Saturday, September 22, 2012
Oktoberfest will feature non-stop live music all day and into the night by the Jim Busta Band, The Goodtime Dutchmen and The Mighty Short Bus.
Put on your dancing shoes and learn to polka from professional dance instructor, Jennifer Mulcahey. She'll have you and your partner doing the polka around the dance floor in no time!
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(11 am-3 pm)
The Jim Busta Band is a Czech-German, five-piece polka band with many vocal arrangements.
Their music includes waltzes, polkas, schottisches and foxtrots. For
nearly 30 years, the band
has played numerous events and festivals and spent one summer touring Europe.
(3:15 pm-7 pm)
The Goodtime Dutchmen is an award-winning Dutchmen-style band that plays German, Bohemian and Polish styles. The seven-piece Goodtime Dutchmen received the “Horizon Award” and “Band of the Year” from the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame. They have appeared on the nationally-aired “The Today Show.” From waltzes to polkas, foxtrots and schottishes, the Goodtime Dutchmen deliver their music with fun, enthusiasm and they have a goodtime doing it.
(7 pm-10 pm)
The Mighty Short Bus is a four-piece rock n' roll machine. Compared to southern rock bands such as The Black Crowes and Lynyrd Skynard, they've been fortunate to be able to play hundreds of shows and sell thousands of albums all over the midwest and beyond. The MSB released its third album, "The Forever Endeavor" in May 2010.
Come learn or improve your polka dancing with local dance instructor, Jennifer Mulcahey. Jennifer has been a professional ballroom dance instructor for over 20 years. She currently owns and operates the Ballroom by Jennifer studio in Dubuque, Iowa. Jennifer teaches group and private lessons to couples and individuals and has training in American smooth and American rhythm style dances, as well as country and polka. Bring your dancing shoes!
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