THE HAYGOODS

The Haygoods grew up in humble beginnings in Boerne, Texas. As children, they played music and sang at festivals and fairs across the United States.  In 1993, the family moved to Branson, Missouri and began performing daily shows at Silver Dollar City. For eight years, the family grew up in the theme park, performing five shows a day five days a week while taking music and dance lessons as well as completing schoolwork. The drive and persistence of oldest brother Timothy resulted in the family show become the most successful, highest rated show in the history of Silver Dollar City.

With a generous loan from their grandmother, the Haygoods took a giant risk and opened their own show on the Branson strip in 2001. The move from a theme park to town was more than a location change. The three oldest Haygoods also took creative and financial control of the show and began to make their mark on the show and music scene. The Haygoods became the youngest performing family to ever open their own show on the Branson strip.

In 2009, The Haygoods set about creating their own original music with the hope of reaching a national audience.  In 2012 and 2013 the Haygoods became the longest running most succesful first generation show in Branson Missouri and celebrated with a SOLD OUT 20th anniversary show with over 2,200 in attendance. 

Their show is one that supports the idea that Branson is changing and part of that change is trying to reach a younger audience.  The Haygoods use pyrotechnics in their show as well as special lighting. One of the brothers comes in on a wire from the ceiling playing a guitar upside down. Their song choices are of more pop music.  They get the audience involved by tossing beach balls into the audience and encouraging the audience to volley it from row to row back and forth as they sang Kenny Chesney's When The Sun Goes Down. There is also dancing and each of the performers are great musicians.  Catherine is the only sister.  There are five boys and one girl.  Each play several instruments with Catherine playing the most.  I felt like their instrument playing was better than their singing but I enjoyed both. 

One of the brothers is sort of the comedian of the show.  He played the banjo and he could REALLY play the banjo.  Since the banjo is associated with backwoods rednecks, he rode around on a motorized ice chest and in a camo recliner.  He was funny at times.  There were a few lulls in the scripts and one of the brothers who is suppose to be funny too, was not.  They need to work on that area of the show but overall, it is well worth seeing.