New Zealand's renowned sister entertainment act, the Topp Twins, will open and perform at the Upper Clutha A and P Show in Wanaka next March.
The show is the South Island's second largest agricultural exhibition.
The A and P society held its annual meeting last week, with president Phill Hunt and co-ordinator Jane Stalker both reporting a successful event this year, despite some criticism of the increase in gate fees to $10.
"I believe at this level we are serving the society well by protecting its financial security while we are still providing good value entertainment," Mr Hunt said in his report.
The financial statement showed a modest profit of about $30,000, which would be applied to the 2010 show.
Trade show exhibits had increased from about 250 to 290 and membership had increased to about 540, Mrs Stalker told the Otago Daily Times yesterday.
Mrs Stalker said numbers through the gate were always hard to count and in the excitement of the weekend it always seemed attendance was bigger than the previous year, especially as trade exhibit space kept expanding on Pembroke Park.
Based on gate takings and the number of members and competitors, about 14,000 would have attended the show over two days, Mrs Stalker said.
Trade applications are being received for the next show on March 12-13, 2010.
