4-H District Activity

4-H District Activity Day (DAD) is an event that must be seen to be believed.  Around 200 4-H members, along with about 300 agents, judges, parents, friends & family gathered at Southern Lee High School in Lee County to participate in presentation, public speaking and talent contests against 4-H’ers from across the South Central Extension District. 

Four Richmond County 4-H’ers were on hand for the event.  Two competed in presentations and two more were part of the talent show.  Nathan Ezzell took home the Gold for his presentation on Masks in the Expressive & Performing Arts category while Courtney Miller also won Gold in the Safety category for her presentation about Gun Safety.  Sarah Tyler and Alana McQueen both received Blue Ribbons in Talent.  Sarah signed the song “He Knows My Name” while Alana clogged. 

Courtney also assisted in the awards ceremony at DAD as part of the 2009-2010 District Officer Team.  Nathan and Courtney will be competing at the State Presentation Finals held during 4-H Congress in Raleigh in a few weeks. 

Special thanks to all of the parents and family who support these 4-H’ers as they complete their projects!  Also, Richmond County sent 3 incredible judges to assist with the event.  They were John Hamer, Marv Powell, and Helen Goodman.  They judged the Livestock and Dairy Production and Heritage Crafts and Woodworking categories.  Example presentations that they judged were parasite control in goats, showing lambs, cheese making, making wooden dog houses, making wooden rubber band guns, and spinning and dying wool.  They gave the youth excellent recommendations on how to improve their presentations for the State contest.  Good luck to everyone competing on the State level!