Will The Polka Be The State Dance?

The lead article in a recent St. Marys Star  is about Doug Martinek of Rossville Moravan Hall’s attempt to get the Polka designated the state dance.  My lobbyist friends say there is an attempt by the Square Dance lobby to have the Square Dance designated as the state dance of Kansas.  Such was confirmed by the St. Marys Star.  The House bill was amended to have the Square Dance designated as the official state folk dance with the Polka designated as the official state ethnic dance.  RHS grad Senator Vic Miller is presenting the bill for the Polka to be the official state dance in the Kansas Senate.  With the changes in the House Bill the Senate will have to approve the House Bill.  If passed by the Senate the decision on official state dance will head to a conference committee for it to hammer out the differences.  The Governor will have to sign the bill into law.

 Dancers who like the Twist, the Watusi, swing dancing, line dancing and disco dancing will have to have their lobbyists attempt to derail this legislation.

Scott Hesse
RHS 1977