C/W POLKA

Specialty Definition: Polka

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Polka is a type of dance and genre of dance music; it originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia, and is still a common genre of Czech folk music; it is also common both in Europe and in the Americas. In classical music, many polkas were composed by both Johann Strauss; a couple of well-known ones were composed by Bedrich Smetana.

The polka (a 2/4-beat dance of Czech origin) should not be confused with the polska (a Swedish 3/4-beat dance with Polish roots); cf. also polka-mazurka. A related dance is the redowa.

There are various styles of contemporary polka. Of the US types, the North American "Polish-style polka" has roots in Chicago, and can be identified as 'Chicago honky' and 'Chicago push' styles. North American "Slovene-style polka" is fast and features piano, accordion, and is associated with Cleveland. North American "Dutchman-style" features an oom-pah sound, often with a tuba, and has roots in the American midwest. "Conjunto-style" has roots in Northern Mexico and Texas, and is also called Norteno.

Some polka artists:

Slavko_Avsenik
Eddie Blazonczyk -- Chicago push
Brave Combo
"Happy" Louie Dusseault
"Li'l" Wally Jagiello -- Chicago honky
Walter Ostanek, Canada, three-time Grammy Award winner
Jimmy Sturr, United States, thirteen Grammy Awards
Lawrence Welk
Whoopee John Wilfahrt -- Dutchman
Frankie Yankovic -- Slovenian
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Polka."

Anagrams: C/W POLKA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "/-a-c-k-l-o-p-w"
	-3 letters: cloak, copal, plack, polka, wacko.
	-4 letters: alow, awol, calk, calo, capo, clap, claw, clop, coal, cola, cowl, kola, lack, loca, lock, opal, pack, pawl, plow, pock, wack, walk.
	-5 letters: alp, awl, cap, caw, col, cop, cow, koa, kop, lac, lap, law, lop, low, oak, oca, oka, owl, pac, pal, paw, pol, pow, wap.
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