By Mikayla van Loon
A Grade 5 student at Lilydale Primary School has been recognised for her artistic talents, winning the poster competition for the upcoming Lilydale and Yarra Valley Show.
Show secretary Heather Roberts visited the school on Friday 21 October to present Reema Rivera with her sash and prize, as well as the school with a plaque, items that were sponsored by the Star Mail.
“For two years we haven’t had our show but this year it is going ahead on the 19th and 20th of November,” she said.
“So a couple of months ago we put it out to schools around that we have started our poster competition and we invited all students to put in some artwork so we could make a nice poster that we can put up around all the businesses or on our website.”
Ms Roberts said the Show Society received around 70 entries from different schools in the Lilydale area, making the decision a difficult one.
“We laid them all on the floor. There were quite a lot of them. We went around and we took some out. We narrowed it down to 20 posters, then we narrowed it down to three but there was one in particular that stood out the most.
“It incorporated all the things that we needed which was colour, the dates down the bottom and who we are and what we have at the show.”
A number of other students from various year levels also made it into the top 20 and were given certificates on the day.
“We just like to say thank you to the Lilydale and Yarra Valley Show and also to the Star Mail for sponsoring them and allowing our students to show their talents,” Lilydale Primary School principal Andrew Weaver said.
Ms Roberts said the poster competition will be back again next year, hopefully earlier in the year to allow more students to get their entries in.
The Lilydale Show has also opened its entry submissions for the November displays. To enter go to, lilydaleyarravalleyshow.com.au/schedule-entries/
