Polka the Night Away

I’ve mentioned before my love of polka music. I know I blogged about how fun it was to hear the music and watch the dancing at St. Anthony’s Festival. So when my friend Diane Engell invited Steven and me to go to an open air concert at the Folts Home featuring Fritz’s Polka Band, I was eager to accept.

Steven had noted in the paper that there was to be a concert at Folts, but the group was not specified. We had planned to run several errands in New Hartford, which we did not like to put off. Well, we did not literally run our errands, but we hurried along and met Diane shortly after seven. The band was already playing, so we quickly found a space for our lawn chairs and settled down to enjoy.

A large part of the audience was residents of the Folts Home. Many were clapping along, all were smiling. I saw the Volunteer Coordinator Linda Geno (at least, I don’t know her whole official title, she wears a lot of hats; I know her from volunteering). Linda danced with a few of the residents, but only briefly. I was disappointed that there was not more dancing.

The music was wonderful. They played a variety of songs, not just polkas. But they rocked the house on the polkas! They were on a gazebo, so I could not see them all very well. Some hanging flowers obstructed my view. I could see the drummer all right. He was just so obviously enjoying himself, and you could tell by the sound that the whole band was as well.

The audience was loving it too. I went right home and liked Fritz’s Polka Band on Facebook. That was how Diane heard about this concert. Now I’ll hear about their gigs, too. I’ll probably blog about more of them.