LOU TREBAR

1920 - 2008

Slovenian Style Polkas

Cleveland Style Polkas

Lifetime

Achievement Award

Polka Hall Of Fame

Johnny Pecon, Lou Trebar.

Tony Petkovsek, Johnny Pecon,

John Gayer, Lou Trebar.

THE WALTZ KING

Lou Trebar was a pioneer in adapting and assimilating Slovenian folk music into America's musical mainstream as the first Cleveland-Style bandleader to extend instrumentation beyond the traditional accordion and guitar.