Kings County 4-H Fair
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Kings County 4-H Fair April 3-5, 2014 Kings County Fairgrounds California 4-H Uniform Contest Proposals Due April 18, 2014 If you have always complained about the uniform, now is your chance to have a voice in changing it! The State 4-H Incentives and Recognition Advisory Committee is facilitating the process to adopt a new uniform. It is important that the new uniform maintains 4-H tradition but is an updated, comfortable, and easy uniform for to- day’s youth. The new uniform should make 4-Hers recognizable and continue to allow 4-Hers to exhibit their recognition pins and emblems. The uniform must meet the needs of certain projects such as some animal projects require boots, long pants and/or long sleeves. Uniforms should also be affordable for all members. More information on the Uniform Contest and how to submit pro- posals can be found on the Kings County 4-H website at: http:// cekings.ucanr.edu/Kings_County_4-H_Program/. Voting will begin at State Field Day, May 31, 2014 and will end on June 15, 2014. Voting will be by survey in the 4-H Online Record Book (ORB). You can vote by logging into your ORB page any time between May 31 and June 15. Questions regarding the contest can be directed to the State 4-H Office at [email protected]. FAIR MANAGEMENT Awards Chair – Kathy Sargent Facilities Manager – David Lafferty Indoor Exhibits Manager – Lil Draxler Livestock Exhibits Manager – Gay Hooper Night Security – Mark Avila In accordance with the Kings Fair contract, Kings County 4-H is obligated to follow the rules set forth in the agreement. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS CALIFORNIA 4-H UNIFORM CONTEST 2 FAIR MANAGEMENT 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 FAIR PROGRAM SCHEDULE 4-5 PRIMARY MEMBERS 5 DEPARTMENTS & CHAIR PERSONS 6 LIVESTOCK GENERAL RULES 7-8 LIVESTOCK SHOWMANSHIP 9 ROUND ROBIN POLICIES 10 ORDER OF SHOWING LIVESTOCK 11 BEEF 12 DAIRY 13 SWINE 14 SHEEP 15 GOATS 16 RABBIT AND CAVY 17 POULTRY 18 INDOOR EXHIBITS-GENERAL RULES 19 BEGINNING 4-H 20 CLOTHING & TEXTILES 21 QUILTING 21 HOME ARTS AND CRAFTS 22 SCRAPBOOKING 22 FOODS & NUTRITION 23 FOOD PRESERVATION 23 CAKE DECORATING 23 DAIRY FOODS 24 PLACE SETTING & MENU CLASS 24 PHOTOGRAPHY 25 GENERAL PROJECTS 26 DOG SHOW—March 29, 2014 27 SHOOTING SPORTS-RIFLE MATCH— To be announced 28-31 3 4-H FAIR PROGRAM SCHEDULE Friday, March 14, 2014 - Entry forms for all livestock exhibits including dogs due to UCCE office. THURSDAY, April 3 Time Activity 12:00 noon Hansen Building opens for club table decorating. Each club will be given 2 tables to display their indoor exhibits. 3:30 – 6:30 pm Judging of all Indoor Exhibits. Members should be pre- sent for judging. Members will present their projects to the judge in person. If a member cannot be present, items will be held and judged at the end. Presence of the member is highly encouraged. FRIDAY, April 4 3:00 – 7:00 pm Take all animal exhibits to fairgrounds and weigh in. *Only lactating dairy cows may come on Saturday. 3:00 – 5:00 pm Beef and meat goat weigh-in (SCALES CLOSE @ 5 PM SHARP FOR BEEF AND MEAT GOATS) 4:00 pm Dairy Replacement Inspection and Dairy Yearling Inspec- tion *(4-H MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE TO WEAR THEIR UNIFORMS FOR INSPECTION) 4:00-7:00 pm Indoor Exhibit Building open for viewing of exhibits 4:30 pm Poultry check-in 5:00 - 7:00 pm Sheep and Swine Weigh-in (SCALES CLOSE @ 7 PM SHARP FOR SHEEP AND SWINE) 5:00 pm Poultry Show 5:30 pm Rabbit and Cavy Show 7:00 pm Market Goat Show 7:00 pm Beef Show 7:00—8:00 pm Early release of Indoor Exhibits 7:30 pm Dairy/Pygmy Goat Show (will begin immediately following Market Goats) 10:00 pm Animals shown on Friday may be released after their show, except for showmanship winners for Round Robin. Stalls must be cleaned before exhibitors leave. 10:30 pm Fairgrounds close – Gates are locked at 10:30 pm. Please leave fairgrounds so attendant can secure barn area for the night. Exhibitors will be asked to leave. Gate will reopen Saturday at 6:00 am. 4 SATURDAY, April 5 Before 8:00 am Lactating dairy cows may be brought to the fair grounds 7:00 – 9:00 am Final grooming of animals in show barns 8:00 am Dairy Show 8:00 am Swine Show 10:00 am Sheep Show 10:00 am-12 noon Indoor Exhibit Building open for release of entries 11:30 am Small Animal Round Robin in first available show ring (rabbits/cavies, dogs, pygmy goats and poultry) 1:00 pm Large Animal Round Robin Showmanship followed by Awards Presentation After Awards Check out for all livestock exhibits & clean-up Show times may vary due to number of entries. PRIMARY MEMBERS Primary Members – Must be 5 years old or in kindergarten by De- cember 31 of the program year. Youth enrolling or turning nine after December 31 must participate as a Primary Member until the end of the program year. Primary members may not enroll in large animal livestock projects and shooting sports. Approved primary member animal projects are dogs, rabbits, rats, cats, poultry, cavies , mice, embryology, bees, entomolo- gy, marine science, pygmy & Nigerian dwarf goats and therapeutic animal projects. Primary 4-H members may participate in 4-H activities at the club level as well as exhibiting entries at the 4-H Fair. Fairs are open to primary members for exhibit only. Primary members will be given positive feedback on what they did well and given suggestions on how to im- prove their work. Primary Members are not to be put in competitive situations in the 4-H program and will receive participation recognition only. Primary members may display their indoor exhibits on their club table. Please use pink entry form for Primary members. 5 DEPARTMENTS AND CHAIRPERSONS LIVESTOCK DIVISIONS PROJECT CHAIRS COMMITTEE Beef Gay Hooper Marshall Kling David Lafferty Lauren Pepe Sheep Beth Sequeira Evie Starich & Natalie Starich Swine Jerry & Stephanie Paige Clarke, Riley Jacobs Jones Steven Allison & Kennedy Baker Dairy Sue Lafferty Macey Pearson & Hayden Loretta Toledo Costa Goat-Meat/Dairy/Pygmy Angela Loogman Rabbit/Cavies Kathy Lugo Poultry Janice Barry Shelby Currie, Riley Cunning & Reid Jacobs Round Robin – Kelley Brown Large animal Round Robin – Small animal INDOOR EXHIBITS - HOME ECONOMICS & GENERAL Home Economics Gigi Olson Ashley Olson General and Photography Michelle White Stacey Daniel Entry Table OTHER Dog Show Pam & Steve Smith (Countywide 4-H) Shooting Sports - Rifle Dennis Wilhelm Shooting Sports – Archery Stan Barry CONCESSION STAND IN THE DAIRY BARN/PAVILION 6 LIVESTOCK GENERAL RULES PROCEDURES Entry Card All Dairy Cattle, Goat, Livestock, Dog, and Rabbit/Cavy entries are due on March 14, 2014 to the UCCE office. There is no limit to the number of animals an exhibitor may enter. AWARDS American System of Judging Livestock exhibits are judged in accordance with the American System. In this system, each exhibit is judged not only on its own merit, but in comparison to other exhibits in the class. Awards given may be 1st place through 10th place, depending on the number of exhibits in the class. No awards are normally given past 10th place. First Place may advance to higher levels of recognition. Best Livestock Exhibitor Awards Beef, Sheep, Swine, Dairy, Beef Market Calves, Goats and Market Goats: An award will be presented to the exhibitor whom the JUDGES deem has the best exhibit in each of the species. The awards will be based upon the quality of the animal(s) shown, neatness and cleanliness of the exhibit. If, in the opinion of the judge, there is no exhibit representative of the above qualifications, there will be no award given. Best Livestock Awards In the Rabbit/Cavy and Poultry Divisions: Best of Show and Reserve Best of Show will be awarded. In Beef, Beef Market Calves, Dairy, Sheep, Swine, Dairy /Pygmy Goat, and Market Goat: Grand and Reserve Champions will be selected. In Breeding classes, a Champion female and Champion male will be selected. Liability for Loss The Kings District Fair and the Kings County 4-H Club Council do not assume responsibility for protecting exhibits or visitors from loss or injury. Exhibit Removal Animals shown on Friday may be released that evening at 10:00 p.m., except for Round Robin winners. Livestock will be released after Round Robin and awards have been completed on Saturday. Stalls must be cleaned before animals and exhibitors leave. 7 LIVESTOCK GENERAL RULES Expenses To save on expenses, please use only the lights and heat when necessary. Bedding for Animals No bedding will be provided. Exhibitors will need to provide their own shavings (no straw) and clean all stalls and pens before taking animals home on Friday or Saturday. Shavings will be available for purchase at the Kings Fairgrounds. Exhibits from School Animals raised at school as part of a school project may not be exhibited in the 4-H Fair. 4-H Uniform Ownership or use of the 4-H uniform is not a requirement for participation in 4-H. *Coaching exhibitors from ringside is not permitted. Those who do not comply will be asked to leave the ring area. **If a barn area is roped off, please do not use that area unless you have approval from the project chairs of that species. This will be enforced by the Facilities Manager. NOTICE Clean your pens and stalls before leaving the fairgrounds. Put soiled shavings in the designated soiled bedding disposal area.