Scott Woods: Fiddling in the key of ...eh?
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The Canadian Lakehead Exhibition Fairgrounds 425 Northeran Ave, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
This fast-paced, uplifting show explores great Canadian fiddling styles and influences from Cape Breton and Scottish to Acadian and Irish to French Canadian, Metis and Eastern Europe. The show features plenty of old-time fiddling, championship step dancing, trick fiddling, family humour and other aspects of our culture that have become symbols of what truly makes us Canadian.
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. He is known affectionately across Canada as "The Flippin’ Fiddler" and tours extensively across the country every year raising funds for churches, charities and community service organizations. To date, over $2 million dollars have been raised for these groups. The show includes special performances by Cape Breton tenor and one of Nova Scotia’s finest vocalists, Tommy Leadbeater, guitar virtuoso and East Coast Music Award Winner, Bruce Timmins and lighting up the stage with his fancy footwork is Champion Step Dancer Kyle Waymouth.
CLE Heritage Building - 425 Northern Ave. Tickets are $25 and available at Music World, 443 Simpson St. 807-623-9077, or by calling 1-855-SCOTTWOODS (1-855-726-8896).