AFTER 12 months of planning and an entire online refresh, the Myrtleford Show is returning bigger and better this month, and you can now check out the full schedule.
Show president Debbie Geddes said the show office became her second home over the past year.
“It’s been quite intense these last 12 months with all our renovations being done,” she said.
“I’ve been meeting trades nearly every day and we’ve got our kitchen being completed next week and that’s the last project.
“We’ve got a brand new building, fresh and painted, a new poultry shed, new amenities block and cattle pavilion.
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“Getting the schedule finished has been great; our secretary Amy Kirk has been fantastic getting it online.
“It’s our first year with an online entering system and online ticketing.
“It’s partly to make it easier for people to book tickets and enter our competitions, but also to help lighten our workload.”
The show now has a web-based software program to run all competitions as well as a system to book general public tickets.
“It’s a lot of changes; we’ve bitten off more than we can chew but we keep chewing,” Amy said.
“With the online system managing things like who enters, the judging and prizemoney, it’s much less labour intensive for the stewards.
“The online ticketing was to lighten the load at the gates but it also helps us gather info about the numbers and to help us with grant writing.
“We’re conscious of bringing the people who have always been a part of the show with us; so how they’ve always done it is absolutely still how they can do it.
“If you’re not interested in the changes that’s so okay.”
Ms Geddes said the committee has been overwhelmed with community support.
“Our local business sponsors have been so supportive and we’ve got lots of families saying they’re excited to come back and bring their kids,” she said.
“We’ve got some new things this year for them.
“We’ve got a canine group doing demonstrations, whip cracking all day, pony rides, a sheep, goat and alpaca section, the poultry have baby chicks hatching on the day and our horse section is back this year after cancelling it due to the wet weather in 2022.
“The cattle sections are really big this year and we’ll have an animal nursery for the kids.
“We’re also really excited for our new night program, which Belinda Ramia from the Myrtleford Festival has been coordinating.”
“From the festival side of things we were struggling for volunteers so someone suggested we combine the two events and see how that goes,” Belinda said.
“We’ll have local musicians playing, roving performers for kids entertainment, rides operating and a carnival vibe all night.”
General public parking has changed this year, traffic management will advise on the day.
You can find the show booklets in most local stores, for free.
The event will be held on Saturday, October 28.
For full details go to https://www.themyrtlefordshow.com.au/.
