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Accordion music has danced across our state for nearly 200 years. Brought from the old-world by European immigrants that polka sound is synonymous with Wisconsin. Helmi Strahl Harrington might love accordion music more than anyone. She founded the world\u2019s largest accordion museum based in Superior, Wisconsin. Without modesty, Helmi makes…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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