{"id":108675,"date":"2019-08-21T09:34:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=108675"},"modified":"2019-08-21T09:34:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:34:57","slug":"fritzs-polka-band-returns-to-the-new-york-state-fair-for-the-24th-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=108675","title":{"rendered":"Fritz&#8217;s Polka Band returns to the New York State Fair for the 24th year in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FPB-promo-photo-Fritz-Gabe-Mike-Frank-900x506.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FPB-promo-photo-Fritz-Gabe-Mike-Frank-900x506.jpg 900w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FPB-promo-photo-Fritz-Gabe-Mike-Frank-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FPB-promo-photo-Fritz-Gabe-Mike-Frank-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FPB-promo-photo-Fritz-Gabe-Mike-Frank-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Pictured from left are Fritz\u2019s Polka Band members<br> Fritz Scherz, Gabe Vaccaro, Mike Faraino and Frank Nelson. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fritz&#8217;s Polka Band from Verona returns to the New York State\nFair from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the Experience Stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis year marks 24 years that we have been performing at\nthe New York State Fair and we are thrilled about being there again,\u201d said\nFritz Scherz, band leader of Fritz&#8217;s Polka Band. \u201cThe first year my band played\nat the State Fair, we were on the K-Rock Stage, which was pretty cool. That was\nthe start to a great bunch of gigs over the years at the State Fair, and we\u2019re\ntruly delighted about this year being our 24th year performing at such a great\nfamily-friendly event. As we\u2019ve done each year at the State Fair since my Dad\npassed away, we\u2019ll be honoring his legacy by playing at least one of the songs he\nwrote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oct. 14, 2018, marked the 40th anniversary of FPB. FPB made\nhistory in 1999 by becoming the first polka band to play at a Woodstock\nFestival. FPB appears on &#8220;The Manchurian Candidate&#8221; DVD, released in\n2004. FPB was inducted into the Syracuse Area Music Hall of Fame in 2010. In\n2011, FPB had two songs \u2018Grandparent\u2019s Polka\u2019 and \u2018Here Is Fritz\u2019s Polka Band\u2019\nincluded in two episodes of the TV show, \u2018Breaking Bad.\u2019 In 2013, FPB released\ntheir 18th recording, a double live CD entitled, \u201cThe WSKG Sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 2018, FPB and each band member were again\nnominated for national awards by the Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame. Last\nweek, FPB and FPB namesake Scherz were again nominated for national awards by\nthe CSPHOF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on Fritz\u2019s Polka Band, visit fritzspolkaband.com,\nfacebook.com\/fritzspolkaband, twitter.com\/fritzspolkaband or instagram.com\/fritzspolkaband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view the New York State Fair gig listing for Fritz\u2019s\nPolka Band, visit nysfair.ny.gov\/event\/fritzs-polka-band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fritz&#8217;s Polka Band from Verona returns to the New York State Fair from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the Experience Stage. \u201cThis year marks 24 years that we have been performing at the New York State Fair and we are thrilled about being there again,\u201d said Fritz Scherz, band leader of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}