Showmanship

4-H & FFA Showmanship Department

2021 74th Annual Madison County Fair

Superintendents

Respective Dept. Superintendents

1. Showmanship is open to all livestock exhibitors.

2. Exhibitor will use their own animal for each respective showmanship contest.

3. Exhibitor will exhibit in his/her age division – Junior (grades 4-6); Intermediate (grades 7-8); and Senior (grades 9-12).

4. All livestock species Showmanship classes will be shown in the following division order: Senior, Intermediate, Junior.

5. Showmanship winners in each of the three age divisions will compete for the title of Master Showman in all departments. Once an exhibitor wins showmanship in his/her age division, he/she may only compete for Master Showman until he/she reaches the next age division. For example, if an exhibitor wins the Junior Showmanship competition as a 4th grader, he/she may only compete in the Master Showman competition for the following two years until he/she reaches the Intermediate age division.

July 22-25, 2021 (Thursday - Sunday) FREE Entertainment Times & Location TBD

MR. NICK Balloon Animal Creation

WHEN: July 22-25 (Thurs. - Sun.) TIMES: Thurs. 10-3 Fri. 11-4 Sat. 12-5 Sun. 1-6 p.m. WHERE: Free Entertainment Area (West of Little Farmer Barn)

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4-H Communications Department

2021 74th Annual Madison County Fair

Superintendent

Becky Langholz, Cumming

ENTRY DEADLINE: June 15

By 11:59 p.m. on Fair Entry Website (http://madison.fairentry.com)

ENTRY FEE: $1.00 JUDGING SCHEDULE:

Saturday, July 17, 2021 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Madison County Fairgrounds, Winterset

Premiums will be awarded according to the following scale: Purple/Lavender: $4.00 Blue: $3.00 Red: $2.50 White: $2.00

PURPOSE

The Communication Department is designed to provide opportunities for youth to select a method by which they might develop their personal communication skills in sharing talents, knowledge or information with others. The classes are designed to provide a series of developmental experiences for various age levels. The ability to communicate will be the major criteria for evaluating this department. 1. 4-H’ers participating in the 4-H Communications program are encouraged to wear appropriate clothing representative of the 4-H Youth program and/or the topic of the presentation. If clothing contributes to the topic being presented, such as wearing a bee keepers outfit while doing a presentation on bee raising, the 4-H’er should be encouraged to wear such clothing. Where distinctive clothing is not involved, clothing that alerts the public it is a 4-H’er giving a presentation is strongly encouraged. 2. 4-H’ers doing presentations that involve food must be concerned about safe handling of the food they are using. 4-H’ers should use sanitary and safe procedures and methods at all times. This is tremendously important if samples are available to the viewing public. Appropriate storage of the food items, and the sanitary handling of the food must be demonstrated by the 4-H’ers. Plastic gloves and hair nets are just a couple of items that should be considered and used as appropriate. 3. Presenters are expected to comply with all copyright/trademark regulations. Copyrighted material may not be distributed without permission. 4. All communications department participants will be required to present his/her presentation at the Madison County Fair during one of the designated presentation times unless the 4-H’er is involved in another Madison County Fair activity at the same time with a non-flexible schedule.

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