November 22, 1997
 Live from the Gibbon Ballroom in Gibbon, Minnesota, it's our Polka Show with Minnesota polka bands John Filipczak & the Classics, Alpenfest, and Skålmusic.

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00:00LOGO
00:11TISHOMINGO
02:33APPLAUSE--GK TALK ABOUT ANTI-POLKA FEELING (RA)
03:45RED-HEADED POLKA
06:15APPLAUSE--GK TALK--intro next band
07:50JOHN FILIPCZAK AND THE CLASSICS
10:37applause--GK talk
10:59CAFE BOEUF
13:24applause--GK talk
13:54KARJELAN POJAT POLKA
16:00applause--GK segue
17:21ALPENFEST--YODELLING SONG (RA)
19:28applause--GK talk
20:31COWBOYS (RA)
27:37applause--CLASSICAL MUSIC SEGUE
28:13it's our polka show from Gibbon....
33:16HUPAJ SHUPAJ--John Filipczak and the Classics
36:31GOOD TIMES OBEREK
39:14GK TALK TO DANCERS ON THE FLOOR
41:09COMING FROM THE SERVICE
43:27APPLAUSE--PERSONAL INJURY SCRIPT
44:59APPLAUSE--CLASSICAL POLKAS--GK SINGS THE BLUES POLKA, new AGE POLKA
49:15PAT DONOHUE POLKA BLUES
50:35APPLAUSE
51:07TOO FAT POLKA--BY BOB DYLAN
51:49applause--intro Alpenfest
53:05HIN UND HERR--
55:43applause--GK talk to Alpenfest
56:39GUTEN MORGEN
59:27talk about xylophone
100:12ZIRKUS RENZ
103:07applause--segue to intermission
103:48HANSWURST POLKA
107:19WELCOME BACK TO THE SECOND HALF...GREETINGS (RA)
110:23TURKEY TALK
111:33applause
114:27WALTZ MEDLEY (RA)
119:28applause--promo next week's show, NY shows
120:35THANKSGIVING (RA)
126:10applause, intro Skalmusik
127:47ARCHIE'S POLKA
129:51applause--intro next tune
130:11RIGNESEN REINLANDER SCHOTTISCHE
132:42applause--final tune
133:30SIS I OYKT'N
137:03applause
137:19MONOLOGUE (RA)
153:08WEDDING WALTZ
154:40GK TALK
154:53BERG VHEABUNDEN--triple yodel
158:20ROLL OUT THE BARREL

 Photos from the show
The Gibbon Ballroom Skålmusic
John Filipczak & the Classics Alpenfest

Guest Information
  • Alpenfest
  • Skålmusic
  • John Filipczak & the Classics
    •      		Scripts
  • Cafe Boeuf
  • Cowboys
  • Personal Injury Script
  • Turkey Talk
  • Thanksgiving
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