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Princess Valiant

Princess Valiant

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Anyone into polka dance and music here.

I joined a polka club in Denver, CO and of course the membership is mainly older, well much older people. (Dances do not go on very late)

I think the dancing is fun and I do dance with old gentlemen, seems the younger ones don't dance or want to dress up.

 
When I was a kid, I hated Polka-my mom always listened to it on Saturdays. She was German on both sides, so I guess. Then about 30 some years ago, I started getting interested in WW2 and the Big Band music didn't seem so bad. I actually like it now. So GO girl-have fun!
 
lemondana said:
I'd give anything to be 30 years younger and go to the Oktoberfest in Munich.
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Who says you have to be younger, just do it anyway and when you have a lady on each arm and having a kick *** time, who cares how old you're not.
 
Our family is German on both sides, so yes, I've been known to enjoy a good Polka dance occasionally. I don't dance myself, but we enjoy the music and the costumes.

Why? so you can smell stale, hot beer and vomit?

Edit: Oktoberfest in München is a life goal. @RRR you don't have to sell it to me, I already said I want to go. :rofl:
 
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My siblings and I and our spouses are really into polka and Oktoberfest. We actually have our own parties in my sister’s basement, complete with decorations, dancing, and traditional German drinking games. There is polka music on the radio in my garage every Sunday morning.

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Ocktoberfest here in the states turned into a drunk fest, over in Germany it's a good time for everyone. I've been to a couple of German cities for Ocktoberfest and you don't see the foolishness there that is seen here.
 
This part of Texas is/was a large German community. Fredericksburg still has Octoberfest and New Braunfels has Wurstfest. Lots of traditional music, beer and food, but the traditional “dress up” is pretty much the folks running the events.

The Fredericksburg AM radio station (KNAF) used to have German broadcasts as well as Polka Party. One old Lutheran Pastor would do church services on the radio in German. Some of his sermons were picked up and broadcast in other states.

Texas-German language is dying out. When I started first grade (about 64 yrs ago), roughly 1/3 of the kids were either bilingual or total German speakers (I was English only). Of their children, I only know one that is fluent in German (her husband is German and they currently live there).

Still, on a hot autumn night, an open air dance floor with cold beer and polka music brings back lots of memories.

A funny thought to end on. At a large gathering, it is quite common for the band, or the beer influenced crowd to shout out “Ein Prosit!” (A Toast!). The Polka band will often gleefully yell out “Do you know what Ein Prosit means? It really means the more you drink, the better we sound!”
 
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Princess Valiant said:
Anyone into polka dance and music here.

I joined a polka club in Denver, CO and of course the membership is mainly older, well much older people. (Dances do not go on very late)

I think the dancing is fun and I do dance with old gentlemen, seems the younger ones don't dance or want to dress up.

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very un interestng thread
 
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