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Texas Folklife Announces Big Squeeze Winners

Wed, 06/24/2020 - 4:00am

Texas Folklife has announced the 2020 Big Squeeze Youth Accordion Champions in each of the traditional Texas accordion music genres including conjunto, polka, Cajun and zydeco. Seguin resident Isaak Wolfshohl, 18, was named the statewide Polka Grand Champion. Wolfshohl was introduced to the Texas polka culture at a very young age, attending Wurstfest annually and he was 12 when he got his first accordion. Wolfshohl's teacher is Terry Cavanagh and he auditioned with traditional polka songs Bergvagabunden and Rosamunde.

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BOERNE VILLAGE BAND PLANS CONCERTS

Thu, 04/23/2020 - 4:00am

The Boerne Village Band, the original German heritage band from Boerne Texas, is celebrating its 160th anniversary and they have garnered private and public support to bring in special performers for the entire season. This year’s Summer Abendkonzerts scheduled for June and July will be very special and unique from any of the previous 40 seasons. The season will include not only the usual four Tuesday evening concerts (Abendkonzertes) but will offer two additional concerts – a Saturday Kickoff on June 6 to include a Grand March to launch the season and a Finale with representatives from their sister band in Runkel Germany and a large brass band on Sat., July 25.

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Mason Krause, Straight To The Brass Table

Sun, 03/29/2020 - 4:00am

Many people would agree that one of the most beautiful things to see is a young musician carrying on a style of music that everyone loves. Mason Krause, surely does that superbly. Krause is a newcomer to the polka scene but has adapted to the environment without struggle. Mason plays trombone in the Needville High School band and lately has been branching out to playing with various polka bands in his area.

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It's Wunnerful Down Here in Tex-is!

Thu, 03/26/2020 - 4:00am

A plaque in the lobby of the Lawrence Welk Museum proclaims: “A total of 10,300,000,000 people! (That’s 10.3 BILLION!) have tuned in” to the TV show. Welk started his first TV show in 1951, at the age of 48. He had been performing since he was a teenager. Anyone interested in music has heard of the Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, the Crosby Brothers, all these Big Band orchestra leaders who were contemporaries of Welk.

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