{"id":111320,"date":"2020-02-28T10:38:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T15:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=111320"},"modified":"2020-02-28T10:38:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T15:38:50","slug":"fritzs-polka-band-to-perform-two-cny-area-winter-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=111320","title":{"rendered":"Fritz’s Polka Band to perform two CNY-area winter shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pictured from left are Frank Nelson, Gabe Vaccaro, Rick Szczyt and Fritz Scherz.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fritz’s Polka Band from Verona will return to Copper City Brewing Company, 1111 Oneida St., Rome. The third-annual Febtoberfest event starts at 11 a.m. Feb. 29, with FPB performing from 7 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 1, FPB will perform from 3 to 6 p.m. at Nothin\u2019 Fancy\nCountry Rock Saloon, 10 Ruth St., Vernon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My band doesn\u2019t usually play too much in the\nwinter,” said Fritz Scherz, bandleader of Fritz\u2019s Polka Band. “So\nwe\u2019re really looking forward to playing at these two very different venues.\nThis will be the third time we\u2019ve played at Copper City Brewing Company\u2019s\nFebtoberfest event, which is modeled after Oktoberfest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe next day we get to play at a venue that has a great\ndance floor, so that\u2019ll give folks an excellent opportunity to dance. Rick\nSzczyt, who drummed in FPB for 24 years will be flying in from Ohio to perform\nthis weekend with us. Rick is a fabulous talent too, as he has been nominated\nbefore for multiple national awards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct. 14, 2018, marked the 40th anniversary of Fritz’s Polka\nBand.! FPB made history in 1999 by becoming the first polka band to play at a\nWoodstock Festival. FPB appears on “The Manchurian Candidate” DVD,\nreleased in 2004. In 2011, FPB had two songs (\u2018Grandparent\u2019s Polka\u2019 and \u2018Here\nIs Fritz\u2019s Polka Band\u2019) included in two episodes of the TV show, \u2018Breaking Bad.\u2019\nIn November 2018, FPB released their 19th recording, \u201cHey!,\u201d which featured\nRocko Dorsey, Ron Keck and Todd Kerns (from Slash featuring Myles Kennedy &\nThe Conspirators, TOQUE, Age of Electric and more) as special guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In winter 2019, FPB\u2019s recording \u201cHey!\u201d was nominated for a\nSyracuse Area Music Award: Best Recording Other Styles. In autumn 2019, FPB was\nnominated for Band of the Year, as well as New, Original Polka Song by the\nCleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Fritz Scherz was nominated for Musician of the\nYear and Button-Box: Artist or Duo awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Fritz\u2019s Polka Band, visit fritzspolkaband.com,\nfacebook.com\/fritzspolkaband, twitter.com\/fritzspolkaband or instagram.com\/fritzspolkaband.\nFor details on Copper City Brewing Company Febtoberfest, call 315.281.8987. For\ndetails on Nothin\u2019 Fancy Country Rock Saloon, call 315.829.4503.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fritz’s Polka Band from Verona will return to Copper City Brewing Company, 1111 Oneida St., Rome. The third-annual Febtoberfest event starts at 11 a.m. Feb. 29, with FPB performing from 7 to 9 p.m. On March 1, FPB will perform from 3 to 6 p.m. at Nothin\u2019 Fancy Country Rock Saloon, 10 Ruth St., Vernon. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-sXu","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20180708_190737.jpg?fit=2433%2C1907&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111320","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=111320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}