TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE!
The origional version of the Steve Meisner
website was created more than 15 years ago! Can you believe it? Throughout
those many years, we've placed a whole bunch of pages, photos, videos,
flyers, newsletters, band schedules, and even information about my life,
family, and hobbies. Whoooo, that's a whole lot of information! Well, it's
probably long over-due that we clean house around here and that's what we
have started to do. While we obviously already have a new look, it really
is only temporary. I won't bore you with all of the work going on behind
the scenes but do want to let you know that we are most certainly under
construction at www.stevemeisner.com
and will be for a while. Pretty much everything you need is still
available - it's just hopefully a little easier to find now using the menu
buttons at the top and bottem of many of the new pages. All of the old
pages are still here too - at least for a while. If you can't find what
you are looking for or have a question, please
contact me and I'll do my best to help you. By the way, if you have
not yet seen it, you can now buy Meisner music direction from this site on
our new Merchandise page. Take a look and make
sure you aren't missing something in your music collection.
CLEVELAND BUS TRIP
Has it been a while since you've attended the
big polka celebration in Cleveland? If so, get on the bus with Steve
Meisner and the band this Thanksgiving as Dan Andresen drives to one of
the biggest and longest-running polka events in the Nation. The bus trip
includes round trip transportation by Jones Deluxe Coach, including
snacks, beverages and a restroom on board - plus some live music from me
and the band. The trip also includes admission all three days to the
Thanksgiving Polka Party, plus admission to the spectacular
Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame awards show on Saturday afternoon.
You’ll also get Thanksgiving dinner at the famous Sterle’s Country
House, together with lodging at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Cleveland
where the Polka Party is held. The bus is well over half-full so if you
want to go along, don't wait to reserve your place. Contact Dan by e-mail
at
flyer.43@hotmail.com or give him a call at 262-248-0835 or 262-949-0188
and get on the bus!
CLICK FOR THE BUS TRIP BROCHURE
Judy
Meisner painting dedicatED August 2, 2012 The Whitewater Arts Alliance
recently dedicated a painting generously donated by the family of the late
Judith Meisner at a ceremony August 2. The dedication came in front of the
Cultural Arts Center in Whitewater during the Savory Sounds Concert
which featuring a performance by her son Steve Meisner. The
free Steve Meisner and Friends’ polka concert was sponsored by First
Citizens State Bank and the Whitewater Arts Alliance.
NEW MEISNER TIME T-SHIRTS
AVAILABLE
In preparation for the highly anticipated
Meisner Time recording, brand new Meisner Time T-shirts available. The new
T-shirts were introduced at the Wisconsin State Fair with many Meisner
fans already getting theirs! Meisner fans can order their Meisner Time
T-shirt right now from the Merchandise section. While you are there, be
sure to check out all of the Meisner recordings available on CD and DVD.
Fans can use any major credit card to safely order on-line.
STEVE PERFORMS IN WASHINGTON
DC
Since 2002, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress has
hosted a regular series of concerts that run each year from April through
November. In 2010, Steve Meisner was selected from a roster of nominees supplied to the AFC by the state folklorist on staff at the Wisconsin Arts Board, Anne Pryor. “We nominated Steve for several reasons: his outstanding musical skills on the accordion, creativity with the Slovenian style of polka, engaging showmanship, and also, for him, polka is not only a regional and ethnic tradition. It’s also a family tradition,”
wrote Pryor. Steve’s father, Verne Meisner (1938-2005) of Waukesha, Wisconsin, was a lifelong polka musician who gained international fame. Among other accomplishments, Verne was honored in 1989 with induction into the International Polka Hall of Fame. Both father and son represented Wisconsin in 1998 in Washington D.C. As a major event in the celebration of Wisconsin’s Sesquicentennial, the Wisconsin Arts Board partnered with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to bring 120 traditional artists to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Steve and Verne played for two weeks on the National Mall in a grand celebration of Wisconsin’s 150th birthday. “My Dad’s melding of the Yankovic Slovenian style, Cleveland Slovenian styles, Louis Bashell’s Milwaukee Slovenian style along with local bands from his childhood and other regional groups solidified his style within a style,” Steve reflected. “I, however, was literally only exposed to Verne Meisner (who was always my mentor) as a child and it wasn’t until my early adolescence and my teenage years that I expanded my own influences to include bands from the Cleveland and Milwaukee Slovenian styles along with other polka, pop, country and rock genre influences. The intricacy of what has brought me into my own style within a style is pretty deep.”
