Daylesford & District Agricultural Society Inc
The Daylesford Show on Saturday November 26th will again feature exhibition of the work of local people who are so proud of what they have produced in the last twelve months, or in this case three years. They are prepared to enter them into one of the numerous classes available to compete against their neighbours and any other local artisans. They look forward to seeing their work displayed in public and judged both by the show appointed judges and the public who come along to check things out.
“Some people frown a bit on competition these days”, says Show President Don Harvey, “but let us hope that anybody who bakes a cake or makes a nice quilt or knits a nice beanie or grows some beautiful flowers can look through our Show Schedule for a class or two to enter.” Show your work off and have a chance of being able to walk around the Showgrounds on the day thinking, “I am a winner and the rest of the town can see my name on a blue first prize certificate or a red one for second prize”. The schedule is available in a number of places around town or online at www.daylesfordshow.com,
We expect over a hundred and twenty sheep to be judged, almost as many entries in the poultry pavilion and about three hundred horses and over four hundred dogs and in these classes we have animals that represent months and often years of very careful husbandry by loving but often intensely competitive owners. There will also be Cookery and other homecrafts and photography to see in the Show pavilion : Flowers, vegetables and floral art in the Table Tennis pavilion and children’s art and musical performers in the newly renovated Tom Ford Pavilion, all presented by similarly zealous producers.
In all of these competitions there will be proud owners or proud makers or proud bakers or growers who are quite happy to talk about why it means so much to them to compete and show and we encourage anybody who thinks they could easily enjoy even a small victory to talk to these local experts about what they like about showing their wares. “Daylesford people have been doing this for over 145 years now so there must be something in that people enjoy” Don Harvey says.
We encourage experienced and new exhibitors to enter. Entries close on the Friday a week before the show, Friday November 18th and everything must be at the Show ready for judging to start on Friday November 25th.
There will be free activities for children, food stalls and music but the essence of small country shows is competition and lets hope it stays that way for quite a while in the future. “Your first step into this local competition takes only a bit of research and your own enthusiasm” Don Harvey says.
