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Here are some pictures of engagements that were particularly memorable:
The
Cotter Folk, Montreal's premier Irish folk group
"The World's Worst Banjo Band", yes, that's how they were billed at Your Father's Mustache, Vancouver 1970 Sharman King, euphonium
The band at Shakey's Pizza Parlour, Lloyd Larsen, tuba
The Kopper King Tavern on the Alaska Highway, north of Whitehorse, was a wild and crazy place during Sourdough Rendezvous 1973
From the mid 70's through the mid 80's Felix toured with his
group "The Banjo Palace Band" from coast to coast. Working conventions
and grandstand
shows at summer fairs with some of the finest Canadian entertainers such as
Lucille Starr (who would bring down the house with "The French Song"),
fiddling wiz Al Cherny, country music legend Wilf Carter, and many others. The Banjo Palace Band at the Silver Slipper
Saloon, Tradewinds Hotel, Calgary 1979 The 1980 Winnipeg Folk Festival featured the who's who of
North American folk music.
Alberta's 75th Anniversary, Edmonton, 1980 Felix and his Banjo Palace Band at the Canadian National
Exhibition, Toronto, 1983 Felix Possak & the Vienna Strings at the
Calgary Winter Olympics 1988
l - r: Igor Motchalov, violin
Harold McKenzie, accordion
In the Austrian Pavilion at Spruce Meadows, Calgary, Alberta Brian Brennan, accordion
"A Night In Vienna" - The Felix Possak Orchestra on tour
in Alberta; Stettler 2003
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