WELCOME TO YEPPOON AND DISTRICT SHOW SOCIETY INC

The 2012 Yeppoon Annual Show has given the show committee of Yeppoon & District Show Society Inc the biggest challenge in 58 years to remain viable, successful and to continue its popularity and growth in numbers that pass through the admission gates each year.

For the first time, the same dates of Yeppoon Show Society’s annual show on the Queen’s Birthday weekend have been chosen by Rockhampton Show to try and increase their attendances and improve the patronage of the Showmen’s Guild amusements and rides at the Rockhampton Show.

It is unfortunate that two meetings with the Rockhampton Show Committee to avoid the clashing dates were unsuccessful in persuading Rockhampton to run their show on other dates. Yeppoon could not surrender its Queen’s Birthday weekend dates held for 58 years because they had been confirmed up to 2016 and it is the best weekend for our local show.

Despite this conflict, Yeppoon and Rockhampton Show Committees have worked together to try and prevent major show attractions from being programmed at the same times.

Yeppoon show committee believes that Yeppoon Show caters for a different market of show going families and individuals. The committee is anxious to preserve the valuable community content and appeal of this small but successful annual show for future years.

The committee has achieved its success over the years with wonderful financial backing and generosity of donors and sponsors and extraordinary community patronage by those who have increasingly passed through the admission gates.

The 58^th Yeppoon Show, again welcomes overall major naming sponsorship partnership from Yeppoon Central Shopping Centre and McDonald’s Yeppoon.

Major naming sponsors boost show events such as the O’Reilly’s Real Estate two day Horse Show, O’Grady’s Bakehouse Queensland Championship Woodchop, The Morning Bulletin Greatest Saturday Night Show and Yeppoon Community Market’s Anahdale Park Farm Alpacas and Petting Zoo.

Significant naming sponsors back the Professionals Deasy & Doolan Yeppoon Billy Goat Cart Derby, Shepherd’s Chandlers Yeppoon Ride-on Mower Central Queensland Grand Prix, Lifestyle Landscaping Stud Beef Cattle Show, Keppel Bay Sailing Club 2012 Fashion Spectacular, Carpet Choice 8000 Show Program sponsor, Central State Fuels –Mobil Yeppoon Dressage Associate Competition Day, The Rock Building Society Show Jumping.

Financial backing is supported by more than 120 other corporate, company and business sponsors, co-sponsors and donors.

Yeppoon Show displays a huge cross section of community interests including, pineapples, edible and exotic fruits, horticulture, cooking and needlework and craft, fine arts, pottery, woodwork, shells and photography.

The show attracts a wide range of ground displays and trade exhibits featuring machinery, irrigation equipment, marine displays, jewellery, fancy goods and clothing.

Also featured are school and college promotional and stands and displays of education, art and craft from local schools.

Proudly. Yeppoon Show is home made, organized and run by a team of 22 committee members, 38 stewards and about 90-community helpers. All are unpaid volunteers.

Life Members Ted Brighton and Bren Canfell are the surviving foundation members from 1955  Bren still organizes the woodchops which he started in 1952,three years before Yeppoon Show Society was formed.

Members look forward to seeing you at the 58^th Annual Yeppoon Show.

With best wishes from Show President, Brian Dorey.
  

McDONALD’S – YEPPOON CENTRAL SHOPPING CENTRE
2012  YEPPOON SHOW