Jim Woster & Kip Scott
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 2:12PM Woster & Scott Will Wow ‘Em in Worthing
Two guys walk into a theatre. What happens next is magic. Get set for great music, jokes and a tall tale or two at the Olde Towne Dinner Theatre in Worthing, SD. Two South Dakota favorites – Jim Woster and Kip Scott – are the main attraction for a dinner show on Saturday, March 20, beginning at 6:30pm.
The show is a special fundraiser for the theatre 12 miles south of Sioux Falls. Tickets are $50 each and the public can make reservations by calling 605-372-4653 or e-mailing oldetownetht@iw.net.
“We’re going to have a good time,” Woster said.
The two have been sharing music and laughter with South Dakota audiences for more than 30 years. They met in 1977 when Scott, a hog farmer, called Woster, who was doing the market report for the Sioux Falls Stockyards, and said a group of farmers wanted to hold a protest over prices. They eventually became friends and discovered that both were playing guitar and singing.
“We started talking and the guitars came out,” Wooster says.
What makes a former stockyards reporter and a hog farmer so special? “It’s that South Dakota point of view,” said Dianne Christensen, Executive Director of Olde Towne. “They have a real talent for connecting to their audience.”
The two became very well known in the region via KELO TV. Way back in 1983, KELO CEO Joe Floyd was looking for talent for a half-hour Saturday midday program.
Jim Woster recalls that Floyd asked him something like: “Do you think you could do a half-hour show with nothing in it?”
Woster replied: “I’m your guy.”
With the help of Scott, the two have entertained people throughout the region ever since. The KELO gig lasted 13 years and Woster and Scott have entertained in venues throughout the Midwest.
Both are native South Dakotans, although Scott spent his high school and college years in Colorado.
After high school, Scott says he was on his way to musical success with The Gateway Singers at Estes Park. Then, disaster. One of the band members fell for a girl who worked at the resort area and “love ruined everything.” He went solo as he worked his way through college and returned to South Dakota in 1973.
Woster was in a band during his college days, too, with a roommate and friends at SDSU. “We wowed ‘em.”
The two have a close connection to Olde Towne Dinner Theatre. Both attend plays at the theatre and Scott has family ties to Worthing. The two even have done an occasional gig in one of the bars in the small town.
Woster and Scott are enthusiastic about raising dollars for the theatre’s building fund. They advised people in the area to be sure to make reservations soon. Seating is limited to about 100.
“I’ll be wearing my cowboy boots,” Woster said, “So, I’ll look good.”
Olde Towne Dinner Theatre is a non-profit community theatre that has been serving the community for 27 years. It features fine dining and talented performers. The theatre is located 12 miles south of Sioux Falls. Take Louise Avenue south, and turn left at the 4-way-stop sign as you reach Worthing (the first town on the road); travel east for two blocks, and turn right. The theatre is on the right (west) side about halfway down the block. Or, take I-29 south to the Worthing exit (No. 64), travel 2 miles east to the 4-way-stop sign and two more blocks east to Main Street and turn right.

