At the Dalgety Show  Society’s AGM in September, president Phil Daley did not seek re-election. 
Richard Wallace’s  name was put forward and after a couple of phone  calls Richard agreed to become President.
He was officially elected to  the position at the Society’s November meeting.
Richard said that the  Dalgety Show is the show of the whole of the Snowy River Shire.
“In the  past two or three years I have noticed a lot more people from Jindabyne and  Berridale coming to the show.”
Reflecting on the job of show president,  Richard said: “My job as president is to talk to my committee and see in  which direction they would like the show to go”.
He said although it  would be good to make the Dalgety Show a lot bigger, the committee was  constrained by the size of the showground and the available  space.
“However, if we continue to do it well and keep changing to  satisfy the age demographics, the show will continue to be a great  success.”
Having lived for about 23 years in the Dalgety area, Richard is  familiar with the setup of the Dalgety Show.
 “For six or seven  years I ran the barbecue hut but after becoming Mayor of the Snowy River  Shire I had to stop doing that job,” he said.
On show day as Mayor, he had the pleasure of escorting many distinguished guests to the luncheon  pavilion.
A meeting of chief stewards was held in November also, and they   agreed to move the art and crafts section back to the showground  pavilion. Before the show in March 2010, minor renovations will be carried  out in the pavilion. This will entail relining some of the walls and  improvements to the cake display cases.
Annemarie Doyle, photography  chief steward said that as she was getting more than 10 entries in one class  from some competitors, the entries for each class in her section will be  limited to allow a better display of competitors’ photographs.
“The  large number of entries made displaying the photos very difficult,” she  said.
The chief stewards agreed that entries for every pavilion and  Dalgety Hall section must be in by the Saturday before show day.
People  who are unable to make the journey to Dalgety to enter, must pre-enter their  entries using the form  in the back of the show schedule. That way  entries bought to the show on the Sunday will have already been entered and  can be displayed immediately.
Assistant secretary Carol Doyle said that  on show day it is always such a rush to get entries displayed while the  judges were waiting to commence judging.
The 2010 Dalgety Show is  shaping up to be another winner with the show committee already swinging  into action to make it a great show. The show will be held on Sunday, March  7.