downtown Ennis at the ...

This Memorial Day weekend, Ennis plays host to the 44th Annual National Polka Festival celebrating the city’s Czech heritage through traditional polka music, elaborate brightly-colored costumes, folk ...

CLARKSON — The rain moved out just in time for hundreds of people to flood Clarkson on Sunday for the community’s Czech Festival. After a soggy start to the day, Mother Nature decided to cooperate ...

You'll smell Kolaches baking and hear the organ-like sounds of the accordion this weekend in Ennis. It's polka time! The National Polka Festival returns Friday night for three days of Czech traditions ...

Maybe everyone who attended the National Polka Festival over the weekend in Ennis is too hungover from copious amounts of kolache and Czechvar to hop straight on the Craigslist to post their missed ...

The sound of polka and big band music will fill the Fremont Auditorium on Saturday. KHUB is hosting their 38th annual Polka Party from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the auditorium located at 925 N Broad Street ...

CLARKSON — You can tell you're getting close to the Czech Days festivities in Clarkson when you hear the familiar um-pa of the tuba along with an accordion playing a polka tune. "It's not Czech Days ...

The Brazos Valley Czech Heritage Society will host an evening of polka music Friday in College Station. Accordion player Chris Rybak of Hallettsville and veteran polka musician Bernard Tupa of Austin ...

Lee Roy Matocha of Fayetteville, who for more than 40 years entertained thousands of Texans with broadcasts of Czech music, died Saturday of a heart attack. He was 70. Matocha also headed a six-piece ...