Monday, April 6, 2015
JERRY KOWALCHUK, A CLOSE FRIEND,FELLOW MUSICIAN AND RADIO SHOW HOST OF THE VERY POPULAR "POLKA POWER" SHOW ON CJTR.A FINE ACCORDIONIST AND WHILE HOSTING POLKA POWER ,HE STRIVED TO PRESENT ALL LISTENERS WITH A VAST RANGE OF OLD TIME MUSIC AND A VERY HEARTY MIX OF LOCAL PRAIRIE OLDTIME.THE EFFORT HE PUT INTO THIS SHOW TOOK HOURS WHICH TURNED TO DAYS WHICH TURNED INTO YEARS OF VOLUNTARILY PRODUCING THIS SHOW WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT..JERRY WAS A WELL KNOWN FIGURE IN THE REGINA MUSIC SCENE AND HIS TRIPS TO WINNIPEG WERE OF A GREAT BENEFIT TO HIM AS HE ACTUALLY GOT TO MEET SOME OF THE MUSICIANS THAT PRODUCED THE MUSIC HE WAS PLAYING ON A WEEKLY BASIS. WHILE VISITING ME IN AUGUST 2014, WE SAT DOWN AND RECORDED 8 TUNES .I AM SO HAPPY WE DECIDED TO DO A LITTLE JAM TOGETHER.MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS MOST LOVED SOULMATE..EMMA ....ALSO HIS 3 CHILDREN,THEIR SPOUSES AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN..REST IN PEACE,MY FRIEND...VICHNAYA PAMIAT..FOREVER REMEMBERED.
