By Casey Neill
Sue Glenn has fond childhood memories of attending the Dandy Show with her mum.
She never imagined she’d one day be organising the event as the Dandenong Agricultural and Pastoral Society president.
She took on the role in March following years of involvement with the two-day show, to be held on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 November this year.
“I was coming in and helping out for quite a number of years on the scout display,” Ms Glenn said.
“Then I stated helping out in the exhibition building.
Her husband became a show committee member and a few years later encouraged her to join him.
“I enjoy it, it’s the relationships,” Ms Glenn said.
“I’m a community-minded person, I always have been.”
She’s lived in Greater Dandenong all her life and been a regular show attendee.
“When I was a kid it was probably all about the rides and show bags and the animals,” she said.
“Now I think it’s probably the friendships and seeing the kids’ faces when they look at things.
“Personally I have to see the animals in the animal nursery. I just love baby animals.”
Ms Glenn hopes to encourage more young people to join the show team during her term.
“We need to have some of the older people be prepared to mentor them,” she said.
“Having something like that on their CV would have to be a good thing when it’s a volunteer position.”
Ms Glenn said this year’s event schedule was now available at the revamped dandyshow.com.au site.
“Our Facebook page is up and running. We’ll have a competition later this year, so people should find and like the page for a chance to win some free tickets,” she said.
“We’ve also got an Instagram account that we’ll be posting to as well this year.”
