Sophie Carter chatted with South Burnett Miss Showgirl Anita Blanch (nee Welch) and her husband Nick at Saturday’s “Queen Of Hearts” morning tea in Proston

March 2, 2016

This year’s Proston Show is shaping up to be even bigger and better than last year’s outing, thanks to a good season and strong cattle prices.

The 58th annual Show will be held at the Proston Showgrounds on the Proston-Boondooma Road on Saturday (March 5).

In addition to all the regular competitions, this year’s Show will have a special emphasis on family fun.

Children can enjoy rides on dodgem cars, a slide and jumping castle, and Willie the Worm.

There’ll also be a face painting stall and the perennially popular Viv’s Animal Farm, and the Proston Library will be mounting a pop-up library in the grounds.

There’ll be a champion dog show as well as a pet parade.

Adults can inspect the trade stalls and pavilion displays, or watch the hotly contested stud cattle judging which will take place at 8:30am, followed by prime trade cattle and poultry judging at 9:00am.

There’ll be show jumping in the main ring at 9:00am, followed by wood-chopping and post-ripping competitions at 9:30am.

Ute muster judging will take place at 10:00am, and the presentation of the Prime Trade Show Awards at 11:00am.

The afternoon and evening entertainment line-up will kick off at noon with the Proston Stockman’s Classic, which will continue until the official opening and showgirl presentation at 1:30pm, followed by the Grand Parade at 2:00pm.

Whip-crackers will take centre stage at 4:00pm and they will be followed by a Young Farmer’s Challenge at 5:00pm, then more whip-cracking and a Calcutta for the post ripping championship final at 6:00pm.

After this, popular local group The Stepping Stones will fire up the evening’s musical entertainment at 6:30pm.

The Show’s traditional giant fireworks display will light up the skies around 7:00pm, and the bar and canteen will continue operating until 10:00pm.

Admission to this year’s Show is $10 for adults, $5 for high school students and $3 for primary school students (under-5s are admitted free). A family pass for two adults and any number of children is also available for $25.

Gates will open at 6:00am and events will run through until 10:00pm.

Show schedules are available in hard copy or can be obtained online.

More details can be obtained by contacting Show Society secretary Glenda McArdle on 0423-612-971, Show Society present Helen Young on (07) 4168-9297; or the Proston PA&H Society (at the grounds on Show day) on 0428-689-329.

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Proston State School siblings Kellie, 5, Darren, 8, and Leighton Blanch, 9, were very proud of the masks they’d made for the Queen of Hearts morning tea

This year’s Proston Show theme is “hearts”, and on Saturday morning the Proston Show Society held a promotional Queen Of Hearts Morning Tea at the old railway station in Railway Park to remind everyone that Show day was just a week away.

Children from Proston State School wore special masks they’d created for the event to win one of two prizes set aside for under-14s, and adults were encouraged to dress to the theme as well with a special third prize for the best adult headwear.

For a gold coin donation, guests got to enjoy tea, coffee, biscuits and cake, as well as mingling and conversation.

Proston Show Society secretary Glenda McArdle complimented her friend Kate Tallar, who was sporting the morning’s best themed headwear

 

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