We are currently experiencing intermittent outages with our cable line which has lasted between 3-5 minutes. The problem has been traced to the line that runs from our Operations Center to the cable box in the back of the building. That line is over 25 years old.
A line crew is scheduled to come out on Thursday, February 25th to completely repalce that line. We are hoping once the line is replaced, all systems will be back to normal.
Thank you for yoru patience.
PACE Public Voting Begins Today
Congratulations to the final ballot nominees!
The nominations are in, the expert voting is complete, and the public voting begins today for the PACE awards through Polka America Corporation.
There were 28 nominations in the Polish CD category, 18 in the Slovenian, 14 in the Contemtorary, 10 in the Polka Variety, and 143 in the Best New Original Song category. Through the dozens of Registered Expert voters, DJs and IJs, who submitted nominations and voted in January, our ballot reflects the top ten in each category.
The ballot is open to the public and available on our website at:
http://www.polkaamericacorporation.org/2009PACEBallot.htm
You do not have to be a member of PAC to vote. Once your ballot is submitted, it is sent to a number of locations to ensure accuracy of the count.
Voting begins Feb 1 and ends on Feb 28. Winners of each category will be announced in March.
Please pass the word to everyone about this program. Banners for your website to link to this voting program are available at:
http://www.polkaamericacorporation.org/banners.htm
Thank you,
Polka America Corporation
It is with great sadness to announce that Stas Bulanda, leader of the Old School Revue and former leader of the Average Polka Band and Dyno Chicago, passed away this morning after suffering a heart attack. He was 57 years old.
Stas had played with a number of bands thru the years, including the Dial-A-Tones, Gennie O & The Windy City Brass, & Lil’ Richard before starting his own band in the early 1990’s. Stas was also a co-founder of Chet Kowalkowski’s Polish Carolers in the early 1970’s. He was inducted into the IPA Hall-Of-Fame in 2009.
Visitation will be on Sunday, January 10th from 2-9pm CST at the Ridge Funeral Home, 6620 W. Archer Ave in Chicago, IL.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Monday, January 11th at 10:00am CST at St. Daniel the Prophet Church, Corner of 54th Street and Nashville Ave in Chicago, IL.
Burial will be at Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, IL. For more information, contact the Ridge Funeral Home at (773) 586-7300.
Tomorrow afternoon on POLKAS FROM THE SOUTH, Paul Romanowski will host a special tribute to Stas Bulanda. His show will air tomorrow afternoon from 2-3pm EST (1-2pm CST).
On behalf of the staff and management here at the Jammer, we offer the family of Stas Bulanda our deepest condolences.