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Thursday 8 November 2012
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This Year’s Show will be LOUD!

This year’s Canterbury A&P Show will have plenty of live music to keep Show crowds entertained with performances on the MORE FM Stage on the Village Green and the Tui BaaBaa Bar.

Christchurch boy band Moorhouse has made waves internationally on YouTube with the debut of their first video Titanium clocking up over 200,000 views, with over 13,000 fans on their Facebook page, since their debut in early 2012. The four piece vocal band, Brock, Rory, Jason and Rameka, are 18 year old students currently studying music. Their sound is fresh and current pop, with a strong fan base both locally and nationally.

The boys are working on releasing their debut album, with the first single due for release soon. Based on their current success, the single and album are sure to make a massive impression on the airwaves.

Moorhouse will be performing along with The Haze on the MORE FM Stage.

The Haze, dubbed Christchurch’s youngest professional band play a toe tapping mix of classic rock covers and originals. They won the Chartfest 2011 Band Search, TV2 2011 Erin Simpson Band Battle and SFRQ Lowdown Best Song and Best Lyrics (2011 and 2012 respectively). The boys are in Year 10 at St Andrews College and Christchurch Boys High.

Since launching her career with a winning performance on the last series of TVNZ Stars in Their Eyes, Mandy Pickering has released a debut album to critical acclaim and has recently toured throughout New Zealand and Australia. Mandy, along with her talented band, has been performing at various events around the country and is currently recording new material, including the recently released single Anything For You which is available on iTunes now.

Earlier this year Mandy completed a nationwide tour featuring the Heart Strings guitars, hand crafted from historical buildings that fell in the Canterbury quakes, which raised $111,000 for the Christchurch Arts Community.

Mandy will be performing on the MORE FM Stage daily.

Keeping the musical theme throughout the grounds, Smashbox will be performing to thirsty crowds in the Tui BaaBaa Bar, alongside comedians Jeremy Elwood and Michele A’Court.

The 2012 Canterbury A&P Show will be held Wednesday 14 to Friday 16 November at Canterbury Agricultural Park in Christchurch. It is the largest A&P Show in the country attracting over 100,000 people, close to 7000 livestock and feature competition entries and 600 trade exhibitors.

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