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To: dfwgator
#9: "Norteña is basically Mexican polka."

I always thought that too. Sounds just like polka, and easy to dance a polka to it. A lot better than rap anyway. A lot of Czech and Germans settled in Texas in the 1850s and Mexicans adapted the European culture!

It really is a Tex-Mex thing, and Mexicans far removed from the border consider Norteña be old fashioned music for hicks and rubes.

It should be noted that National Polka Festival is held a each year in Ennis, Texas. Texas has the largest concentration of people in of Czech descent in North America.
 

24 posted on 12/01/2017 6:34:43 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
It should be noted that National Polka Festival is held a each year in Ennis, Texas. Texas has the largest concentration of people in of Czech descent in North America.

Yes, I've made it to Westfest a few times, and always stop by the Czech Stop for Kolaches when I'm driving back to DFW from Austin or San Antonio.

28 posted on 12/01/2017 6:39:50 PM PST by dfwgator
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