In an interview after playing on Late Night with David Letterman (Carson Productions, 1982-93), backed up by a rock band, she told The Life newspaper: "We had a ball, we rocked it up, and that's what it's all about," she said. "John Hughes created a part for me queen of the German parade," Krsek told the Chicago Sun-Times in 1986.Īlthough playing popular contemporary songs was new to her, Krsek loved adapting her craft to different musical styles, especially if it would get more audiences enthusiastic about polka and the accordion. While making Ferris Bueller's Day Off, John Hughes hired Krsek for her most famous gig, filmed in downtown Chicago at the Von Steuben parade. Krsek's ultimate goal was to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Carson Entertainment Group, 1962-92), and she did for the first time on December 10, 1985, playing this accordion. Eventually, she gained national recognition. She promoted herself, and became known in Chicago for her playing, singing and infectious, ebullient personality.
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In 1978, reeling from a layoff from her job at General Electric and her mother's death, she decided to pursue a career playing polka music full time. They fell in love playing the accordion together. There she met her husband, Jan Krsek, also from Czechoslovakia. Her family faced food scarcity and trauma during WWII, spending four years in a refugee camp in Germany, where she performed for other displaced persons and American GIs, before emigrating to the United States in the 1950s. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia as Vlasta Wanke, the biography on the back of her album reported that she was considered the "Shirley Temple of Czechoslovakia," who tap danced and played the accordion in over a dozen European movies. Krsek's love for playing polka music on the accordion made her an unlikely, but unforgettable, star. Krsek's unique, exuberantly decorated instrument matches her personality, adding drama and humor to the revelation that Ferris is singing on a parade float while cutting class, shocking his friends and and making Krsek and her accordion a memorable part of the film. U.S.A." and "SLOV-MELODY," and black sequined straps.
The accordion features rhinestone-encrusted angels playing harps, color flowers, the words "A.
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In Krsek's Chicago Sun-Times obituary, Maureen O'Donnell called the scene "one of the most exuberant movie scenes ever filmed," and Krsek a "head-tossing, foot-stomping dynamo." Wearing a dirndl, she shares a float with Ferris (played by Matthew Broderick), and joyfully accompanies him as he performs the songs "Danke Schoen" and "Twist and Shout," inspiring the citizens of Chicago to participate in a raucous dance number. Krsek can famously be seen playing the accordion during the film's parade scene. Click To Request A Pre-Sale Condition ReportĪ custom designed Baldoni brand accordion played by Vlasta Krsek, the so-called "International Queen of Polka," in the classic John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Paramount Pictures, 1986).
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