Photographs by Mark Hiebert
The roots of polka in Texas run deep, back to the German and Czech settlers who arrived in the state s infancy. The Alpine Village Band originated from this rich culture nearly 50 years ago, and has been entertaining audiences in and around North Texas ever since! The Alpine Village Band s latest incarnation plays not only polkas and waltzes, but also Cajun and Latin beats, country, boogie and rock, among many other traditional and contemporary styles of music. If you can dance to it, the Alpine Village Band can play it! The diverse experience of each member comes together to form a band for all ages and stages. The Alpine Village Band brings talent, fun audience interaction, and exciting performances to festivals, private parties, corporate functions and any other venue! Bandleader Wes Kucera has played drums for the Alpine Village band for over 20 years, and represents five generations of Kuceras performing with the band. In 2004 Wes became a Grammy Recording Artist as he recorded on Brave Combo s CD Let s Kiss, which won Best Polka Album of the Year. Byron Palla is the vocalist, sax, guitar and bass player for the Alpine Village Band. Brian Busch plays the electronic accordion and bass guitar. Sander Hickerson plays guitar, bass and sax, and provides lead and backing vocals. Molly Fine provide equisite lead and backing vocals, and plays a mean tambourine! The Alpine Village Band brings contemporary flair to traditional music, and continues to provide fun and entertainment to fans of all ages. For booking information, please email booking@alpinevillageband.com, call 214-724-1479, or visit alpinevillageband.com.
Song List Accordion Boogie All My Lovin All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down American Pie Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie Beer Barrel Polka Blue Bayou Bucks Polka Bumble Boogie Cherry Pink Chicken Dance Come Sail Away Deep in the Heart of Texas Desperado Disco Medley Do You Feel Like We Do Don t Be Cruel Du Du Waltz East Bound and Down Eight Days a Week Edelweiss Ein Prosit Elvis Medley Emilia Polka Five Hundred Miles Fraulein Free Bird G and D Waltz Green Day Medley Happy Go Lucky Have a Cigar Heartbreak Hotel Hey Good Looking Hoffbrau House Hound Dog I Wanna Hold Your Hand In Heaven is No Beer Jambalaya Johann Strauss medley Johnny B Goode Just Because La Bamba Twist La Paloma Blanca Lady Madonna 1
Let s Have a Party Liechtensteiner Polka Lilly Marlene Mountain Vagabond My Melody of Love Never Ending Song of Love Ob La Di, Ob La Da Open Arms Orange Blossom Special Over the Rainbow Peace Love and Understanding Pennsylvania Polka Piano Man Please Please Me Portuguese Polka Pretty Dancing Girl Purple Rain Rainbow in the Dark Rancho Grande Roxanne Rum and Coke Saxinet polka Schnee Waltzer Schottische She s a Woman She s Too Fat Should Have Been True Something Stupid Somewhere my Love Spanish Eyes Sweet Caroline Sloop John B Take These Chains Tales from Vienna Samba Tequila The Boxer Tick Tock Toot - Toot Trink Trink Valderee You Are My Sunshine Your Cheating Heart You re Gonna Lose That Girl Ziller Taller 2
MON 1 DRUMS WES 1-8 FT SN HH 20 SAX SANDER 13 GTR SANDER 11 BASS SANDER 10 RT KICK RT BASS BRIAN 9 GTR BYRON 12 14 SAX 15 16 17 ACC 18 19 MON 2 MON 3 MON 3 MON 4 STAGE PLOT 1. Wes kick 2. Wes snare 3. Wes hi hat 4. Wes rack tom 1 5. Wes rack tom 2 6. Wes floor tom 7. Wes overhead 8. Wes overhead 9. Brian Bass Direct Box 10. Sander Bass Direct Box = power drop 11. Sander guitar direct 12. Byron acoustic guitar direct 13. Sander sax wireless xlr 14. Sander vocal mic 15. Byron sax mic 16. Byron vocal mic 17. Molly vocal mic 18. Brian accordion mic 19. Brian vocal mic 20. Wes vocal mic Wes monitor 1: vocals, accordion, saxes, guitars, kick Sander monitor 2: vocals, accordion, saxes, guitars, kick Byron/Molly monitor 3: vocals, accordion, guitars, kick Brian monitor 4: vocals, accordion, saxes, kick