Father Frank Perkovich

frperk@rangenet.com

Inducted into the Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame, 1992

Inducted Into the Ironworld USA Polka Hall of Fame, 1991

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 HOME OF THE POLKA MASS    

The Polka Mass consists of the same basic worship service celebrated in the Roman Catholic tradition but utilizing a unique mode of music. Drawing on his Slovenian-Croatian roots, Father Frank Perkovich styled his own version of the Polka Mass on Minnesota’s Iron Range and popularized it in polka centers throughout America.  Folk music, cherished by generations of Slovenian and Croatian people, was especially arranged and adapted with hymn lyrics in English.  These old ethnic melodies are a joyous, inspiring worship service with the most unusual music and orchestration presented in a manner of dignity that enhances the solemnity of the Mass.  Fr. Perkovich’s first Polka Mass was held at the Resurrection Church in Eveleth, Minnesota, on May 5, 1973, with the polka and waltz stylings of Joe Cvek and his orchestra the Polka Massters. 
 

Dancing a Polka to Heaven, edited by Betty Vos

Fr. Frank Perkovich's biography , "DANCING A POLKA TO HEAVEN" is now released with the story and history chronicles of the life and ministry of Fr. Perk. The major focus of the work: fifty years of parish ministry and 30 years of the development and promotion of the Polka Mass: a celebration of the Roman Catholic Mass set to the folk music of native Slovenian and Croatian culture.

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