Cornell
Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County is excited to offer our
4-H'ers Fair Preparedness Workshops this summer!
We would like to
take this opportunity to invite our current 4-H'ers to join us the second
and third weeks of August 2020 to participate in Fair Preparedness
Workshops. The goal of these workshops is to help our youth be fully
prepared for the 2021 New York State County and State Fairs.
Oftentimes, our
youth are interested in getting started in showing their project animal and
are just not sure how or where to begin. Understanding how to prepare your
animal for the show, knowing what the judges are looking for, and having
the opportunity to practice presenting an animal are just a few of the
opportunities we are planning on providing through our workshops. Even if
you’ve been involved with 4-H animal projects for years, the workshops will
provide an opportunity to connect with other 4-H'ers, to help guide some of
our younger presenters, and to go over some refreshers for next year.
SLC 4-H will be
offering fair preparedness workshops for dairy cattle, chickens, goat,
sheep, cat, dog and rabbit. These workshops are for both beginner and
experienced animal project members. Each workshop will be about 3 hours
long. There will be a showmanship class where youth can practice what they
have learned and win some ribbons immediately following each workshop. Preregistration
will be required for the workshops and all participants must be registered
by Aug 7th in order to participate.
Animals that are
brought to the farm should be up to date on rabies vaccinations and
paperwork will be required that provides this information. 4-H'ers may
bring only one animal per workshop class and show. Participants can bring
their own cat, dog, rabbit or chicken to these events. Large animals,
including sheep, goats and cattle will be provided by the farm for
demonstration purposes and for use by registered participants.
We are also
providing the opportunity for projects to be submitted to the Cornell
Cooperative Extension Farm for judging and display during the Fair
Preparedness Workshops. If you have a 4-H'er that is interested in sharing
a project that they have worked on this past year, please register to enter
it in this summer's competition. Projects judged will receive ribbons and
feedback from our local staff and can still be entered in next year's fair. All exhibits will require an exhibitors statement to be included with each entry. NO FOOD ITEMS.
How to Register?
1.Registration will be available on our CCE
website July 17th-Aug 7th.
2.Complete online registration NO LATER THAN Aug 7th.
3.Click this link to register for workshops.
https://pub.cce.cornell.edu/event_registratio/main/events_landing.cfm?event=Fairpreparednessworkshops_240
4.Click this link to access our website for
more information and exhibitor statement forms. http://stlawrence.cce.cornell.edu/
5.Call our office at 315-379-9192 for paper
registration forms or if you have any questions.
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