Sarah and Andrew Jones (Show Secretary and President).

 

The annual Murruburrah-Harden Springtime Show will not be going ahead this year with the cancellation of the event recently.

Show President, Andrew Jones told the Times it wasn’t an easy decision for the committee to make.

He said, “At the last meeting, we had all the stewards in and we discussed that it could be called off.

Last year we didn’t have the show but we had fireworks but limited money coming in.

Once we were put into further lockdown recently, we decided unanimously that it wasn’t the right thing to do to go ahead.”

The cancellation of the show will still see the horse events go ahead, however, there will be no show, virtual show or fireworks.

This path will allow the committee to provide a better experience next year and also roll the fireworks into next year.

Andrew said, “For the welfare of the show, it was the right decision to make. It has been unknown territory for the committee.”

The global pandemic has meant that communities and committees in regional areas have had to make hard decisions.

Many of the committees and helpers are in an age group where they are in a danger period for Covid-19.

Andrew recognised how important the shows are to small communities.

He said, “ I think it is very important to have a show. I got into it alongside Sarah, Charlie and Zoe because we all came through Farm clubs and agricultural shows. You see what it does for all the other towns. We want to give back and continue to build it up to be something important. When the kids come from the schools and put their art in or head off to get a Dagwood Dog we know what it can do for a country town.”

A meeting will be held next Tuesday, and you can bet that the show’s planners will be doing their best to ensure next year’s show goes ahead including the addition of a number of work shops for 2022.

Andrew said, “We need to ensure we can get all of the attractions back and make it bigger and better when we do come back. The fireworks guy will be back and he is looking forward to putting on a big show.