He’s a pirate and he calls himself Jimi Jimi Jimi, the Polka Dancing Pirate. If there’s an Oktoberfest event at the Germanic-American Institute in St. Paul, a polka mass at St. Boniface Catholic ...
BAY CITY, MI – There is nothing quite like dancing the polka before sunrise while also enjoying a Fat Tuesday treat. It’s even more special when you’re celebrating your 58th wedding anniversary. Jean ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Have you ever danced the polka? Kansas lawmakers are working to get the polka named as the official state dance of Kansas. Originally a Czech dance, the polka spread throughout ...
While the couple knew of each other as teenagers and one of Irene’s girlfriends lived next door to Bob, they didn’t really connect until the World War II veteran returned from the Army in 1948 and saw ...
Jimi Jimi Jimi (in red vest) leads Cathryn Polsfuss during a polka dancing class at Tapestry Folk Dance Center in Minneapolis. — Photos: The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS What kind of person can coax shy ...
Jean Mielke, 82, said she and her husband, Herb, 89, have been attending the annual Paczki Day Polka-Palooza at Krzysiak’s House Restaurant, 1605 Michigan Ave., for about a decade. “We know weddings ...