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The Scott Woods Band is coming to Beeton

April 18, 2024   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

It will be a good old-fashioned hoedown when The Scott Woods Band arrives in Beeton and performs a two-hour live presentation of family-friendly fiddling, country music, step dancing, and humour.

Led by Scott Woods, also known as ‘the Flippin’ Fiddler’ due to his on-stage antics, the band is currently on a tour that takes them all over Ontario, as far east as Nova Scotia, and across the prairie provinces and out to British Columbia. They have also performed in Europe.

“The show is called ‘The Old Fashioned Hoedown’ and we try to recreate the old variety music programs that people used to tune into on the radio and in later years, television shows like Don Messer’s Jubilee, Country Hoedown, and Hee Haw,” Scott explained. “There is lots of variety. You don’t have to be a fiddle fan or a country music fan. There’s instrumentals, there’s vocals, and dancing. We have lots of costumes and silly stuff. There’s some serious moments through the show as well. It’s something for everybody.”

Some of the biggest compliments the band receives are from people who aren’t necessarily fiddle or county music fans, but come out to the show and are surprised by the entire format and enjoy the performance.

Scott is a multi-instrumentalist who plays violin, drums, bass, piano, guitar, saxophone, and clarinet. He is a multiple winner of the Canadian Open Fiddle Contest, the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championships, and a Canadian Fiddle Entertainer of the Year.

He has also won three consecutive Canadian Novelty Fiddle championship titles.

Joining him on stage will be The Scott Woods Band.

The band is a talented group of musicians who are well-recognized in the Canadian music industry.

Kendra (Woods) Norris, plays piano, fiddle, accordion, and contributes to vocals. She is a multiple winner of the Canadian Open Fiddle Competition and a three-time Canadian Open Fiddle Champion.

On piano and fiddle, Germain Luduc has played with many bands over the years and has toured extensively. Germain has recorded several albums of his music and is a three-time finalist at the Canadian Grand Masters Competition.

Rounding out the band, Leo Stock is on drums, fiddle and vocals, as well as step dancing. Leo is an Ontario Open Fiddle Finalist and multiple 18 and under Fiddle Champion.

The band performs old-time fiddle, traditional country, and swing as well as gospel music, and features step-dancing, smooth vocals, family humour, and inspirational stories.

The show in Beeton will take place on Wednesday, May 15, at Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Main St. W. Tickets are $45, tax included.

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