Andrew Welch and the Claude Fiddle Club at church
Storytelling and traditional music go well together.

Andrew Welch

At Claude Church this Sunday (Dec. 16) at 7 p.m., the Claude Fiddle Club will join forces with professional actor Andrew Welch to present an evening's entertainment in support of the Caledon Community Services Santa Fund.

Admission is free with a donation of new toys and non-perishable food items.

Those who are familiar with the regular concerts of roots music presented at Claude will know the church is a wonderful, acoustically perfect hall, built 160 years ago by the Scottish pioneers of the area.

It is a terrific and intimate venue for live music and readings.

For the Dec. 16 concert, Welch will read some favourites from his extensive collection of classic and contemporary Christmas excerpts and short stories. The Claude Fiddle club members will round out the entertainment with selections of traditional music, playing fiddle tunes from across Canada, as well as Christmas music. Not just fiddlers, the club also includes guitars, harmonicas and banjos, and has also been known to play a few tunes from Reverend Randy Benson's traditional Appalachian repertoire.

It promises to be a fun evening.

The Fiddle Club is immensely pleased to be working with Welch. As a new resident of Caledon, he brings with him a wealth of experience in stage and screen. He now specializes in readings and voice work.

Locals may have already seen him having fun with the Caledon Townhall Players, where he was recently named the new artistic director for the 2008- 09 season. Welch is a veteran of audio books and has toured a reading of Dickens' Christmas Carol to wide acclaim - he promises to include an excerpt for this Claude concert.

For further information, contact Rev. Randy Benson at the church office at (905) 838-3512 or visit www.claudechurch.com

Claude Church is at 15175 Hurontario St. Watch for the tall steeple on the east side of Highway 10, 3.5 kilometres north of King Road.