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Stacy McReynolds captured the Polkaholics at our very best! We've had several photos taken of us over the years but NONE have looked as good as these- she totally captured the eXtreme polka power of a live Polkaholics show. Thank you Stacy- these are incredible photos!! I absolutely love these pictures- you can almost smell the Old Spice and taste the Old Style when you look at these. Be sure to check out her web site for some other super cool photos.
Wow what a wonderful way to kick off the summer: 3 full days of eXtreme Polka! Thank you to everyone that participated with us on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
There are several pictures from the 13th Annual Jim Gibbons 5k run that The Polkaholics performed at on Thursday June 21st.
You can see pictures from the Friday June 22nd performance at Navy Pier's Bud Light Beer Garden. The weather was perfect! The beer was cold and the polka was eXXXXtremely HOT.
Check out the hula hoppers from Saturday June 23rd. The Polkaholics took a trip out to Ballydole Pub which is hands down the best Irish pub around. It was a great weekend and 3 solid days of polka polka POLKA!!
SHOW 1
Thursday 6/21 - Grant Park,
6:30 - 7:30pm & 8 - 8:30pm
Leukemia Research Foundation
ABC7-Jim Gibbons 5K Run / 3K Walk / Survivors' Strut
Come and join us for the 13th annual ABC 7 Jim Gibbons 5K Run, 3K Walk & Survivors' Strut! When you have finished running, walking or strutting, stay for two live performances by The Polkaholics.
Click here for more information!
For more information contact Gibbons Hotline at 847-424-0780 or Gibbons@LRFMail.org.
Were you aware that someone is diagnosed with leukemia and/or lymphoma every 5 minutes!?
Leukemia accounts for about 30% of cancer cases in children ages 0-14.
The LRF expanded its mission to includes blood cancers other than leukemia - they provide research and help those with lymphoma, and myelodysplastic syndromes as well.
Please participate, come have some fun and help to raise funds for the LRF. I am very proud to be a part of the wonderful event.
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SHOW 2
Friday 6/22 – Navy Pier, noon to 3pm
Can you think of a better place to spend an afternoon? Navy Pier, has it all and now it will have The Polkaholics® playing live for 3 solid hours and it’s F_R_E_E_!!
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SHOW 3
Saturday 6/23 – Ballydoyle Pub, Downer’s Grove, 9pm to midnight, $5
If you remember last Oktoberfest we played at The Ballydole Pub during their Warsteiner 80 oz. glass promotion- yes a glass boot that holds a six-pack, and there are over 80 pictures of this show on thier web page. Just navigate your way to the Scrap Book/Polkaholics-2006".
We can’t wait to play here again!
Look who Jolly James ran into while in Las Vegas on Memorial Day
Since the year is half over- I thought I had best put these pictures up from January of us winning BEST POLKA ENTERTAINERS OF 2006!at the 26th Annual Martins Chicago Music Awards held on January 28th at The Park West in Chicago.
This was the 3rd year we were nominated and this year we won!! I've been so busy with polka and with the day job that I forgot to post the pictures so please be sure to check 'em out.
I know I said this back in January but thank you to everyone who voted for us and to all of you that are keeping polka alive and well in Chicago.
The Chicago Music Awards were founded 26 years ago as the Chicago Reggae Awards by then-recent Jamaican emigrant Ephraim Martin. May said Martin came to Chicago as a journalist and quickly noticed that the city's reggae and Caribbean artists were getting little support.
"He started the reggae awards to give annual recognition to those artists," May said. Over time, representatives of different musical genres approached Martin about becoming part of the show.
"By 1996, he had so many additional categories that he decided to drop the 'reggae' and rename it the Chicago Music Awards. Then they also added a comedy category, a polka category, a classical category and on and on and on."
To be eligible for a Chicago Music award, an artist must live in Chicago or have been raised in Chicago (the definition of "Chicago" used for the awards is anywhere within a 200-mile radius of downtown Chicago). Other considerations for a nomination are the number of units they've sold, their exposure and the number of shows they have performed.
A "loose committee" of 70 to 100 individuals involved with the arts, including people such as journalists, show promoters, radio station personnel and club owners, nominate different artists for their work. A smaller committee then chooses four to five finalists in each category, with Martin getting the final say on each nomination. The finalists are announced in December. May declined to identify individual members of the nominating committee, saying the awards program tries to keep individuals involved anonymous "so they are not deluged by artists."
When the finalists are announced, ballots are printed up and placed in "different places where music lovers would go," like clubs and record stores, as well as online. (Thanks to Chicago Sun-Times: David Jakubiak)
The awards are given based on popular vote, Some people always wonder how The Polkaholics could beat someone like Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones... it is all up to the popular vote.
Martin's company, Martin Inter-Culture, also organizes the The African/Caribbean International Festival of Life, which is held in Washington Park each July 4 weekend.
Don't Let The Polka Die!
A healthy bouncing baby boy!! Way to go!!
This weekend is the 40th anniversary of the release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
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