The hard work and dedication of West Wheatland 4-H  Club members will be on display on Wednesday, June 6 at the year-end Show and Sale.

The Rockyford Beef Club the Standard Sheep Club and the Cheadle Beef and Sheep Clubs will be at the West Wheatland 4-H Show in Rockyford.

4-H organizer Tim Dahm says the clubs are strong.

“There are a bunch of young kids starting up in the Beef Club, especially in Rockyford,” he said adding, there are a number of acreages in the area, which is great for the sheep clubs.

He says 4-H teaches great lessons.

“It teaches responsibility as far as the livestock end of it, But it teaches lots of other great things like the public speaking end of it,” said Dahm. “Work ethic is what they learn.”

They have a big event planned. The Rockyford Club will have 27 steers and Cheadle Beef Club will have 10 for a total of 37 steers on the auction block. The Standard Sheep Club is also strong with 22 sheep, and the Cheadle Club have five for a total of 27 on the auction block.

There will also be a charity lamb auctioned off for the War Amps Camp.

The Show starts at 12:30 p.m. at the Rockyford Sportsplex. This is where the members shine, showing their animals. Dinner is at 5 p.m. and the auction begins at 6 p.m.

Scott Woods is on his way to the valley and he is fiddling up a storm.

The Knox United Church has invited the Canadian Fiddle Champion and his all-star band for a performance on Tuesday, June 5. 

The evening is a night filled with music. It is an uplifting two hours of old-time fiddle music, country, western and gospel music along with beautiful vocal harmonies, humour, and a few tricks.

“The folks have been asking if I am still doing my trick fiddling, and yes, I still am,” said Wood. “I can fiddle behind my back, under my legs, I walk on a barrel and do a front-running flip, so I will be doing that as long as there is room in the church!” 

While his style of music is not typical radio fodder, it still brings in crowds across Canada and he often tours in Germany. He says often his audience is discovering the music for the first time.

“Our show was always catered to a senior audience, but they are getting older,” said Woods. “ But our shows have always been family friendly and we found in the past because we do so many fundraising concerts for churches or charities and service clubs, we get younger families come…Afterward when they say ‘we didn’t think we would like this, but it was really good.’ That is the best compliment I could get, to win over a young family that thinks that old country and fiddle music, western swing and gospel is kind of passé.”   

 Along with Scott, he brings his sister Kendra, who is a multi-instrumentalist and no stranger to the fiddle. In fact, the pair has won the Canadian Duet Fiddle Championships three times. A sure crowd pleaser is 13- year-old step dancer Leo Stock.

“We have this young guy who loves country music, he is a great entertainer, he step dances and plays his fiddle and sings. There is an attraction to the younger crowd, they just have to be exposed to it,”  said Wood.  

The  show is Tuesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. at the Knox United Church, Tickets are available by calling Pat McDougald at 403-321-0210 or Knox United Church at 403-823-2366. Tickets can be ordered over the phone by Visa or Mastercard by calling 1-855-726-8896.