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By Ben Tompkins

Fiddle Fiesta

Scott Woods back on the road and returning to Melfort

Sep 9, 2022 | 4:08 PM

Scott Woods, a multi-talented entertainer and musician, is back on the road with his brand new show ‘Old Fashioned Hoedown’.

Known as ‘The Fergus Fiddler’ and even as ‘The Flippin’ Fiddler’, Scott Woods is a two-time winner of the Canadian Open Fiddle Contest, two-time winner of the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championship, as well as Fiddle Entertainer of the Year.

In 2018 he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Association.

Joining Scott on stage will be his sister Kendra Norris, an extremely talented singer and multi-instrumentalist, who is also a Canadian Fiddle Champion as well as a three-time Duet Fiddle Champion with her brother Scott.

The show will also feature talented young Step Dancer Leo Stock, an 18-year-old singer, drummer and Canadian Step Dancing Champion who is fondly also known as “Spaghetti Legs”.

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Leo most recently won the 2022 Open Step Dancing Championship at the prestigious ‘Ontario Open Fiddle and Step Dance Contests’.

This will be the first time the group has been on tour, since before the pandemic.

Woods told northeastNOW they’re beyond excited to get back to doing what they love.

“We all sat at home for two or three years, not being able to do the things that we wanted to do and there was such a longing for that. For me, the show is about the celebration of finally being back on the road doing what we love and so it’s really uplifting and fun.”

The event is set to showcase costumes, dancing, laughs, reflection and, of course, fiddle music.

Woods added that even if it’s not your favourite type of music, it should be family entertainment from start to finish.

“A lot of fiddle music, a lot of country music, some gospel, something for everybody. You don’t have to be a fiddle fan or a country music fan, by any means, to enjoy the show.”

Woods has made roughly 50 trips across the prairies in the last 35 years, touring once or twice a year.

He explained how the appreciation throughout the western parts of Canada has always been much appreciated and made it feel like a home, away from home.

“We discovered that the rural folks across the prairies love fiddle and country music and they love to dance. They are just good-natured, fun-loving people, who work hard and it’s like my second home,” he said.

“It’s certainly been a very welcoming area. We could have just done a tour here in Ontario, we’ve got lots of fans at home here and they love their fiddle music too, but when we had the chance to get on the road, I’m like, okay, let’s get this bus fired up and we’re heading west, that’s where we’re gonna go. We always enjoy it, we’ve been coming to Melfort for years.”

The group will be in Melfort on November 6, at the Kerry Vickar Centre. The show begins at 2 p.m., with tickets available for purchase at the centre box office.

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