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The Cheviot show ‘must go on’<br />
ByROBYN BRISTOW<br />
The push is on to save the Cheviot A&P<br />
show.<br />
To ensure the annual community event<br />
continues, volunteers are urgently<br />
needed to step up, and take the reins on<br />
the executive.<br />
Stalwarts of the A&P association are<br />
urging anyone interested to swing in<br />
behind the local event, and offer up some<br />
of their time, to secure the show’s future.<br />
Lorraine Hansen, the association<br />
secretary, and Jeff Wilkinson, aformer<br />
president who has done two stints in<br />
charge, say the show must go on.<br />
They say it is aspecialcommunity event<br />
that has year’s of history and memories.<br />
However, while there is generally<br />
enough volunteers to lead the various<br />
sections, alack of astructured succession<br />
to fill the executive roles of president,<br />
senior vicepresident and junior vicepresident<br />
is putting the show in jeopardy.<br />
It has been held together by Lorraine,<br />
and ahardyfew who have stepped in to<br />
make sure the show carries on.<br />
It has had arocky few years, being<br />
cancelled in 2<strong>02</strong>2 and 2<strong>02</strong>3 due to Covid,<br />
followed by heavy rain which left the<br />
showgrounds flooded.<br />
Lorraine says there has been no real<br />
handover within the executive, with<br />
‘‘three of us coming in and running blind’’.<br />
‘‘We have tried to get more people to<br />
come on board, but haven’t had any luck<br />
to date,’’ she says.<br />
Emmaand Chris Mulcock were at the<br />
helm this year as presidents, with Phil<br />
and Lynda Dicksontaking the reins the<br />
year before.<br />
But Lorraine says the ad hoc way the<br />
association has been operating for the<br />
past five to six years, can’t continue.<br />
‘‘Ideally we would like to recruit every<br />
year, with the junior vicepresident<br />
moving into the senior vice presidents<br />
role, who would step up to president, as<br />
the president moves on.<br />
‘‘It is abig commitment. But with<br />
succession, they are apart of it for a<br />
number of years before taking the<br />
presidents role,’’she says.<br />
Personally shewould like to see each<br />
president hold the position for two years,<br />
giving those below more time to<br />
experiencethe role.<br />
‘‘We have alot of younger people who<br />
are keen, but they are not quite ready yet.<br />
‘‘Also if we used these younger ones<br />
now, there would be abiggergap created<br />
to fill later,’’she says.<br />
Lorraine says the show clashes with the<br />
Wanaka and <strong>May</strong>field A&P shows, and<br />
although the association has looked at<br />
moving to another date, it is difficult to<br />
find aweekend without clashes, or it<br />
becomes too early or too late.<br />
‘‘You can’tshift it easily,’’ she says.<br />
Jeff Wilkinson, who chaired a<br />
community meeting on the show last<br />
evening, says the show is ‘‘extremely<br />
important’’ forthe community and<br />
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‘It is very, very important.<br />
‘‘We have all grown up with it. It is well<br />
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‘‘It will definitely continue.<br />
We just have to get people to stand up<br />
and take on the role of president,’’ he<br />
says.<br />
His own son was ‘‘dead keen’’ to take an<br />
executive position, but not for another<br />
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four or five years.<br />
Meanwhile others will have to bridge<br />
gap, and ‘‘some of us old foggies’’ will have<br />
to keep it going meanwhile, he says.<br />
Jeff says it is sad the association is in<br />
the position it is, as it has beautiful<br />
grounds,isagreat wee show, and is a<br />
great community event which attracts<br />
strong entries and agood crowd.<br />
‘‘We don’t want to lose all that,’’ he says.<br />
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