Polka-mazurka Polka-mazurka The polka-mazurka is a dance, musically similar to the mazurka, but danced much like the polka. Many polka-mazurkas were composed by Johann Strauss II and his family. Johann Strauss I did not compose any of this type of music; the first polka-mazurka example written by the Strauss family was in the year 1854 by Johann Strauss II, entitled La Viennoise op. 144.The polka-mazurka was not credited to the Strauss family alone, as many Viennese composers in the 1850s era also wrote many examples. This variant of the polka was seen as cross-cultural, as many of its influences can be
Polka-dot paint Polka-dot paint Polka dot paint is a paint which produces a polka dot pattern. The paint is traditionally an impossible object, and the subject of a fool's errand prank played upon apprentices in the decoration or construction trade, who are sent to obtain a bucket of polka-dot paint. A polka-dot paint effect has been produced in stage magic, and in the 1950s a polychromatic paint was invented which produced a dotted effect when dry. In the United States several magicians invented a trick in which they demonstrating painting with polka-dot paint. Prior to the performance, an object is pre-painted in