Canowindra Show is on 27th and 28th September and the Ladies Auxiliary in the Cobley Pavilion have excellent sections to enter.
Please note there are new classes in Home Mades and Craft. Individual sections, important entry details and entry forms are available at Canowindra Post Shop or please go to www.canowindrashow.com.au/ladiesauxiliary-pavilion. Some of the sections you may like to enter include:
Section T Cut Flowers: two exhibits in each class, exhibits grown by exhibitor, cut flowers presented in unmarked jars or bottles no vases. Camellia 1 bloom informal, Camellia 1 bloom formal, Camellia 3 blooms, Marguerites (Daisies), 3 cuts, Pelargonium or Geraniums 3 cuts ea. Orchid 1 spike, Calendula 3 cuts, Pansies 6 cuts, Polyanthus 3 cuts, Stock 1 spike without laterals, Sweet Peas 3 cuts, Collection of Primula, Cut flowers 6 cuts, no shrubs and no bulbs, Any flower not mentioned, 1 cut no shrubs and no bulbs, Bulbs 3 cuts 1 cut of each (not same species), Dutch Iris 1 cut, Iris not mentioned 1 cut, Tulip 1 bloom, Freesia 1 cut, Freesia 3 cuts, Shrub 1 cut (no more than 60cm in length), Tree and/ or Shrub Bloom 3 cuts (no more than 60cm in length), Azalea 1 cut, Azalea 3 cuts, Any bulb bloom not mentioned, 1 cut bloom or spike, Ranunculus 1 cut, Anemone 1 cut, Arum Lily 1 cut, Daffodil 1 cut, Daffodil 3 cuts.
Section Ta Decorative Flowers: Categories include: Beauty with Camellias, Decorative basket low arrangement, Decorative arrangement of mixed bulbs or tuber blooms any container, Single flower arrangement, Modern line arrangement of five flowers, Colours of Spring Arrangement, Modern arrangement of flowers in one colour toning centres allowed, Best arrangement of foliage All Green, Dining table arrangement under 8” high candles allowed, Decorative arrangement of mixed flowers frontal effect traditional any container, Bunch of flowers from your garden, Arrangement of sweet peas, Arrangement depicting song title (Song to be named), Arrangement of Native flowers, Arrangement of Roses, CWA Arrangement of Blue & Yellow Colours. Decorative Flowers by Ages 9 to 12 YEARS: Anyarrangement in Egg Cup, Arrangement in small Kitchen Utensil, Arrangement depicting a Nursery Rhyme, Arrangement in a Basket. Decorative Flowers By Year 7 to Year 12: Arrangement in a Jug. Decorative Flowers by Ages 5 to 8 YEARS: Arrangement for a Cubby House, Decorative Saucer. PRE-SCHOOL AGE: Arrangement on a Small Kitchen Utensil, Arrangement in a Shoe or Boot. CHILDREN ENTRIES MUSTBE WORK OF CHILD. POT PLANTS: – Categories (pot size 30cm no more) fern, cyclamen in flower, Any other pot plant in flower, Coloured leaf, Orchid cymbidium, Orchid, indoor foliage, succulent.
Section U Fine Arts: Work to have been completed within the last 12 months prior to Show. No copies or wet paintings. Exhibits must be mounted and ready to be hung with name, etc on the back, Categories include: LOCAL (within 25kms radius of Post Office): Black & White and Oil/Acrylic/Pastel/Water Colour and Any other Medium: Portrait, Landscape/Seascape, Animal/Bird/Fish, Flower/ Plant/Tree, Still Life, Building/Bridge/Structure, Miscellaneous/Abstract, Novice. Also Novice Colour, 12 years and under any medium any subject 25 years &under any medium any subject any other material. OPEN: any medium, 70years & over any medium, recycled or any other material, Portrait, Landscape/Seascape, Animal/Bird/Fish, Flower/ Plant/Tree, Still Life, Miscellaneous, Black & White any subject, 25yrs & under any medium/subject, 12yrs & under any medium/subject, Any subject/med. using mechanical or graphic device on art work, Any subject/medium using fiber eg: bark, felt, silk, leaves, wool, hair, Folk Art any medium/subject, Any other art medium/subject. 3D OPEN: Recycled any material art 3D painted object.
Section Ua Photography: Amateur Photographs only, All photographs to be mounted on BLACK cardboard only, with a 12mm border exhibits must have name on back, A4 maximum size, framed photos won’t be accepted, maximum of 4 entries per person per categories. Novice is one who has not won in the Canowindra PA&H Show Photography section. DIGITAL Categories — Photos NOT to be altered after taken. Categories include Black & White: Portrait, Baby photo under 2 yrs, Child Study, Landscape/Seascape, Animal/Bird, Still Life, Miscellaneous. Colour: Portrait, Baby Photo under 2yrs, Child Study, Landscape/Seascape, Animal/Bird, Still Life, Miscellaneous, Flower, Wedding, Sport, Balloon, Action, Sepia, Panoramic, Photo by person under 12yrs, Photo by person under 13yrs-18yrs, Sunrise or Sunset, Sky/Rainbow/Cloud, Solar/Moon/Planetary, Building, Life in Canowindra, Photo taken by Mobile Phone, Novice Local Photographer, Aerial Photograph, Drone Photograph. DIGITAL ARTISTRY: Most Attractive Portrait, Most Attractive Animal Study, Most Attractive Landscape/Building, Most Attractive Action, Dazzle us with special effects.