GORE TRUCK SHOW
Always plenty of variety in the parade.
Story and photos by Ken Bell
A DAY TO ENJOY K
Live music, food stalls, crowds and, of course, trucks – the 2023 McDonough Contracting Gore Truck Show had it all.
ing’s Birthday Weekend (that takes a bit of saying) in Gore is buzzing with visitors attending the New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards presented by the Gore Country Music Club. As
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a part of the annual event, a truck show and parade are staged by enthusiastic locals, who marshal the entrants for judging and public viewing. The static display is assembled at Transport Repairs’ Gore branch, where they are scored
for the accumulators to calculate the award winners. A parade is held from the South Gore venue up the main street and back, from where the entrants can either disperse or attend the prizegiving function at the Croydon Lodge Hotel.
