Kangaroo Valley was in fine form last Friday and Saturday as the weather held out for the annual show.

Kangaroo Valley Show Society president David Kent said numbers and membership were up on last year.

"The pavilion was outstanding, there were large numbers in the rodeo and a local young girl sung the national anthem, which was great to see the youth get involved," he said.

Children's day on Friday drew a big crowd with people of all ages turning up to take part in the various events on offer.

Most popular by far was the children's fancy dress and the children's pet show where the judges had their work cut out to chose winners from tough competition.

However it was the cattle ring that was the real winner of the day with 85 juniors entered in the junior judging and 42 junior paraders under 14 years.

"Saturday pulled a big crowd who seemed to stay for the duration of the show ,and there seemed to be a real buzz about the whole event with people going from event to event," Mr Kent said.

Hay stacking, lawnmower racing, junior trotters and the beaut utes entertained the crowds with the iron person turning out to be incredibly popular with junior and senior competitors.

"It had a great feeling about it and there was something going on for everyone the whole time," Mr Kent said.

It was the first time they show hosted the local produce section, Taste of the Valley, a project Mr Kent said had potential to expand.

It was also the first time the new poultry shed was in use.

While a lot of show societies had changed the show format in an effort to attract greater crowds, Mr Kent said if it was not broken then it did not need fixing.

"I think we kept up our reputation as the friendly show," he said.

"We are a country town and we like our horses, but not everyone has a horse these days so we try to offer other challenges, for example the iron woman.

"But we have a tremendous committee and a lot of work goes into keeping the show happening and having lots of different opportunities for the public to get involved."

- GILLIAN LETT (South Coast Register)