1st SHOW OF THE YEAR

[AJLA]

We did our 1st show this year and it turned out to be a great day AND for the first time ever for us the only dry day with our marquee up to date.....
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Fingers crossed we'll see a bit more of the sunshine as we have a lot more shows coming up.

[Paul]

good for you mandy!
Is that lady in whit thats you? or lady in black??

Paul

[AJLA]

MY young sister in black, my dad, n me in white who looks like a beer barrel but i'm actually not!!

Must not wear that coat again hey!!!

[Paul]

hey! there is nothing wrong with beer! i love it!

[AJLA]

I'm a bit more of a cider gal oh and wine or whatevers available really

[Paul]

oooohh... i love my scrampy or bit of strongbow. or bit of vodka or whiskey... hmmmmm am i alcoholic ?????

[AJLA]

Hey you are obviously on the way to recovery as you have admitted it. I haven't yet so i will keep going

[Kaz]

You're both mad

I need to get my head ito gear and see what shows we have on up this way, but it's not something I've ever seen before, so will keep looking

And nothing wrong with a bit of meat on your bones Mandy, nothing worse than skinny minnies walking about, looking as if you bend them they will snap

[GoldRapt]

Brilliant.
Well done.
Did you get any other photos taken apart from that one?
Ive never done/been to a show before, I too must start thinking about stuff like that, I bet it was hard work.
Was it worth doing financially or was it more of a PR thing for your company?

[AJLA]

Definately worh doing financially, to be honest as the foot traffic thorough our shop has slowed in the last few years the shows have helped to keep the takings up, yes they are hard work, early start long days lots of lugging boxes etc but I love it.

Rained off and wet many times but still worth the effort.

If you haven't done any yet but would like to give it a go it might be worth it just to visit a few to get an idea of what they are all about. We also check expected amount of visitors etc

I will try and post a few images tomorrow if I can figure that out

By the way Kaz I have seen a few stands at some of the agricultural shows we go to raising money for horse/animal charities so I think you should have a look into it, any fetes, gymkanas etc