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CECSY UPDATE SEPT-NOV 2019

Our CEO Dianne Begg gets to the bottom of exhibiting at the Make Smoking History Canning Show, including her Top 10 Tips to get you entering with a smile!

110 years ago, the CAHRS minute book started recording the important details of the Canning Show. Surprisingly, they are mostly the same items we concern ourselves about today. It’s quite comforting to know that people have pondered over how to make the community’s most important annual event stronger and better, and never took the easy option of saying “let’s not bother this year”.  It just proves the love and respect we all have for the Canning Show.

To celebrate, a strong Make Smoking History Canning Show is lined up for 2019. This includes two nights of amazing fireworks shows, twilight greyhound racing, a range of new, diverse and quality stage and sideshow entertainment, lots of free kid’s activities, and, by popular demand, the kids mega-sand pit, haybales, mud kitchen.

So are you going to bother exhibiting this year?

Occasionally Canning Show Exhibition champions tell me that they won’t bother entering the Show this year because they have holiday plans or haven’t had time, or maybe they have lost their Canning Show Mojo (or is that ShowJo???). If your creative ShowJo is challenged, remember that it’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it. Another reason not to enter the Show: exhibitor shaming! An example is being told that entering a handmade item in the local Show is a bit old fashioned, or even nerdy. If peer pressure is putting you off having a go at entering, don’t be afraid; thousands have already done it and they are proud and happy.

Here’s my top ten tips for the would-be exhibitors:

  1. Your creation needs to be the best on display on the day, not the best in the world.
  2. Read the Exhibition Schedule Of Entries carefully.
  3. Ask questions. Phone, email, Facebook message, call into the office and ask to speak to a steward.
  4. Stick by the rule. eg. if it says present 3 roses. Don’t present 2 or 4 – you will be disqualified.
  5. Make sure your exhibit is clean and well presented.
  6. No bugs. Do not enter flowers, fruit or vegetables that have disease or bugs. They won’t be accepted.
  7. Exhibit in a class you’ve never tried before – just for the fun of it.
  8. Encourage kids to enter. Youth Champions are invited to attend the Presentation & Awards Evening dinner to receive their certificates. It’s a great experience for them, and can inspire future generations.
  9. View all the exhibits when they are on display, and plan your next creation.
  10. Set a goal to exhibit annually. You’ll get better each year.

Huge thanks to everyone who has already signed up as a volunteer for the Canning Show.  It’s amazing to have you back. If you plan to volunteer for the first time – congratulations on making a cool, community minded decision. Volunteers are the pump action of the Show.  If you have any ideas, suggestions or tips about how to make volunteering roles better, talk to our volunteer co-ordinator or office team. And if you have friends, family members or community minded people you think could be an asset to the volunteering team around the Show, please put them in touch with us!

Canning Show Presentation Evening will deliver glitzy trophies and special awards, with gorgeous food, a great atmosphere, sassy entertainment and a few surprises on Saturday 9 November.  If you win a Champion award you will be given a special invitation to join us on Presentation Evening but if you don’t want to take the risk of missing out you can purchase your tickets now.

Best of luck to all exhibitors.

Dianne Begg

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CAHRS

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Dianne Discusses: Get Ready The Show exhibition ideas, Ag wins, Volunteering & more

I have an orange tree hanging with the most spectacular fruits. They are heavy – a good sign that they will be sweet and juicy when opened. I can’t wait to enjoy the zesty flesh, full of vitamins and nature’s good stuff. I’ll need to beat the rat-pack to these oranges, though. My backyard warfare against rats is running at full pace this week as they pick off each fruit just as it reaches optimum ripening stage. They got the first few undetected. The pesky vermin ate the fruit from the bottom up; from a distance the fruit looked marvellous but, on close inspection, half of each orange had disappeared. Not to be outdone, I picked most of the oranges and made Early Harvest Marmalade, one jar is set aside in readiness for exhibition at the Canning Show. It is a promising batch, tangy and slightly on the thick side – the perfect accompaniment for toast. I added a splash of Cointreau to the boiling stage, it was an unnecessary indulgence, but it kept me hydrated whilst I was cooking 😉.

Tell us about your Get Ready For The Show projects 

Are you a gardener, an artisan or baker getting ready for the Canning Show? Would you share with us the story behind your exhibits?  How hard have you worked at pruning and prepping your plants? What unusual spot did you travel to for the photograph that will make you a Champion?  Just how much frogging went into that knitted item? We’d love to know your story and share it with other exhibitors.  Post your story and pictures on our Canning Show Facebook page or drop us an email with news of your success or failures.

City of Canning Works near the Showgrounds 

The City of Canning is constructing a new road on the northern boundary of CAHRS property along the frontage of the greyhound racing venue.  CAHRS has had regular meetings with city officers to discuss the plans and it has been agreed that an attractive landscape with trees will be planted on the verge next winter.  CAHRS wants to ensure that the route to the showgrounds is appealing and respectful of the agricultural and horticultural heritage of the Showgrounds.  These works and others around Cecil Avenue are causing heavier than usual congestion around the Station Street and Albany Highway intersection.  CAHRS stresses the need for caution at that intersection.  Roadworks are expected to be completed before the Canning Show.

Agricultural Shows Australia

CAHRS congratulates the success of ASA in securing funding for programmes that benefit agricultural shows across the country.  Dr Rob Wilson, Chair of Agricultural Shows Australia (ASA) said that $30.9 million committed to the development of shows included some key ASA initiatives, namely their national programs including the Young Judges and Paraders Championships and the National NextGen Young Farmers Challenge.

CAHRS is a member of Agricultural Shows of Australia (ASA) which has been established to promote the role and significance of Australian Agricultural Shows to the wider community. The ASA’s vision is a strong and vibrant network of Agricultural Shows working together to engage, influence and promote the essential value of Australian agriculture. The membership of the ASA is made up of capital city Royal Agricultural Societies and state-based Agricultural Show bodies, together representing over 580 agricultural shows, with a combined economic value of $965 million annually.

Volunteering at the Canning Show

Volunteers are needed for the Show.  We are looking for people of all ages who are reasonably fit and a few free hours in late October early November.  This is a great way to get involved in the community.  Register your interest by emailing admin@cahrs.com.au.

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GREAT ADEVENTURES: 2019 Dates To Save!

UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR EVENTS OFFICER

Lots happening at Cannington Exhibition Centre & Showgrounds and for Canning Agricultural, Horticultural & Recreational Society, with the recent renovations in Liddelow Pavilion and surrounds setting the scene for the big year ahead of us. Lots of great events to enjoy, so hope to see you all at some of the following throughout the year, as well as other exciting announcements to come.

• You are all welcome to our Canning River Gardeners sessions, first Tuesday of each month. The upcoming 7 May meeting, we have a Bonsai specialist coming along to show us how they create and look after these beautiful plants. This is set to be very interesting, and is free entry, so get in touch with me if you would like to come along.

• Saturday 25 May sees our annual Road Trip set off, which this year will see a bus taking us to New Norcia. North east of Perth, this fascinating town is run by Monks, with an extensive list of Heritage buildings. It should prove to be a great day out for all who come. More info here on how to book your place!

• Saturday 6 July will see a Free Movie Night. Save the date for a fun night with family and friends. Plus it’s not just for members and friends of CAHRS, it will be free entry and everyone’s welcome. Watch this space for more details coming soon.

• The Canning Show Launch event will happen Saturday 3 August, which will have a different format this year, being a fundraiser for the Pink Ribbon Foundation and a collaboration with BW Backhouse & Associates’ The Professionals Real Estate, who are long-standing supporters of CAHRS.

• With several changes we’re excited to announce in due course, the Canning Show will happen Friday 1 and Saturday 2 November. Being the year of Indigenous Languages from around the world, we’ll be reflecting this throughout the Show and the Exhibition, so get your thinking hats on. Please also pass on details if you know any specific performers that would be perfect for this.

• Saturday 9 November will be our Canning Show Presentation Night, with all the accolades being dished out for the stars of the Exhibition. I am sure some of you are already working on pieces to enter in the show, so save the date, as the winner might just be you…

• And last but not least, we have all our regular groups continuing to run here at the Cannington Exhibition Centre & Showgrounds. These include Sewing Classes (starting in a few weeks!), Knitting social evenings, Machine Knitters morning sessions, Craft weekly get togethers etc. Generally free for members, please get involved, or contact me for more info!

Joanne Reavell
EVENT OFFICER, CAHRS
joanne@cahrs.com.au

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Road Trip To New Norcia

CAHRS (Canning Agricultural, Horticultural & Recreational Society are excited present a Road Trip To New Norcia on Saturday 25 May!

INCLUDED:

Return bus trip (leaving Cannington Exhibition Centre & Showgrounds 8.30am sharp, returning approximately 5pm)
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Picnic lunch
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Official guided tour, providing a unique opportunity to see behind closed doors of Australia’s only monastic town.

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RSVP by emailing joanne@cahrs.com.au by 18 May
Pay at the CECS office, or call CAHRS on 9451 1820 to pay by bank card

$30 for CAHRS Members / $50 Non-Members / $20 Children

Thanks to our grant recieved for National Volunteer Week, provided by Volunteering WA & Lotterywest, we also have FREE tickets to CAHRS Members who volunteered at the 2018 Make Smoking History Canning Show. Book ASAP to secure a place! #NVW2019

MORE INFO:
www.cahrs.com.au
www.volunteeringaustralia.org
www.facebook.com/events/285687212326501/

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ITINERARY:
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PRIVATE TOUR
An opportunity to see ‘behind closed doors’ in Australia’s only monastic town. As you see some of New Norcia’s richly decorated buildings, 27 of which are listed on the National Trust and not otherwise accessible to the public, your guide will introduce you to the town’s eclectic Monastic, Aboriginal and European heritage. Highlights include the Flour mill, Abbey Church and beautifully frescoed College Chapels.

MONASTERY ORATORY (Optional)
Join the Monks for Midday prayers inside the Monastery Oratory. All faiths Welcome to participate.

LUNCH IN THE PARK
CAHRS provides a picnic lunch with cold drinks, and a chance to meet new people from all walks of life!

MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
New Norcia is home to one of the finest collections of moveable heritage in Australia. Gifts from the Queen of Spain and a fascinating array of artifacts tell the story of New Norcia’s 160-year-old history. The Galleries feature religious paintings by Spanish and Italian Masters and Australian Contemporary Artists, including their special Salvado bicentennial exhibition.

LOCAL HANDCRAFTS
Their charming shop offers a range of local produce perfect for gifts or your own enjoyment (including New Norcia Abbey Wines, Bread, Nutcake, Pan Chocolatti and Olive Oil), art, books and music.

MORE INFO HERE

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Sewing Classes – Intermediate & Beginners

Wanting to sew like a pro? Just starting off? We’re here to help!

After our classes filled to overflow last season, we’ve expanded to now run two classes, with our expert trainer Marisa Valentino accommodating for all skills levels:

✂ INTERMEDIATE: 6-9pm MONDAY evening from April 29

✂ BEGINNERS: 6-9pm THURSDAY evenings from May 2

You’ll need to have your own sewing machine, but our teacher will be there to improve your skills, take your current projects to the next level, and guide you on new sewing adventures.

MORE INFO HERE

 

 

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