Inaugural Dyngus Day Performance for 18 Time Grammy Award Winning Polka
Band
BUFFALO, NEW YORK, March 3, 2011 – Dyngus Day Buffalo announced today that 18-time Grammy Award winning artist Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra will perform during the 2011 Dyngus Day Buffalo Festival.
Sturr and his 12-piece orchestra will take the stage at 1pm, Dyngus Day Monday, April 25th at the Sobieski Vodka Festival Hall (Father Justin’s Knights of Columbus) located at 2735 Union Rd, Cheektowaga.
The cost of admission will be the $10 Pussy Willow Pass available at the door. The purchase of the Pussy Willow Pass also allow festival goers to receive discounted admissions to over 15 other 2011 Dyngus Day Festival sites and use of the Sobieski Vodka Shuttle buses. Details are available at www.DyngusDayBuffalo.com
The nationally touring Jimmy Sturr is regarded as the reigning “Polka King of America.” He has performed at sold out shows at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and even at the famous Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland where the band received seven standing ovations. The band features Buffalo native Johnny Karas as primary vocalist and tenor saxophone player.
Group and bus packages, that include lunch or dinner, are available by calling (716) 435-3678 (716) 435-3678 .
A Polish-American tradition, Dyngus Day celebrates the end of the restrictive observance of Lent and the joy of Easter. Over the decades, Buffalo, New York has become the Dyngus Day Capital of the World attracting thousands of people from across the northeast United States. Although celebrated in Buffalo’s Polonia neighborhood since the arrival of the first Poles in the 1870s, the city’s first modern Dyngus Day celebration was held 50 years ago by the Chopin’s Singing Society, a tradition that continues today. Dyngus
Day Buffalo, the provider of marketing and organizational support to area celebrations was founded in 2005. Dyngus Day 2011 will take place on Monday, April 25th.