The onset of Alzheimer’s disease has stolen pieces of Oliver Koenig’s memory. Names and faces aren’t as clear as they once were, his wife, Helen Koenig, said. But there’s one thing 84-year-old Oliver ...

Not sure what a button box is? Don’t worry, we had some experts on the show to tell us just exactly what it is. A button box is a type of accordion with three or four rows of buttons on the right-hand ...

The Cheyenne Polka Club has helped keep the polka-waltz style of dancing alive for at least 22 years. Claude Pruter, now retired after 32 years in maintenance at F.E. Warren Air Force Base both in the ...

“Waila” is taken from “baila,” which means dance in Spanish. Blending polka, waltz, tejano, cumbia and Norteno, Waila’s roots go back as far as the late 1700s, when European immigrants brought their ...

CHATFIELD — Dancing shoes will be welcome when the Chatfield Brass Band presents "Music to Dance By" at 7:30 p.m. July 8 at the City Park bandshell. The band will play a mix of polkas, waltzes and ...

Polka began as a Czech peasant dance. The basis of polka dancing is in the pattern of lightly stepping from one food to the other. This movement, derived from the Czech word “pulka,” meaning ...