1. Exhibition in the communications department (Educational Presentations, Working Exhibits, Share the Fun, Extemporaneous Speaking, and Pride of Iowa) is open to any individual 4-H’er or team of 4-H’ers.
2. Premium money will be awarded as follows:
   Purple Ribbon $8.00
   Blue Ribbon $6.00
   Red Ribbon $4.00
   White Ribbon $2.00
   Maximum premium for groups $40.00
3. Harrison County can send communication entries to the Iowa State Fair as follows:
   Educational Presentations: 6
   Working Exhibits: 4
   Share the Fun: 3
   Extemporaneous Speaking: 2
   Communicating through Posters: 2
   Pride of Iowa: no state fair entries – this is a county contest only
4. All communication entries from Harrison County will perform at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, August 7; Friday, August 8; and Tuesday, August 12. Extemporaneous Speaking will be Wednesday, August 13 and Sunday, August 17.
5. To be eligible to participate at the Iowa State Fair in the communications division, a 4-H member must have completed the 5th grade. For the Extemporaneous Speaking division, exhibitor must be a senior 4-H’er.
6. The Iowa State Fair prefers 4-H’ers not to participate in both the Educational Presentation and Working Exhibit program the same year the State Fair. We are glad to have 4-H’ers participate in both at County Fair.
7. Dress Code: 4-H’ers participating in the 4-H Communication programs are encouraged to wear appropriate clothing representative of the 4-H Youth Program and/or the topic of the presentation. Shorts, skirts, and dresses should be fingertip length or longer. If clothing contributes to the topic being presented, such as wearing a beekeepers’ outfit while doing a presentation on bee raising, the 4-H’ers should be aware this is acceptable and appropriate. Where distinctive clothing is not involved, clothing that alerts the public it is a 4-H’er giving the presentation is strongly encouraged.

Division J-24 - Educational Presentation
Friday 9:00 a.m.

1. An opportunity for 4-H’ers to personally demonstrate their communications skills by presenting knowledge, information, or a process to gain a desired response from an audience. Educational presentations should be appropriate and should be an outgrowth of his/her 4-H experience.
2. The topic of the educational presentation should determine the length, but Intermediate and Senior presentations should not exceed 20 minutes. Junior and Discovering presentations should not exceed 15 minutes.
3. 4-H’ers giving presentations involving food must be concerned about safe handling of the food they are using. 4-H’ers should use sanitary and safe procedures and methods at all times. This is tremendously important if samples are available to the viewing public. Appropriate storage of the food items and the sanitary handling of the food must be demonstrated by the 4-H’ers. Plastic gloves and hairnets are just a couple items that should be considered and used as appropriate.
4. Presenters are expected to comply with all copyright/trademark regulations. Copyrighted material may not be distributed without permission.
5. The composition of the presenters can be any combination of eligible Junior, Intermediate, and Senior 4-H’ers. A team consisting of youth that are of mixed ages must be entered in the class of the oldest team member.
6. Participants will receive a scheduled time to present their educational presentation.

Division J-25 - Working Exhibit
Thursday 9:00 a.m.

1. Working Exhibits provide an opportunity for members to communicate and interact with the audience in an informal way. The subject should be appropriate and an outgrowth of the member’s 4-H experience.
2. Many stages of the exhibit or product should be ready so that any step can be discussed. The best subjects involve action by the members or involve the audience in some doing, feeling, tasting, smelling or judging.
3. County working exhibits will be scheduled for 30 minutes. State Fair working exhibits will be scheduled for 45 minutes for Intermediates and Seniors. Juniors will be scheduled for 25 minutes.
4. Presenters are expected to comply with all copyright/trademark regulations. Copyrighted material may not be distributed without permission.
5. The composition of the presenters can be any combination of eligible Junior, Intermediate, and Senior 4-H’er. A team consisting of youth that are of mixed ages must be entered in the class of the oldest team member.
6. Participants will receive a scheduled time to present their working exhibit.
7. All methods used should be safe for involvement by audiences of all ages.
8. 4-H’ers doing working exhibits that involve food must be concerned for the safety of the food they are using. 4-H’ers should use sanitary and safe procedures and methods at all times. This is tremendously important if samples are available to the viewing public.
9. Appropriate storage of the food items and the sanitary handling of the food must be demonstrated by the 4-H’ers. Plastic gloves and hair nets are just a couple items that should be considered and used as appropriate.

Division J-26 - Share-The-Fun Department
Thursday 7:00 p.m.

1. Share the Fun includes skits, songs, stunts, short one-act plays, dances (folk, square, modern, tap), plus other entertainment.
2. Share the Fun acts must not exceed 8 minutes.
3. All 4-H members may participate at the county level. 4-H members who have not completed the fifth grade may participate at the state fair only if the entire club is involved. At least 80% of the performing group must have completed 5th grade.
4. Participants will receive a scheduled time to perform their Share the Fun act.
5. Skits/acts must be sensitive to the diversity of Iowa’s population. Skits/acts must be in good taste and not offensive to cultural/ethnic traditions of Iowan’s or U.S. citizens.
6. Acts selected for state fair participation will receive purple ribbons. All other acts will be awarded special Share the Fun participation ribbons.
7. Purple ribbons will receive an $8 premium. All others will receive $6 with a group maximum of $40.

Division J-27 – Pride of Iowa
Saturday 9:00 a.m.

1. The Pride of Iowa Contest is a cooking contest open to all Harrison County 4-H’ers.
2. The purpose of the contest is to improve communication skills, promote Iowa products, and use small appliances.
3. Recipes should use at least one ingredient that is an outstanding product of Iowa (meat, dairy products, corn, oatmeal, etc.) Prepared mixes can only be used as an ingredient.
4. A poster with the recipe should be displayed during the presentation.
5. Finished product needs to be available for display and tasting.
6. Judging will be based on knowledge of cooking procedures, use of Iowa products and small appliances, and sanitation.
7. Follow sanitation practices, hair controlled and apron.
8. The presentation and product will both be evaluated.

Division J-27-A – 4-H Extemporaneous Speaking Contest
Sunday 1:30 p.m.
This program is designed to encourage the development of the life skills of communicating with others through enhancing the ability to think, to organize, to speak, and to answer questions readily by participating 4-H’ers before an audience.

Participants must be senior 4-H’ers – having completed 9th through 12th grade (or that equivalent) in 2008.

Contest format:
     a. Thirty minutes before the program, each participant will draw three of the available topics, selecting one to speak on. The selected topic will not be available to the other participants in the speaker’s assigned room. The general nature of the topics will relate to 4-H. The other two topics drawn but not
chosen will be returned to the available topics for the other participants.
     b. A participant may not leave the preparation room until it is time to speak, nor may a participant receive help from a parent, leader, other adult, or any other youth. Each participant will have 30 minutes preparation time. A program official will assist participants with the time requirements.
     c. All reference material will be screened by a program official on the following basis:
          i. Participant may bring his/her own books, magazines, or newspaper clippings for reference during the thirty minutes of preparation.
          ii. Reference material must be printed material such as books or magazines (cannot be notes, outlines, or speeches prepared by the participant or by another person for use in this program).
          iii. Some relevant reference material will be available in the preparation room. This material will consist of historical material related to the 4-H program.
     d. Each speech shall be the result of the 4-H’ers own efforts using approved reference material that a participant may bring to the preparation room. No other assistance may be provided. Plain 3”x5” note cards will be provided for each participant in the preparation room. If notes are used, the 3”x5” note cards provided must be used in delivering the speech.
     e. Only notes made during the preparation period may be used.
     f. Each speech shall not be less than four or more than six minutes with five minutes additional time allowed for related questions, which shall be asked by the judge. The participant will be shown time cards in an ascending order (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) by the timekeeper. “Stop” will be said at six (6) minutes.
      g. The program timekeeper will introduce each participant by name and the club he/she represents. The participant will be expected to introduce his/her speech by title only.
     h. Participants are not permitted to use any props, gadgets, posters, or audiovisuals of any sort. A podium will not be available.

Speeches will be evaluated using the following criteria:
     a. Content related to topic.
     b. Knowledge of the subject.
     c. Organization of material.
     d. Power of expression.
     e. Voice.
     f. Stage presence.
     g. General effect.
     h. Response to questions.

A judge’s critique/conference with each participant will be included as part of the program.