ROCK band Black Amps, the Taiko Drummers and Westbury Primary School band will all take to the centre stage at this year’s Westbury Agricultural Society Show.
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There will also be a model aeroplane display and paper aeroplane contest.
“We want to make this year’s show among the best,” show secretary Shannon Barwick said.
“The show gives our community, visitors and competitors exactly what they want and has become one of the best country shows on the calendar.”
Action runs throughout Saturday, November 11, starting at 8.30am.
A highlight this year is the fancy dress competition and all-new pet parade, to be held at 12.15pm.
“This will rival the enormously popular pet lamb contest, which will happen just after 11am, after a minute’s silence,” Ms Barwick said.
Kennel classes, cattle handling, home industries, yard dogs and dog jumping, animal nursery and lots more is on offer and a bullock team demonstration.
The popular equestrian section is so big it requires three days of competition.
On Friday there will be two rings of showjumping, essentially a warm-up event for the hotly contested Championship events on Saturday, plus the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Stock Horse Society will also run its classes.
Saturday’s feature events in Ring 1 will include six championship jumping contests - the highlight being the Saddleworld Launceston Future Stars jumping event, which will showcase the best up-and-coming horse and rider combinations in Tasmania.
The saddle horse classes are also great to watch and the Beyond the Barrier thoroughbred hacks, geared towards retired race horses, will show these beautiful animals in a whole new light.
The popular hunt club events take place in the afternoon from 2pm and Matilda Scott from Epping will demonstrate her amazing balance and jumping skills the old fashioned way - sidesaddle!
The draft horses also showcase their strength and beauty.
Sunday will see the carriage driving classes bring a heritage feel to the ground with the feature concourse event at 12.30pm.
Another innovation at this year’s show is a demonstration by a local butcher of dissecting three lamb carcasses; meat from the demonstration will be sold in a bid to raise funds for the show.
Arts and crafts will also be judged and include on an array of skills.
