Wisconsin Holstein Youth

TENTATIVE Schedule for 2022 Junior Holstein Convention

Tuesday, December 28

12 noon-6 p.m. DJM Interviews 12 noon Convention Registration & Contest Room opens Dairy Jeopardy Registration (deadline to check-in is 1:30 p.m.) Dairy Bowl Registration (check-in by 6 p.m.) 1:45 p.m. Dairy Jeopardy Judges’ orientation 2:00 p.m. Dairy Jeopardy Roll Call & contest begins (all ages) 5:15 p.m. Junior Forum & Caucuses; Adult Forum 7:00 p.m. Dinner - Dairy Jeopardy, Essay Contest & Junior Farm Tour Awards, Junior Progressive Breeder & Long Range Production Awards Bell-R-Ring Contest 9:00 p.m. Hypnotist

Wednesday, December 29

7-8:30 a.m. Breakfast buffet 7:45 a.m. Dairy Bowl volunteer orientation 8:00 a.m. Junior Dairy Bowl Contest begins Senior & Intermediate Speaking Contests begin 8:00 a.m. Contest Room opens 9:00 a.m. Royalty Interviews 12:00 p.m. Princess Luncheon First-time Attendee & Graduate Recognition 1:45 p.m. Senior & Rookie Dairy Bowl contests begin Junior & Intermediate Speaking Contests begin 6:30 p.m. Banquet Dance

Thursday, December 30

8:00 a.m. Breakfast and Contest Room results Premier County Award & Bell-R-Ring winner announced 9:00 a.m. Business Meeting, JAC Elections & Raffle Drawing 10:00 a.m. Dairy Bowl Finals to follow YQCA seminar

Book your hotel room for Convention! Red Lion Paper Valley

333 W College Ave, Appleton, WI 54911 920-733-8000 Use “Holstein” when making reservations Group Rate: $96 for double occupancy; $106 for 3 people; $116 for 4 people - 1 king bed, 2 double beds or 2 queen beds Group rate will be available until NOVEMBER 28, 2021 or until the block is full.

We’re “Rebooting in 2022”! Convention Notes

New dates

- This year’s convention will be Tuesday-Thursday during the school break between Christmas and New Year. We will be looking for feedback on which time frame is better for future conventions.

Registration/Junior Agreement

- There will be a registration fee for the convention again this year to help cover convention expenses and rental fees. This includes anyone that will be in the facility to watch a junior contest. Everyone will be required to stop at convention registration to sign up and receive a name badge. - Junior members will need to have a parent’s signature on the Junior Behavior Agreement. The form will be emailed to all juniors who are pre-registered to complete before they travel to convention. - Entry to all meetings, meals, dance and events will require a name badge to verify registration starting at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s Highlights

- We listened to feedback from the last in-person convention that having Dairy Jeopardy & Dairy Bowl is a lot for those participating in both and have scheduled them on separate days. We are also starting the first day activities later in the day to allow for travel time. - Junior Forum and District Caucuses - this is your chance to bring up items for discussion that you’d like to see changed or added to Junior Holstein programming, plus meet the new JAC candidates! - Hypnotist/Magician and Game Night: It’s always a hoot to see how your friends react when you get hypnotized, as long as it’s not you they’re laughing at! Friendly games will be set up to play like Corn Hole, Animal Bingo and others! - Scavenger Hunt: Throughout the convention, youth will have the opportunity to “moo”ve around and complete the scavenger hunt to win prizes.

Wednesday’s Fun & Games

- It’s Dairy Bowl day! Juniors will compete in the morning, along with senior and intermediate speaking contestants. - Following the Princess Luncheon, Senior & Rookie Dairy Bowl contests will commence while senior and remaining intermediate speaking participants compete. - There will be plenty of opportunities to earn points for the Premier County contest in the Activity Room. Be sure to stop back often to see what new activities are available!

Thursday’s Wrap-Up

- Drag your friends out of bed... winners from the Contest Room will be handed out, the grand prize for Ticketmaster will be drawn, and Bell-R-Ring and Spirit Award winners will be announced!

Wisconsin Holstein Youth

- JAC elections and the annual business meeting - Be sure to stick around to cheer on your favorite teams in the Dairy Bowl Finals! Immediately following both contests, we’ll hold a YQCA training session to fulfill your requirements for the 2022 show season.

Contest Room now the “Activity Room”

You asked, we listened. We’ve heard that juniors were looking for things to do when they weren’t competing in Dairy Jeopardy or Dairy Bowl. The former Contest Room will now be the “Activity Room” and will include the former contests along with new educational and fun activities that juniors can participate in any time the room is open.

Ads, photos, crafts, and more! There are a ton of opportunities for recognition at junior convention in the Activity Room. Juniors can enter the Photography, Arts and Crafts, Folding Display, and Advertising contests. Drawing & Painting and Crafts has been combined into one contest with two divisions - junior and senior.

For rules and age divisions of these contests, check out the Junior Handbook online on the junior awards page. All contest room entries must be taken or produced during 2021 by the junior member entering the project. Entries will be due by 5 pm on Tuesday, December 28.

Due to low participation over the last few years, we have eliminated the scrapbook and banner contests. We do encourage groups to bring finished scrapbooks to the Activity Room to display their yearly activities - displayed scrapbooks will earn points for the Premier County contest.

Looking for more ways to earn points? We’re bringing “Bovology” back, will have corn hole and different board games available to play and more surprises along the way.

A note from your JACs

Greetings Junior Holstein members and enthusiasts!

We’re just about two months away from Junior Convention, and the JACs are busy getting ready to gather with everyone in Appleton on December 28 through 30. As the Junior Activities Committee looks forward to reconnecting with everyone at a much more normal Junior Convention this year, we are also looking to fill the JAC team for next year!

We’ll be returning to the JAC elections everyone is used to, where candidates from each district will be selected in their respective caucuses and then voted on by all the convention attendees. This year, we have five spots that need to be filled, with a one-year and a two-year term JAC being elected for the Southeast district and a two-year position available in each of the other three districts. Being a JAC is truly a great way to become a leader in the association, and you make lifelong connections in the industry. If you or someone you know has questions or doubts about running, please reach out to me or one of the other JACs.

Looking ahead to convention deadlines, make sure to have your Dairy Bowl, Speaking Contest, and Jeopardy sign-ups and registration fees to the office by November 15th!

We’ve also introduced a new award this year to replace the Spirit Award: Premier County. Over the past year, the JACs have been taking notice of which county’s members are the most active and assigning points to each county based on this. If you’re fearful your county may be behind, don’t fret! There are plenty of ways to earn points at Junior Convention by helping out with Dairy Bowl, participating in the photography or arts and crafts contests, and taking part in the activities in our new Activity Room. Here, you’ll find practical quizzes and contests to help you have a more hands-on experience with dairy bowl material. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram pages for more scoring updates leading up to Convention - may the most involved county win!

See you in Appleton! Nicole Broege, JAC Chair

YQCA Training

The WHA Young Adult Committee will once again be offering a training session for juniors to complete their YQCA requirements for the 2022 project year. The session will be held Thursday morning following Dairy Bowl finals and should last for one hour. The YAC will be covering the cost of the training session for juniors, however you MUST be registered in advance for your registration fee to be covered.

2021 Junior Raffle

SELL, SELL, SELL! Tickets for the 2021 Junior Raffle are available for sale. County advisors should have received tickets in the mail, however, if more are needed please contact the office. This year’s calf is donated Grass Ridge Farm, the Lippert family of Pittsville. Don’t miss out on the chance to own this special calf! Ticket sales help fund all Junior Holstein activities and your county will receive $1/ticket rebate.

Thank you the additional prize donors: UW-Platteville Dairy Club Cattle Connection Badger Dairy Club Semex/Boviteq World Dairy Expo Hoard’s Dairyman Wisconsin Holstein Association Sartori Origin Reproduction Services Jetstream Genetics Zoetis Merial/BI Foremost Farms Genex United Cooperative Genovations Southwest WI Technical College Premier Cooperative Additional gift baskets donated by Junior Activities Committee and Royalty team