Cheer Demonstration at the Fair

The cheer team from last year did a demonstration at the Fair this year. They didn't do any routine that they did last year, this was something they worked on for 90 minutes before performing because it included both groups of cheerleaders.

1st Yr 4H Cty Fair Projects

 This is Isabel's first year and for each as we just joined in March. Since she just completed 5th grade she is considered a junior 4-H member and next year when she is in 6th grade she will be a senior for each member and is eligible to win a state fair trip if she gets a grand champion reserve on any of her projects. What I have learned this year is that they are only allowed to take one project to the state fair for Grand Champion Reserve but oldest kids get first pick if there is more than one in an area so as she gets older she has a better chance of going to the state fair because she could pick if she wants to go for that item or not but the more grand champion ribbons she gets the more chances she would have. So we'll see what happens in the future.

She did seven projects for the fair this year. In the top picture there are two paintings one is titled Atomic jellyfish what she got a blue ribbon on and then the other is Mystic waterfall which she got a red ribbon on. They said there was a fingerprint in the painting and that was why they put it down to second place. Then she has her paper mache penguin and her miniature clay plate of food which she got blue ribbons on both of those. Her needle point project was the first time she has ever done needlepoint and she got a red ribbon on that because they didn't like how she had tied off in the back. I think she has learned a lot about what they expect at projects. After looking around at the projects it is obvious that things need to be near perfect and almost look like an adult did them. This is really going to test her patience for her to work at taking her time and getting things perfect.

 These are her clothing exhibits. They do clothing judging The week before and they can do a fashion review as well. This year we opted not to do the fashion review since I never did one growing up and had no idea what it really entailed and thought we would see what we could learn. She just did the judging. The jeans outfit is in the category of clothes you buy. That is definitely a new category since I was in 4H. When you look at the exhibits at the fair you can see there are lots of kids who do that exhibit. You can also do that exhibit in the fashion review. In the fashion review you only get a participation ribbon but they do award grand champion awards for how you do in the fashion review and how the clothes look on you. We know someone who is going to the state fair for fashion review for a dress they made. They got a grand champion on the fashion review even though they only got a red ribbon on their Construction. Then she also made pajama shorts. We made it through her making her first garment without either one of us crying. Although when I looked at the type of garments that sixth graders were making they seem to get much more complicated than making a skirt or shorts like they do as a junior 4h member.

 So here she is with her collection of ribbons. Five blues and two Reds.

She has already decided one of her projects for next year for the fair is going to be making a ribbon display board like the one I made her for all her Sports ribbons and medals.

Judging took a bit of time. She only had to be judged on five things that day since the clothing was done a week before and it took an hour and she didn't really have to wait anywhere.