* * * * * 2008 CALENDAR * * * * *
April 25 - 27 Emcee for Muenster Germanfest - Learn a folk dance with me!
May 3 Das Ist Lustig with guest Matt Tolentino at Pattison Christ Lutheran Church 11:00am - 3:00pm - German Sausage Festival.
May 10 Emcee and rabble rouser and Das Ist Lustig for Brenham Maifest.
May 17-18 Das Ist Lustig private party.
May 24-25 Reserving the weekend to dance and enjoy watching Polka Freak Out, Brave Combo and more at the National Polka Festival in Ennis!
June 1 - percussionist for Tuna Sin - private party
June 13 - 15 Emcee for Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio.
August 23 Das Ist Lustig 50th Anniversary in San Angelo private party. August 30 - 31 Das Ist Lustig at Westfest: Noon - 1:30 under the West tent.
Sept 11 - 13 Teach dance lessons and rabble rouser Siemens convention -private party
Sept 18 - 21 Emcee for Addison Oktoberfest and TBA Das Ist Lustig.
EXCITEMENT…
FRIVOLITY…
INFECTIOUS ENTHUSIASM!!!
Want your festival wound up?
Want your guests to Loosen up?
You need a skilled Rabble Rouser!
Valina will inspire your guests and get your party to polka. She will turn the dance floor into frolicking fun as unsuspecting party goers are mesmerized while quarry after quarry are lead in polka fun, laughing and unconstrained participation. Ein Prosit, What to do? No one will have to ask. Shunkel lieder, Everyone will lean left and right. Leading a march? No one left in their chair.
Valina has 18 years experience leading audience participation; 9 years as emcee and leading audiences at German festivals and private parties in and around Texas and internationally. In November of 2006, she was the official emcee for the Oktoberfest in Penang Malaysia. She started a polka band in spring of 2007 called Das Ist Lustig. They have already performed at Westfest, Wurstfest, The Texas Folklife Festival, The Friesenhaus Restaurant and many other venues. She has toured with Terry Cavanagh and the Alpine Express. She yodels and sings as a guest with Brave Combo. She also sang with Alpenfest, the Inntaler Musikanten and the Gypsies. She’s played the cowbells as a guest with the Inntaler Musikanten, Terry Cavanagh and Chris Rybak. She performs German folk dances with her partner, Mark Thomann. Valina has traveled Germany, Austria and Holland extensively studying languages and culture. She speaks Dutch, some German and is tastefully costumed in Dirndl or Lederhosen.
Tuned Austrian cowbells, Washboard, Boombas, Folk dance exhibition, dance instruction, Chicken dance, Zillertaller Hochseitsmarch, Herr Schmidt, Paul Jones, Garden Waltz, Seven Step Polka, Ein Prosit, marches, contests, shunkel and singalong, Valina will connect your audience with your band. Don’t leave it to chance - color your event with charm and leadership from the very best!
www.valinapolka.com [email protected]
The spring festival season is coming up! Keep an eye on www.myspace.com/jadasistlustig for dates and times. I'll try to get it all on here as well.
Check in here for information on future folk style polka, waltz and schottische lessons!
Here's a video from Wurstfest! Alex and his band Meixner Music invited Stephan from the Hohberg Buam and me to join in on the Boombas jam with their band. Enjoy.
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I'm totally honored! This certificate is written to me but it is in regards to my new duo Das Ist Lustig for our performance at the 2007 Texas Folklife Festival. There was a mixup in the scheduling and they printed my name instead of the band's name. But we're still totally pshyched about this honor.
Here's a youtube of Terry Cavanagh and I dancing to the music of the Walburg Boys at Wurstfest last year. Watch for dance lessons to be available again and you can do this too!
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