On a Winter Vacation

By: Polka Drifters

Origin: Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Track Listing

12 tracks

The Fiddling Fingers Polka

Track 1 Side 1
Courtship Memories

Track 2 Side 1
A One-Sided Farewell

Track 3 Side 1
The Christening Kolomayka

Track 4 Side 1
Tree By The Water

Track 5 Side 1
All The Girls Love Me Polka

Track 6 Side 1
Willy’s Polka

Track 1 Side 2
The Last War

Track 2 Side 2
Will Springtime Bring Back Any Roses

Track 3 Side 2
A Middle-Aged Disagreement

Track 4 Side 2
The Star Waltz

Track 5 Side 2
An Old Fashioned Arguement

Track 6 Side 2

Insight

The Polka Drifters became a very popular Ukrainian Polka band who released 3 records on the Winnipeg Ukrainian U.K. Records label in the mid 1960's. The Polka Drifters conducted ther own radio program on radio station CKDM, in Dauphin, Manitoba. The cover art features an Allied Rustler Snowmobile, manufactured in St. Mary's, Ontario somewhere between 1967 and 1970. The snowmobile was invented by Canadian Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1922. He died just a few years before this recording was made, in 1964. The cover photo was taken by David Portigal.

Dennis Nykoliation: violin
Jerry Ostryzniuk: accordion
Stan Kaskiw: vocals, guitar
Dennis Drul: lead guitars
Al Davis: drums
Wilf Wowchuk: bass