The Pulaski Polka Days festival is celebrating the 20th anniversary of polka as the official Wisconsin state dance, and event chairman and organizer Harold Otto devised a way to keep polka enthusiasts dancing long after this year’s party ends.
For the first time, a Pulaski Polka Days CD featuring bands from the festival will be sold in the souvenir tent at the Polka Grounds.
“It’s something that (visitors) can have in their hand that they can play,” Otto said. “It will give them memories of when they were at Polka Days and the bands that they saw and danced to.”
Otto said 20 bands chipped in to put together the CD that will act as a fundraiser for Polka Days.
Among the Wisconsin-based bands featured on the CD are the Maroszek Brothers, Music Connection, New Generation and Polish Connection. Featured bands from across the country include Alex Meixner, of Florida, Polka Family, of Pennsylvania, and Fred Ziwich and his International Sound Machine, of Ohio, to name a few.
Otto said the CD is a large thank you to all of the fans, sponsors and organizers that help to make the Pulaski Polka Days a success year after year.
Sponsors and helpers this year include Peppermint Records, Dynamic Designs, Pulaski Lions Club, Pulaski Amvets, American Legion Post No. 337, Pulaski FFA Alumni and FFA, Tri-County Optimist, Pulaski Tri-County Firefighters, Knights of Columbus and the Pulaski Veterans of Foreign Wars.
“Thirty-six years, and it’s still fun,” Otto said.
The CD will also be available by contacting Otto at 920-822-3869, or by mailing Pulaski Polka Days at P.O. Box 439, Pulaski, WI 54162. The price of the CD had not been determined when this section went to press.
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