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21-Nov-2014
Don Lipovac Hall of Fame, 51st Thanksgiving Polka Weekend, Ohio – USAby Rob Howard |
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 The Thanksgiving Polka Weekend, incorporating the Polka Hall of Fame Awards Show, takes place from Thursday November 27th until Saturday 29th at the Cleveland Downtown Marriot Hotel, Key Center, Cleveland, Ohio.Popular accordionist Don Lipovac (April 3, 1935 - April 26, 2014) is being inducted posthumously to the Polka Hall of Fame. Don Lipovac was America's champion accordion player in 1958 and went on to lead the best-known polka orchestra in the Kansas City area. He wrote and arranged more than 500 songs and taught two generations of accordion and tamburitza students. Don Lipovac was once described as a "cultural treasure" by the Kansas Art Council and was voted by the membership and board of the Polka Hall of Fame for his lifetime of musical achievement. The event involves three days of dancing with top Cleveland-Style and Slovenian polka bands and performers from Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Canada. Performers include the Polka Band of the Year, the Frank Stanger Orchestra, Walter Ostanek, Nashville’s Joey Miskulin of Riders in the Sky, Alex Meixner, Mike Schneider and TV’s Chardon Polka Band. Other featured artists include: Frank Svet, Frank Moravcik, Fairport Jammers, Bob Kravos, Linda Lee Brown, Klancnik & Friends, Ralph Turek, Skovenski Band, Fritz’s Polka Band, Dale Bucar, Rob DeBlander, Button Box Divas, Fred Ziwich, Mike Luteran, and Patty C & The Guys. For the first time, the Polka Hall of Fame Awards Show will be staged in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Hotel on Saturday November 29th at 2pm. The gala 27th Annual Awards Show is the high point of the three-day Thanksgiving Polka Party Weekend hosted by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum at the Marriott. Two long-time musicians will be inducted into the Polka Hall of Fame: musician and WINT radio host Denny Bucar, of Euclid, Ohio, and the late accordionist and bandleader Don Lipovac of Kansas City. For further information email: Polkashop@aol.com |