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Posted on June 9, 2009 - by deborahfillmer

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 another story.  There were three of us, Me, Scott, and our three year old grandson William in the front cab of our little truck for the 14 hour trip back home.  Ebby lived in my lap the entire ride back.  All is well though.  We made it home without incident, unless you count the first hour in the truck when William turned to me and basically lost all his orange juice he had taken in before we left.  It was a mess, but we survived.

This year my dad and I competed in the King and Queen Dance again.  There were 21 couples competing this year and we didn’t even make it past the first cut.  We had fun though and the couple who won were far superior dancers and will represent the festival well in the year to come.

Here is the video of our 2009, meager attempt at stardom…

On Saturday, we went to the parade as usual, but the parade was a huge disappointment this year.  Not only did it start about an hour late because of an inadvertently parked train across the intersection, but there were bands included in the floats that had absolutely NOTHING with Czech heritage, except perhaps that the members were residents of the greater Ennis area.  These bands were beyond metal in flavor and there was not a polka to be found.  Sad, really.  If Ennis wants to do something to promote the Polka Festival in the future they might want to try updating the website and begin thinking “nationally” again.  They are, after all, the National Polka Festival.  Ok, rant is over…  The best part of the parade for me was seeing Ebby all decked out in her costume.  She is truly a Czech/Mex dog!  Ha Ha

We will not be attending this festival next year (or probably for a few years to come), mainly because we want to go visit some other festivals in other parts of the country.  Now that I have my supply of costumes, we can dance in style throughout Wisconsin, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Ohio, to name a few.  Stay tuned here for updates on our adventures to a polka festival near you.

Posted on June 2, 2009 - by deborahfillmer

William Goes To The Beach

William has returned home to his parents in Colorado after spending a whirlwind week here in Alabama with us.  We took him to the beach for the first time and he was pretty much terrified.  He was much more enamored with the boats and the palm trees that he called “jungles”.  Enjoy…

Posted on May 27, 2009 - by deborahfillmer

My Name is William

Hello everyone, my name is William and I am three years old.  My Nana is super busy taking care of me this week, so I thought I would help her out and do some guest blogging.  We had a great time at the National Polka Festival this year and when it was over Nana and Popo brought me back to their house in Alabama.  So far, in two short days, I have managed to drive Da’s tractor, play on 2 awesome playgrounds, trek through the woods at the park, shoot Nana and Popo with water guns, play with Ebby and Blazer, go out for pizza and my favorite meal, chicken fries.  We also managed to do lots of shopping, including a trip to Wal-Mart to pick up a shovel and pail set for my trip to the beach tomorrow.  Just a side note here for mommy and daddy, potty training is going great and I think diapers are for babies…  Here are a few photos of our busy past two days.

Hopefully, if I can find time, I will post again with photos of my sand castle building and ocean swimming adventure…stay tuned…

William

Posted on July 5, 2008 - by admin

William went camping.

There are not a whole lot of words required for this post. This is William, my grandson. He is 2.5 years old. Doesn’t he look happy?

Posted on June 3, 2008 - by DK

National Polka Festival 2008; Ennis, TX – Day Two

Day two of the festival began with a grand parade complete with Bud girls, Clydesdales, firemen, and even a marching band. Following the parade, it was a quick visit to the vendors (especially those vending food) and then off to the dance halls for the remainder of the day and evening. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed taking them.

The Parade

William especially liked the parade. He said “Hi” to everyone who passed by and even caught the eye of a fireman who stopped to visit with him.

The Food

Scott and his future daughter-in-law, Sara, can really put away the food! They spent most of the time at the festival eating. Here is a sample of what they consumed from the street vendors.

Saturday afternoon the kids left to head back to Colorado. Dad took the rest of us out to dinner at Bubba’s as a belated birthday present for me. This was an interesting place, to say the least. They have a “convenience store” type refrigerator as you walk in filled with steaks. If steak is what you came for, you literally pick out your raw steak (wrapped in plastic wrap) and take it to your table where your wait-person will take it from you and bring it back, with sides, cooked to your specifications. Yum, Yum!! The steaks were great!!!

The Dancing

The evening was topped off by dancing to the music provided by several very good bands. One of the bands that Scott likes a lot is the Academy Award winning band Polka Freak Out. They play everything from Bach to Tex-Mex to traditional Czech polkas. The accordion/trumpet player, Alex Meixner, is a 4th generation musician and is truly one of a kind. Every time I watch him play I think he is going to have a heart attack because he jumps around so much. Way more energy than I will ever have!

The Oklahoma Czech Dancers were at the festival again this year and they preformed beautifully. We always look forward to seeing them.