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Tuesday 26 October 2010
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What’s new at the Show

There’s plenty of new entertainment on offer at this year’s Canterbury A&P Show in Christchurch.

Shane Cortese and The Tornadoes
The More FM Main Stage on the Village Green is entertainment central during the Show. Special guest’s Shane Cortese and The Tornadoes will be rocking it out on stage with performances on Thursday and Friday. This will be the first time that fans will see Shane (Outrageous Fortune, Dancing with the Stars) performing with the legendary Tornadoes. The Tornadoes sound is a unique blend of rock and roll plus boot scootin’ rock and country.

Rock Solid FMX
Children of all ages will enjoy the action of aerial motocross with Rock Solid FMX in the StableMateTM Arena. The Rock Solid FMX team includes riders James Carr, Ben O’Callaghan, Stacy Rush (former Crusty Demon), Darrell Jones and Mark Cresswel.

Comedians Dai Henwood and Paul Ego
The Tui BaaBaa Bar will be more ha ha ha at this year’s Canterbury A&P Show, with iconic Kiwi comedians Dai Henwood and Paul Ego dominating the stage on Friday 12 November. The two funny men, made household names by hit TV3 show 7 Days, will be ensuring no stomach muscle is left unstrained during their three afternoon shows.

Duck Herding Demonstrations
Duck Herding Demonstrations with Don Stuart will be held daily in the Eukanuba Dog Trial Arena. Duck herding uses a similar concept to Dog Trialing with specially trained Herding Dogs manoeuvring Peking Ducks around an obstacle course.

Lifestyle & Leisure Pavilion
The new Lifestyle & Leisure Pavilion located opposite the Village Green has close to 30 exhibitors, offering ideas and inspiration for easy living. With exhibitors ranging from leading tiling company The Ambience Group, through to active, outdoor clothing at Baby Star and back supports for work or leisure at The Better Back Co stand, there’s plenty to see and do. Insurance specialists, the Delray Group, will have an Ariel Atom on display with a prize draw to win a dream ride. The Atom is a high performance speed car that can reach speeds of 97 km/h in 3 seconds.

BeThere Bicycle Band
In 1895 Joshua Painter and his brother Fred started the Christchurch Bicycle Band. The BeThere Bicycle Band will be performing at the Canterbury A&P Show on Thursday. It’s where penny farthing meets brass band!

The Canterbury A&P Show runs from 10-12 November at Canterbury Agricultural Park Christchurch. Attracting on average 110,000 people, over 7000 livestock and feature competition entries and 600 trade exhibitors, plus three full days of entertainment, it is the largest Agricultural and Pastoral Show in the country.

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