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URL:https://www.ipapolkas.com/events/60th-thanksgiving-polka-weekend-and-3
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SUMMARY:60th Thanksgiving Polka Weekend and 35th Polka Music Awards Show
DESCRIPTION:E-I-E-I-O - Six-Oh! Celebrate at the Thanksgiving Polka Weekend
  on its diamond anniversary! Polka music’s grandest event offers you two
  days of priceless memories with the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall o
 f Fame at the Holiday Inn Cleveland South. Thrill to celebrity entertainer
 s\, including RFD-TV’s Mollie B\, Canada’s Polka King Walter Ostanek\,
  Nashville’s Joey Miskulin\, and world button-accordion champion Denis N
 ovato. Enjoy the finest polka and waltz music in a ballroom setting.\n\nTh
 e 35th Polka Music Awards Show spectacular is the red carpet event of the 
 milestone weekend with the big-band orchestra leading the salute to award-
 winning talents. The show features polka music’s finest performers on st
 age to honor the newest names entering the Polka Hall of Fame.\n\nThe spot
 light bands are led by Linda Lee Brown (MI)\, Jeff Winard (WI)\, Mikey Dee
  (PA)\, Garrett Tatano (PA)\, Frank Moravcik (OH)\, Ed Klancnik (TN)\, Kat
 hy Hlad (OH)\, Don Wojtila (OH)\, and Joey Tomsick (OH). You won’t want 
 to miss the Button Box Jam Session\, the Polka Mass\, and the Slovenian ge
 nealogy workshop. Stop by the Polka Pop-Up Shop for unique polka and natio
 nality gifts and recordings.\n\nThis year’s lifetime awards go to Franke
 nmuth’s polka sweetheart Linda Lee Brown\; Milwaukee polka deejay Greg D
 rust\; Cleveland drummer John Gerl\; Pennsylvania polka radio host Joe God
 ina\; and Cleveland accordionist and bandleader Frank Moravcik.\n\nThree n
 ames are added to the Trustees Honor Roll: the late Cleveland drummer Wayn
 e Habat\; Cleveland polka promoter Rosemary Koss\; and Milwaukee accordion
 ist and bandleader Jeff Winard. The All-time Hits are “Squeezer’s Polk
 a\,” popularized by Joe Fedorchak\, and “The Wind Song (Veter nosi pes
 em mojo)\,” by Slovenia’s Vilko and Slavko Avsenik.\n\nThe Thanksgivin
 g Polka Weekend started in 1963 when radio personality Tony Petkovsek invi
 ted top bands for a holiday dance fest. America’s Polka King Frank Yanko
 vic appeared\, along with Frankie Kramer and Andre Blumauer. The weekend s
 oon became a tradition\, with the Polka Hall of Fame adding the gala Polka
  Music Awards Show. The weekend is supported in part through a grant from 
 Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.\n\nSave $10 with a Polka Weekend Pass\, only $5
 5. Friday admission $20\; Saturday admission\, $20\; Polka Awards Show\, $
 25. 18 and under free. Free parking. Order tickets from the Polka Hall of 
 Fame\, (216) 261-3263 or PolkaShop@aol.com. The Polka Hall of Fame is open
  Wednesday and Saturday\, 9 to 2\, at 605 East 222nd Street in Euclid\, Oh
 io.\n\nReduced room rates are offered through the Holiday Inn\, (216) 524-
 8050. Book your flight and car rental with Kollander Travel\, (216) 692-10
 00. The Holiday Inn Cleveland South\, 6001 Rockside Road in Independence\,
  Ohio\, near I-77 and I-480\, 15 minutes from the airport and downtown.
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CATEGORIES:Polka Weekend
LOCATION:Holiday Inn Cleveland South\, 6001 Rockside Rd.\, Independence\, O
 hio\, 44136\, United States
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