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Week Twenty-One – Exit Stage Left
The National Polka Festival (NPF) in Ennis, Texas has been in existence for as long as I have, 45 years. This has always made the event seem even more special to me and has been one of the many reasons I have tried so hard to return to the festival of the celebration of my…
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Week Eighteen – It is May, Do You Know What That Means?
It means that it is time to prepare and go to the annual National Polka Festival, of course. This year I decided not to make new costumes. I will be doing that next year, hopefully for the whole family. This year I decided to spruce up and adjust some of the current costume components. Starting…
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National Polka Festival 2009
Things around here have been so crazy that I have been unable to post this years collection of images from the Polka Festival. Now that the mid-terms are over and the grandson has returned home I can finally turn my attention to more entertaining subjects. Ebby enjoyed the trip to Dallas. The trip back was…
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Everybody Dance // This Year’s Costume Trial Run
I finally reached a point in my semester work where I could take a short break and work on something fun. My wonderful and talented husband agreed to do a photo shoot of me in my costume for this year’s Polka Festival. Every year I get nervous when the festival draws near thinking that my…
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Czech Costume Creation 2009 // Womens Kroj
The first costume for the 2009 National Polka Festival is essentially finished. This is the costume that I will wear in this year’s King and Queen Dance Competition. I am so excited! There are still some tiny details (none noticeable to the camera) to be attended to, but I was dying to get this one…
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Czech Kroj – Men’s Vest
Finally, I am off and running on this year’s costumes. I have been procrastinating about the construction of this year’s costumes, partly out of a lack of time and partly out of a lack of enthusiasm. But now I have the first finished piece to show you and I’m back baby!! Here is the vest…
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Czech This Out
Ok, I couldn’t resist that one. I am so excited that I have finally finished the costumes for the National Polka Festival that begins in less than 30 days. The dress ensemble is mine to wear in the King and Queen Polka Dance Contest. The slacks, shirt and vest combination are for my father who…
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Czech Costume Design
While attending the National Polka Festival this year I decided to create a new costume for myself (and my father, husband and grandson) for next year’s festival. We took a lot of photos of the folks in costume so I would have something to reference when I got back home and started designing. In addition…
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National Polka Festival 2007
We are finally getting back in the swing of things here at the house (pun intended) after being gone over the Memorial Day Holiday. The weather here is so dry compared to what it was this year in Ennis, TX. Everyday we were there it rained and was basically soupy everywhere you walked. Thursday morning…
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National Polka Festival #40 – Saturday
Jak se mas? or How are you? This is the phrase I learned this year at the festival. You can see other cool phrases and tons of other interesting Czech stuff by clicking here. Saturday’s activities started early. We made it to Ennis by 9am so we could get a parking spot for the downtown…
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