VOTING OPEN FOR
POLKA
AMERICA EXCELLENCE (PACE)
Ringle, Wisconsin (PMN)—Public voting
for best polka recording at the Polka America Corporation (PAC)
website began at on February 1, 2010, and ends at midnight on
February 28, 2010. The program is called the Polka America
Corporation Excellence (PACE) awards. To vote visit
http://www.polkaamericacorporation.org and click on the PACE
Awards button.
Titles are listed in the site’s left
hand section alphabetically, followed by the band name. Experts
nominated CDs and songs, and voted in January.
The top ten nominations in each
category are listed on the left. Your official vote is placed in the
right hand section below. A person can only vote for one choice per
category. When done, the voter simply presses the submit button. The
ballot is sent to three locations to ensure an accurate count. A
copy of the ballot is sent to the voter by e-mail.
Persons who have already voted as an
expert or are a member of PAC and have mailed a paper ballot to us,
should not attempt to vote again.
The voting categories and nominated
recordings are as follows:
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Category 1 — Polish
Style CD
1. Better Days To Come — The Alliance
2. Don’t Stop — Henny & The Versa J’s
3. Don’t Stop The Music — Maestro’s Men
4. Glory Days — Stas Bulanda & Old School Review
5. Got Knewz — The Knewz|
6. Hard At Play — Polka Country Musicians
7. Have A Shot With New Phaze — New Phaze
8. Life’s Too Short Thank God For Polkas — Ania
Piwowarczyk
9. Movin’ On — The Eddie Forman Orchestra
10. Polka Playin’ Fool — John Gora & Gorale
Category 2 — Slovenian
Style CD
1. Bang — The Mikey Dee Polka Band
2. First Forty Years — Tom Brusky
3. Fresh Stuff From Otter Creek — Ron Pivovar
4. Here’s To All Those Accordion Players — Danny Mack
5 . Klancnik — Gaylord Klancnik
6. Kravos Recording Presents the Best Of Cleveland Style
— Various
7. Polka Funhouse — Joey Tomsick
8. The One And Only — The Culkars
9. Timeless Polkas And Waltzes — Walter Ostanek
10. Wanted Lost Gold — Verne Meisner
Category 3 --
Contemporary Style CD
1. A Company Affair — Craig Ebel & DyVersaCo
2. Big Band & Polka And The Beat Goes On —
Walt Procanyn Orchestra
3. Degeneration Gap — Freeze Dried
4. Everybody Loves To Polka On St. Patrick’s Day —
Danny Mack Honky Irish Polka Band
5. Freshly Squeezed — Squeezebox
6. In The Summertime — Copper Box
7. Polka Cola — Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra
8. Stay All Night — Alex Meixner
9. Symphonic Polkas -- Brave Combo
10. This Old Accordion, Volume 2 — Robert Atwood
Category 4 — Variety
Style CD
(Note: None of the variety styles had six or more CDs
which is a requirement to merit a separate category)
1. 288 Years of Music — GB’s Dance Band
2. A Dorf Kapelle Christmas — Dorf
Kapelle
3. All In The Family — The Goodtime Dutchmen
4. Beyond The Shadows — The Czechaholics
5. Celebrating 35 Years Of Music — Mark Vyhlidal
Orchestra
6. Looking Back — dSb die Schlauberger
7. Merry Go Round Of Music — Peter & Paul
Wendinger
8. Precious Memories — The Marv Nissel Band
9. Road Trip Special — Barefoot Becky and the Ivanhoe
Dutchmen
10. Texas Tribute To Ernie Kucera — Czech & Then Some
Category 5 -- Best New
Original Song
(Note: This is a composer and band award for 2009)
1. Apolkalyptico — Freeze Dried
2. Don’t Stop — Henny & The Versa J’s
3. Don’t Stop The Music — Maestro’s Men
4. Hey Hey Polka Music Is Here To Stay — Maestro’s Men
5. It’s Another Polka Weekend — Polka Country Musicians
6. Long Short Story — The Knewz
7. Out The Window — Squeezebox
8. Play From Your Heart — Tom Brusky
9. Polka Playin’ Fool — John Gora
10. What Would I Do Without You — Joey Tomsick |