National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum
605 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123
USA
E-mail: Polkashop@aol.com
Phone: 216-261-3263
Toll Free: 1-866-66POLKA
Fax: 216-261-4134
www.polkafame.com © National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum, 605
East 222nd Street, Euclid, OH 44123, USA.
National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame & Museum
605 East 222nd Street, Euclid, Ohio 44123
(216) 261-FAME · Toll Free: 1 (866) 66-POLKA ● www.polkafame.com ● polkashop@aol.com
Polka Stars Celebrate the 60th Thanksgiving Polka Weekend
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 of Fame at the Holiday Inn Cleveland South. Thrill to
celebrity entertainers, including RFD-TV’s Mollie B, Canada’s Polka King Walter Ostanek,
Nashville’s Joey Miskulin, and world button-accordion champion Denis Novato. Enjoy
the finest polka and waltz music in a ballroom setting. The 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 stage to honor the newest names entering the Polka Hall of Fame.
The spotlight bands are led by Linda Lee Brown (MI), Jeff Winard (WI), Mikey Dee
(PA), Garrett Tatano (PA), Frank Moravcik (OH), Ed Klancnik (TN), Kathy 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 genealogy workshop. Stop by the Polka
Pop-Up Shop for unique polka and nationality gifts and recordings. This year’s lifetime
awards go to Frankenmuth’s polka sweetheart Linda Lee Brown; Milwaukee polka deejay
Greg Drust; Cleveland drummer John Gerl; Pennsylvania polka radio host Joe Godina;
and Cleveland accordionist and bandleader Frank Moravcik. Three names are added to
the Trustees Honor Roll: the late Cleveland drummer Wayne Habat; Cleveland polka
promoter Rosemary Koss; and Milwaukee accordionist and bandleader Jeff Winard. The
All-time Hits are “Squeezer’s Polka,” popularized by Joe Fedorchak, and “The Wind
Song (Veter nosi pesem mojo),” by Slovenia’s Vilko and Slavko Avsenik. The Thanksgiving
Polka Weekend started in 1963 when radio personality Tony Petkovsek invited top bands
for a holiday dance fest. America’s Polka King Frank Yankovic appeared, along with
Frankie Kramer and Andre Blumauer. The weekend soon 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. Save $10 with a Polka Weekend
Pass, only $55. 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, Ohio.
Reduced room rates are offered through the Holiday Inn, (216) 524-8050. Book your
flight and car rental with Kollander Travel, (216) 692-1000. The Holiday Inn Cleveland
South, 6001 Rockside Road in Independence, Ohio, near I-77 and I-480, 15 minutes
from the airport and downtown.
