The Billingshurst Show takes place on Sunday 20 June.

The show theme is "the orient" and we will have our own Parbrook float in the parade to make best use of the masks and decorations that we will be creating in pack meetings over the next few weeks.

Decorating the float
Our float will be themed as "kung fu panda" and so we will be making panda masks. We hope to use carpet tubes to make bamboo and will also make kites and flowers to decorate the side of the float.

Raffle tickets
Before the show we'd be grateful if you can sell the raffle tickets that you have been given. Don't forget to bring back the money and counterfoils before the show. It helps us if you can put them in an envelope with your cubs name on it. In previous years we have run out of tickets so it is worth returning any that you have not been able to sell.

Our stall
Dauxwood Cubs have organised the stalls this year. We will be helping them on the tombola. Your donations for the stall would be welcome. You can drop them off in Raksha's porch or bring them along on the day.

Saturday
The actual construction of our float takes place up at Redmire Stables. They generally have a number to construct and so the timing for the day is a bit uncertain. Last year ours was the last to be made and so it was well into the afternoon before things were ready to be assembled. We hope something similar will happen again this year. Anybody with creative flair who would like to be involved in the assembly of our float (mostly stapling our designs to the wooden sides of the lorry) please meet us at the hall at about 11.30pm or at the stables from 12 noon.

Sunday
The organisers would welcome help from adults from about 9am to get the field set up. There are lots of tents and bit of equipment to be set up.

We hope that all the Cubs will be able to join us for the parade. The float should be available at near the Village Hall from around 11.00am on Sunday. We will use the time to do the last minute decorations and fit the bits that might not have made the journey from Five Oaks. We would welcome help from a few parents to help finish off the float.

The parade starts from near the Village Hall at 12.15pm. Cubs need to be there by 12 noon so that we are ready for the start of the parade. For our kung fu panda theme anybody that has martial arts white robes can wear them. Otherwise wear a white t-shirt with your group scarf. We'll give out your panda masks on the day. For the parade itself the Cubs will sit on the back of the lorry. This means on the wooden floor as there are no bales this to sit on this year. We hope that they will look cheerful and wave to the crowds – rather than sitting in a huddle chatting as has happened previously! Baloo and Akela will be travelling on the float. Parents please bring your digital cameras as Akela will be on the float so unable to take pictures.

After the parade arrives at the show we have to quickly dismantle the float. Help with that is always welcome and a volunteer to take our rubbish away would also be gratefully received. Raksha will be looking after the stall and will get set up while the rest of us are on the float. We hope that the Cubs will be able to take their turns on the stall although Dauxwood Cubs have been organised to cover it through the afternoon. When not doing stall duty there is the rest of the show to explore.

Don't forget that admission to the show costs £1 for adults (but children are free). You will get a free programme rather than having to buy one. We are looking for parents to help man the gates to the field and collect the admission money. Anybody who is still around after about 4.30pm would be very welcome to help take down tents and carry equipment back into the hall.

We are very grateful to Baloo for representing us on the organising committee through the year and for coming up with our design