{"id":96538,"date":"2018-08-24T15:31:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T19:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=96538"},"modified":"2018-08-24T12:20:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:20:29","slug":"fritzs-polka-band-returns-to-the-new-york-state-fair-for-the-23rd-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=96538","title":{"rendered":"Fritz&#8217;s Polka Band returns to the New York State Fair for the 23rd\u00a0year in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-96539\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FPB-4-6-15-Frank-Fritz-Mike-Gabe-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FPB-4-6-15-Frank-Fritz-Mike-Gabe-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FPB-4-6-15-Frank-Fritz-Mike-Gabe-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FPB-4-6-15-Frank-Fritz-Mike-Gabe-900x515.jpg 900w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FPB-4-6-15-Frank-Fritz-Mike-Gabe-400x229.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Fritz&#8217;s Polka Band returns to the New York State Fair for the 23rd\u00a0year in a row<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fritz&#8217;s Polka Band of\u00a0Verona returns to the New York State Fair from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the Experience Stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year marks 23 years that we have been performing at the New York State Fair, and we are delighted about being there again,\u201d said Fritz Scherz, band leader of\u00a0Fritz&#8217;s Polka Band. \u201cI\u2019ll always remember the first year my band played at the State Fair, as we were on the K-Rock Stage. That was the start to a great bunch of gigs over the years at the State Fair, and we\u2019re so excited about this year being our 23rd\u00a0year performing at such a great family-friendly event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlus, with this year being our 40th\u00a0year of performing as a band, playing a gig such as this is extra fun. As we\u2019ve done each year at the State Fair since my Dad passed away, we\u2019ll be honoring his legacy by playing some of the songs that he wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FPB made history in 1999 by becoming the first polka band to play at a Woodstock Festival. FPB has made 18 recordings and appears\u00a0on\u00a0\u201cThe Manchurian Candidate\u201d\u00a0DVD, released in 2004. In 2011, FPB had two songs (\u2018Grandparent\u2019s Polka\u2019 and \u2018Here Is Fritz\u2019s Polka Band\u2019) included in two episodes of the TV show, \u2018Breaking Bad.\u2019 In 2013, FPB released its 18th\u00a0recording, a double live CD entitled,\u00a0\u201cThe WSKG Sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, FPB was nominated for three Just Plain Folks Music Awards and each member was nominated for national awards by the Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on FPB, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fritzspolkaband.com\/\">fritzspolkaband.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fritzspolkaband\">facebook.com\/fritzspolkaband<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/fritzspolkaband\">twitter.com\/fritzspolkaband<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fritzspolkaband\">instagram.com\/fritzspolkaband<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fritz&#8217;s Polka Band returns to the New York State Fair for the 23rd\u00a0year in a row Fritz&#8217;s Polka Band of\u00a0Verona returns to the New York State Fair from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the Experience Stage. \u201cThis year marks 23 years that we have been performing at the New York State Fair, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96538","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\/96538","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=96538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}