Lawmakers are working to get the polka named as the official state dance of Kansas.

“Polka’s a fantastic dance,” said Sandra Rowlands of Dallas, who came to the PolkaFest with her husband, Richard, and four other friends.

The Polka Club of Iowa's first dance was hosted on a snowy January night in 1975 at the Vittoria Lodge, just south of Ankeny. Pichelman's band performed, along with the band Malek's Fisherman.