PARMA TWP., MI - It came down to a choice between football or practicing his clarinet. Young Richard Kulas was leaning toward the sport, but his mother intervened. "My mom said, 'No, you go practice ...
The 19th-century European immigrants to Wisconsin arrived with polkas ringing in their ears. The polka, a lively couples dance in 2/4 time, had developed from folk roots and became a European popular ...