Greentree School students are hitting the road later this month.
    The student drama troupe is getting ready to perform Blue Horses a play by Kathryn Schultz Miller. They will be performing 12 shows across Golden Hills School Division.
    “I sent out a letter to other school administrators to see if there was any interest,” said Greentree School principal Chris Connell. “I was a little overwhelmed by the response we got.”

Erin Bertsch (left) and Casey Hartmen look up at the stars during a rehearsal of Greentree School’s production of Blue Horses, by Kathryn Schultz Miller.

    The play follows four kids on a summer evening who don’t want to head home. One invents a game of “Wish Upon a Star,” which has each friend tell a story. The three other friends then take roles in that story. In the end, each person’s story helps them through growing up, confidence, and making friends.
    Greentree students Tori Bagwell, Erin Bertsch, Jade Coleman, Casey Hartman, Taylor Plante, and Mikayla Smith are starring in the play and have been rehearsing since January.
    This is the second year in a row Greentree School has produced a play. Last year, students performed Puss in Boots.
    The show is scheduled to start its run at Greentree School on May 17.

    The Scott Woods Show - Swingin’ Fiddles is making its way across Canada and will be stopping at the Stampede Barn on May 24.
    Multiple winner of the Canadian Open and Grand Masters Fiddle Contests, Woods and his band bring alive the music of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s in this two hour uplifting old time show.
    Woods hails from Fergus Ontario and is a sixth generation fiddler.  He was the musical director and played the part of Don Messer in Memories of Don Messer’s Jubilee that toured extensively throughout Canada for eight years.  He now travels across the country continuing his own family tradition of old time music started by his father & The Merv Woods Orchestra back in 1950.  Scott’s mother Carolyn still plays piano and travels with the band today. 
    Swingin’ Fiddles features not one, not two but three fiddlers playing together in harmony.   Western swing, big band, pop standards, country, gospel and plenty of old time fiddling pack the program.  Sensational step dancing, home spun family humour and of course Scott’s famous trick fiddling that earned him the Canadian Novelty Fiddle Championship title and ‘The Flippin’ Fiddler’ nickname make this a show you don’t want to miss!  
    The show in Drumheller is on Friday, May 24, 7pm at The Stampede Barn at Dinosaur Downs.  Tickets are only $20 for adults, $10 for kids age 6-12, kids 5 & under get in FREE.  Advance tickets on sale now at Gus’s Corner Restaurant in Drumheller or call toll free 1-855-726-8896 to charge. Visit www.scottwoods.ca for a complete tour schedule.