[Dixielandjazz] Slightly OT - Preserving Trad Polka in Nebraska

[David Richoux]

http://tinyurl.com/24xq3z
<http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2620&u_sid=10198725>

a snip:
> Vyhlidal added: "A lot of it is about the heritage. Keeping it  
> going. There are songs we know that have been around for a hundred  
> years, and they're still being played."
>
> Polka came to Nebraska in the 1850s, when Czechs fled worsening  
> economic conditions in Bohemia and Moravia, drawn by the promise of  
> large tracts of American farmland. In the beginning polka meant  
> just one thing: a specific, two-beat couples dance. But now it  
> describes a range of dances and rhythms usually achieved with an  
> accordion, a tuba and sentimental lyrics about family, food, love  
> and memories.


Dave Richoux