After 15 years of being around a family polka band, Heather Sadowsky Faulkner says the music and dancing are a way of life. But she held off telling her future husband, Shawn, about that lifestyle.

PLAINS TWP. — There’s a good reason why William C. Kurilla dances the polka. It keeps the 77-year-old retiree young. “I feel 39,” said Kurilla, of Walnutport, between numbers by the John Stevens’ ...

Part steamy small-town jamboree, part honest-to-God Czech cultural celebration, the National Polka Festival in Ennis is one of your best chances all year to escape the mess of the city and remind ...

Apr. 5—Promoter Joe Nardone smiled with satisfaction Saturday afternoon as his gaze took in the hundreds of people gathered in the Keystone Ballroom at Mohegan PA for Pennsylvania PolkaFest 2025.

As the horns pulse and the bass drum pops, dozens of couples work in unison to alternate their footwork and swing their bodies to the much-celebrated and interactive state dance — polka. This was the ...

John and Jean Gallas of Lancaster brought their twins, 17-month-old Andrew and Elizabeth, to see a bit of their family heritage. The children wore ear protection as a precaution against the very ...