Joey Tomsick and his orchestra big winners at Polka Hall of Fame Awards Show; get Recording of the Year for "Polka Funhouse"
By Jeff Piorkowski
The 22nd installment of the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame Awards Show took the theme “Polkas International,” but a local performer and his band carried away the most hardware.
The big winner at Saturday afternoon’s awards show, held for the second consecutive year at the Slovenian National Home, 6409 St. Clair Ave., was Joey Tomsick and the orchestra that bears his name.
Tomsick and his band mates made repeated trips up the stairs to the stage at the packed, 85-year-old hall to pick up their awards and deliver their thanks.
Tomsick, whose band has been performing for 25 years, had bestowed upon his group for the first time the award for “Band of the Year.”
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