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A huge crowd
A huge crowd came to see The Triumphs at Swiss Alp Dance Hall on Feb. 12 for a dance benefiting St. Rose of Lima Catholic School.
Remembering Mary Lou Lawson
Mary Lou Lawson passed away peacefully at her home in Houston. Mary Lou’s first husband, Wayne Hauck, passed away in 1977. Her love for polka kept her at the dances and at one dance, she was asked to dance by a gentleman named Harold Lawson who had been “forced” to attend the dance by friends. Harold was a widower. They married in 1981.
The Majek Orchestra
The Majek Orchestra on stage at the Taiton Polka Fest on Feb. 6.
A Gathering Place for Houston's Czech Descendants
Orchestras. In 1964, a seed was planted for the idea of a Lodge orchestra when Rudy Zatopek organized a group of lodge musicians: Bob Sustala, Stanley Sebesta, Dennis Mlcak, Johnny Mlcak, Norman Barnes, J. Pokorney, and Jeff Koudelka who performed after the ground-breaking ceremony for the new hall. This idea led to the desire in the 1970s to form their own orchestra from members, as other lodges around the state have done. The Orchestra was intended to play only at Lodge 88 functions several times a year and possibly other events around the area, not as a weekly performing dance band, and it was to be an all-volunteer group.