Village folk bands
Foreword by professor Andrzej Bieńkowski – painter, ethnographer, photographer:
These four wedding bands are Poland’s leaders among village bands playing traditional repertoire. They represent three most important ‘mazurka regions’ of the country: Radom region, Rawa region and Łowicz region. At the Festival they will play not only mazurkas and obereks, but also their whole village repertoire with polkas, waltzes and foxtrots.
Band from Dobrzelin – Łowicz region:
Sławomir Czekalski – accordion
Zenon Idzikowski – fiddle
Franciszek Kowalski – baraban drum
Band from Rawa Mazowiecka region:
Jerzy Dzierżek - fiddle
Marian Szczur - accordion
Jan Szczur - baraban drum
Band from Radom region:
Jan Gaca - fiddle
Czesław Pańczak - accordion
Józef Pańczak – tambourine
Band from Radom region:
Andrzej Malik – 5-row button accordion
Stanisław Lewandowski - violin
Adam Malik - drum








