Competitions always involved lots of waiting; for the event to begin, for your turn to perform, and for the judges’ decision.
Here are a few moments of waiting from this year’s Helensville A&P (Agricultural & Pastoral) Show, north of Auckland.
Competitions always involved lots of waiting; for the event to begin, for your turn to perform, and for the judges’ decision.
Here are a few moments of waiting from this year’s Helensville A&P (Agricultural & Pastoral) Show, north of Auckland.
Number 17 is one determined looking little girl. I see she’s about to do the sword dance.
Leslie
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She was pretty amazing Leslie. She stumbled a couple of times, but kept going. It was lovely to hear the massive applause she got a the end; a just acknowledgement of her resilience and determination. 🙂
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She looks so strong in character, Su.
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Great photos Sue! I especially love the first one. Not only is she lovely, but the photo is so crisp.
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Thanks; the light was really good for photography.
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I love the first one, too, Su.
janet
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What a bonny lass, she’s definitely all fired up and ready to go.
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We were hugely impressed by her determination and resilience. I predict a great future for her!
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I was brought up on agricultural shows – my father was a grain buyer for a famer’s cooperative so his outfit always had a stand, which, if I remember rightly was much given to energetic entertaining of the alcoholic sort. I got very excited when I found agri shows in Lusaka and Nairobi too – and on v. colonial show grounds. And I’d also been thinking of posting an agri show waiting image. Great minds, eh! It’s good to add glimpses of yours to my collection 🙂
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How cool. I’d love to see your shot.
T and I are both city kids, but agricultural shows are so embedded in the national DNA here that we were taken to them as kids, and still get excited about them now. In fact, I’m seriously looking at how to enter some jams and pickles in the food competition Helensville next year.
I remember going to the Herts County show when we lived in England. Very similar to our shows, but with Morris dancing!
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Have posted same 🙂
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Great response to the prompt! The guys with the axes, though? Between the legs and back-to-back? Yikes! I hope that they don’t mess up!
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Thanks Maggie. They are amazing to watch. It’s a big sport here and in all the years I’ve been watching it, I’ve never seen a mishap. Some of the contest involve chopping notches into vertical poles, inserting planks, climbing them and repeating until the guys get to the top of a tall pole and cut the top off. That’s scary!
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I love the little purple girl. She looks intense!
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She was one determined little girl. We watched her performance, which was not without mistakes. She recovered from her slip-ups beautifully and just kept dancing. I’m picking she’s going to be a formidable adult too.
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Love your take on the waiting…
the opening dancer is my fav – the instrument on ground, the posture, arms propped – serious face – oh such a mood of waiting and alerted grabbed so well.
and each tied in and then laughed at the nails – bah!
manicure gets a ten… um wait, those cuticles – give her an 8
ha
wishing you a nice week
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Thank you. Hope you’re having a great week too.
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ugh – so-so – but Friday is coming…:)
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Well I hope the weekend is great to compensate.
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Thanks – 😉
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