4-H Blast

Communication Contests are coming up soon!

Speech, Public Service Announcement, Presentation

Sunday, April 28th - 3:00 pm

4-H Building

Registration Due: Monday, April 22nd

Click on the image above to register for events. Events are open to both Clover Kids and 4-H Members. Here are some highlights you may need to know:

1. Speech is an INDIVIDUAL contest.
2. Presentation may be completed as an individual OR as a team (2 total people).
3. PSA must be submitted to the Extension Office PRIOR to the event via a .mp3 or a .wav file. These are DUE Friday, April 26th.
4. For more detailed rules, follow the link go.unl.edu/contestrules

Topics

• PSA Theme is "4-H is a Feeling"
• Speech is open to topic of your choice, please make sure that it is 4-H based or related.
• Presentation can be of any topic of your choosing. This can be of a 4-H Project, something you learned from a project, or career interest.

Divisions and Required Lengths

Speech Contest

• Clover Kid (5-7) - Length: Under 2 minutes
• Novice Division (First Time completing contest, must be 8-10 years old. Speech limited to 3 minutes.)
• Junior (8-10) - Length: 1-3 Minutes
• Intermediate (11-13) - Length: 3-5 Minutes
• Senior (14 & up) - Length: 5-8 Minutes

PSA - All PSA's are 60 seconds or less

• Clover Kid (5-7)
• Junior (8-10)
• Intermediate (11-13)
• Senior (14 & up)

Presentation -

• Clover Kid (5-7) 1-2 minutes
• Junior (8-9) 3-5 minutes for individuals; 5-7 minutes for a team
• Intermediate (10-13) 6-8 minutes for individuals; 8-10 minutes for a team
• Senior (14 & Up) 6-8 minutes for individuals; 8-10 minutes for a team

The Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute (NAYI) is accepting applications for the 2024 program. NAYI brings together hundreds of high school juniors and seniors for a week to learn more about agriculture, Nebraska's number one industry.

NAYI will take place July 8-12, 2024, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus. Students selected to attend NAYI do so free of charge due to generous donations from numerous agricultural businesses, commodity groups, and industry organizations. Current high school juniors and seniors interested in attending have until April, 15th, 2024 to apply. Applications for NAYI are available at nda.nebraska.gov/NAYI and must be submitted online. This year's theme is "Leading your Legacy."

New in 2024! All members who were 8 as of January 1 will be eligible to participate in 4-H in-person events (live animal shows, fashion shows, Premier Communication Event, and contests) at the Nebraska State Fair. For more information, visit 4h.unl.edu/state-fair.

4-H enrollment is open for the 2024 Fair Year! Please remember that you must re-enroll every year; when you do, please double check projects, grade level of youth, and T-SHIRT SIZE (we use this info for fair exhibitor shirts!).

Reminder, if you are planning to participate in Shooting Sports, you must select your discipline area from projects to sign consent forms AND make sure you are listing either York Street (BB, Air, and Archery) or Clay Busters (Trap) as either the primary or secondary club.

**New this year** Project areas have condensed! Instead of 200 project options, there are now 50. If you have a question as to an area a project may have moved into, please contact the Extension Office. (Examples: Breeding beef is now "Beef" and Sketchbook Crossroads is now in "Visual Arts")

Jenny Rees - jrees2@unl.edu

Amanda Hackenkamp - amanda.hackenkamp@unl.edu

Macee Parrish - macee.parrish@unl.edu

Laurie Linabery - llinabery2@unl.edu

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Website: https://york.unl.edu
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Phone: (402) 362-5508
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