It’s a wrap for the Canterbury A&P Show
The 153rd Canterbury A&P Show is over for another year and exhibitors and animals headed home on Friday evening for a well-earned rest.
Sweet Suzie Moo is coming to life at Whangarei's Summer Show this year.
Brand new Sweet Suzie Moo and her farmyard friends will be holding an educational, fun and very interactive live show. Suzie Moo will help demonstrate how cows are milked and how to turn that milk into trim milk and cream. She will even try her hand at making butter.
Malcolm McKerrow, Whangarei A&P Society's chief executive, says the arrival of Sweet Suzie Moo at the show was something for all to look forward to.
"Sweet Suzie Moo started her journey as a colouring-in competition, with children asked to give her a special name some years back. Since then, Sweet Suzie Moo has been an integral part of the publicity leading up to the annual Summer Show," he says.
"Suzie Moo has been a cardboard cut-out cow advertising the show over recent years with her arrival in the letterbox heralding that the Summer Show is just around the corner. This year, Sweet Suzie Moo is hosting her very own educational show that we are sure will be very popular with children and adults alike", McKerrow says.
Sponsored by Fresha Valley Milk, the Suzie Moo Show is part of the society's desire to add educational components to the Summer Show and strengthens its linkages between town and country. There are prizes and giveaways during the Suzie Moo Show and participants can try hand-milking a cow at the end of the half-hour Show.
The Suzie Moo Show will be held at the Summer Show at Barge Showgrounds at 10am; 12 noon; 2pm and 4pm Saturday, December 8 and Sunday, December 9.
Gate admission to the Summer Show is only $5 per person, with children under five years of age free. Entries are open for all livestock and equestrian classes until 16 November and a limited number of trade sites are still available. Information, schedules and entry forms are available on line at www.summershow.co.nz
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