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polka polka
polka ballroom dance for couples in 2/4 time. Originated by Bohemian peasants about 1830 from steps of the schottische and other dances, the polka by 1835 reached the drawing rooms of Prague, from which it spread to the capitals of Europe. The modern polka is a mere remnant of a much livelier, more... Read more
Ennis Ennis
Ennis city (1990 pop. 13,883), Ellis co., N Tex.; inc. 1872. It is a trading, financial, rail, and processing center in a fertile blackland area that produces cattle, cotton, and grain. Ennis also has light manufacturing. The city, which was settled by Czechs, sponsors a national polka festival... Read more
Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne Singer, songwriter Formed Black Sabbath Went Solo Reunited with Black Sabbath Personal Trouble Television Star Selected discography Sources As the lead vocalist with Black Sabbath in the 1970s and throughout his solo career that began in the 1980s, Ozzy Osbourne has been one of the... Read more
folk dance folk dance
folk dance primitive, tribal, or ethnic form of the dance , sometimes the survival of some ancient ceremony or festival. The term is used also to include characteristic national dances, country dances, and figure dances in costume to folk tunes. Many children's games, such as "London Bridge" ... Read more
Alvin Youngblood Hart Alvin Youngblood Hart
Hart, Alvin Youngblood1963— Musician Steeped in the acoustic blues tradition of his Mississippi ancestors, guitarist and singer Alvin Youngblood Hart has earned both critical and popular acclaim. His songs honor the blues heritage of such seminal figures as Leadbelly and Robert Johnson, but also... Read more
Selena Selena
Selena Singer Early Love of Music Hired Fan Club President Gone Too Soon Selected discography Sources The undisputed “Queen of Tejano,” Selena Quintanilla-Pérez rocketed meteorically into the spotlight in the late 1980s. Within a few years, the artist, known simply as Selena, won... Read more
Paula Cole Paula Cole
Paula Cole Pop singer, songwriter “The Flower Has Opened” Selected discography Sources Paula Cole says her primary influence is her family. Her mother, a visual artist, and her father, a musician, taught her that music should be homemade and experienced directly and personally.... Read more
The Girl of the Golden West The Girl of the Golden West
Girl of the Golden West, The (1905), a play by David Belasco. [Belasco Theatre, 224 perf.] Minnie Falconer ( Blanche Bates) may be the owner of the Polka Saloon in a California mining camp called Cloudy Mountain, but she is also the town's respected schoolmarm, and she is courted by the gentlemanly... Read more
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Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950) was a Swiss teacher and composer known for developing eurhythmics, an approach to music education involving whole body movement. Born July 6, 1865, Emile-Henri Jaques was the only son of Jules-Louis and Julie Jaques, a French-Swiss couple... Read more
Poles Poles
Poles ETHNONYMS: Polacy, Polak/Polka, Polen, Poliak, Poliane, Polyak Orientation Identification. Poles speak Polish and the overwhelming majority are Roman Catholics. Although Poles reside world-wide, most live in Poland and their name for their country is Polska. Location. Poland... Read more

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