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We won a 2nd place trophy at the Anchorage Fourth of July Parade.
Join our members Marge Ford and Patti Gersich on a polka cruise in February 2010.
Their band the Alaska Polka Chips is one of the featured bands on the cruise. For more information click for a pdf of the flyer.
You will need Adobe Reader to download the pdf. If you do not have it, click below to download a free version.
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Recordings
The Alaska Button Box Gang has three recordings featured below.
Ordering information can be found below. All three recordings, Polka Fury, Our Own and On Fire! are available on CD and cassette tape.
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On Fire is our first recording. Originally released in cassette tape in 1987, it was re-released as a CD in 2007. A few copies of the tape are still available. Selections include traditional, standard and original compositions by members of the Gang. | ||||
| Castle Rock Polka
El Rio Drive Rainy Day Song Lonesome Me Waltz S.N.P.J. Polka Clemson Schottische Vienna Waltz Fleur De Lis In The Mood Topkapi |
La Golondrina
Down in The Caribbean Cleveland Polka Midnight Fantasy My Happiness/Peg O' My Heart Bud's Polka Maple Sugar aka Maple Syrple Last Chance Polka Girard Polka |
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In 2000 the Gang produced their second recording, Our Own. Eight of the fifteen songs are original compositions. | ||||
| Broken Reed
Alaska Swing Twelve Bass Norma Louise The Turk Lark Waltz Johnny's Knockin' O' Holy Night |
Cheapshot
Fantastic Harmonica Waltz of India Sand Lake Salsa Nidelvin Pothole Polka Mountaineer Polka |
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Polka Fury is the latest recording, published in 2002. This recording includes five original songs by members of the Gang, traditional songs and well-known standards. | ||||
| Thumb Polka Laendler with Feeling Zaplula Remington Thornbirds I have a Dream Cebar's #1 Achtung Los! Whitehall Two Step |
Budgie Boy Polka
Lakeshore Rootie Kazootie Miranda Tales of Hoffman Fancy Free Lara's Theme River City Silver Chips El Gaucho |
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Ordering Information
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| To order click here for a pdf of the order form. A link to download the free Adobe Reader is in the right column above. Print the order form off, fill it in and send it with a check or money order (US dollars only) to:
Alaska Button Box Gang P.O. Box 221744, Anchorage, AK 99522-1744 |
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PRICING:Cassette tapes are $10.00. CDs are $15.00. Shipping and handling is $3.50 for the first two items and $1.00 each additional item. (Shipping and handling for orders outside the United States is $5.00 for the first item and $1.50 for each additonal item - US dollars only).WHERE TO FIND IN ANCHORAGE:All three recordings are available through the mail, in person from a member, at our performances and at some shops in Anchorage. Currently the Anchorage Museum of History and Art Gift Shop and Old Time Music Co. carry all of our recordings. |
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Alaska Button Box Gang P.O. Box 221744, Anchorage, AK 99522-1744 907-346-3697 |