LOUIS TRICHARDT – People interested in entering for the annual Mr and Miss Louis Trichardt Competition of the local Show, can now apply.

Entry forms are available from Ms Anke Keijer of Lifestyle Creations, 114 Grobler Street, in Louis Trichardt. The telephone number is 083 276 4606.

The competition date is Friday, 26 July and the closing date is Friday, 5 July 2002.

All applicants must reside within the boundaries of the Makhado Municipality and must be at least 18, but younger than 26 years on 1 July 2002.

The applicants must be in possession of a matric or equivalent qualification, single and must never have been married. Such an applicant must not have children, must never have given birth to a child and should not be pregnant or engaged.

The entrants will have to supply their own dresses (formal, semi-formal and informal) and must attend a full rehearsal two weeks before the pageant takes place, on 12 July 2002.

Applicants must complete the appropriate application form and include two recent colour photographs – one head and shoulders and one full length – of good quality.

The organisers of the Mr and Miss Louis Trichardt Pageant have selected the Abraham Kriel Children's Home and the Mr and Miss Louis Trichardt Christmas Fund as the main projects for this year.

The three winners (Mr and Miss Louis Trichardt and their two princess and princesses) should be able to attend the various functions to which they are invited.

Mr and Miss Louis Trichardt will be ambassadors for the entire Louis Trichardt region.

The Show Society also decided at its last monthly meeting that all tenders for manning the show gates should be in by the end of March.

To enhance safety at the annual show, security officials at the various entry gates at the show grounds will be required to search all people who enter. No one will be allowed to bring alcohol onto the show grounds.

The committee also decided that special attention would be given to stop alcohol abuse on the show grounds

The name of the show will remain unchanged for this year.

The chairman, Mr Tobias Fourie, explained that the committee is completely neutral on the subject of names. Since no finality has been reached on the proposed name change for Louis Trichardt, and since final arrangements and correspondence concerning the show are already underway, the name will remain unchanged for now. The state of affairs can be reconsidered for the next year.