Area students take part in Dixon County 4-H Contest Day
ALLEN — The Dixon County 4-H Contest Day was held on Monday, April 1 at the United Methodist Church in Allen. 4-H members presented speeches and PSAs; performed musical solos and duets, piano and instrumental solos, and dances; and prepared their favorite food.
Performing Arts contest lets our youth show off other talents with instrumental solos and duets, vocal selections or even dance. This contest is county-based only, there is no further advancement.
Performing Arts Results: Piano Solo: Audrey Burell, Purple; Sarah Lipp, Purple; Anna Lipp, Purple Dance Solo: Brooke Hansen, Purple; Maya Brummels, Purple Vocal Solo: Mackenzey Connell, Purple; Beka Lipp, Purple; Vocal Duet: Anna & Sarah Lipp, Purple Instrumental Solo: Gianna Johnson, Purple; Claire Walsh, Purple Grand Champion: Brooke Hansen & Reserve Champion: Beka Lipp In the Public speaking contest youth write an original speech, and the major focus point needs to be 4-H related.
Youth that participated in speech and PSAs can be selected to move on and compete at the Premier Communications Event Contest held at the University of Nebraska campus on June 17 and 18 (must receive a purple ribbon to advance).
Public Speaking is an important skill for youth to gain, and is practiced regularly in the 4-H Program, through talks and demonstrations at 4-H club meetings and more.
Learning to speak and perform in front of even a few people can be less scary when the audience members are your friends.
Public Speaking Results:
Speech: Jacob Lipp, Blue; Anna Lipp, Purple, Sarah Lipp, Purple PSAs: Blake Hansen, Purple; Taylor Hansen, Blue; Brooke Hansen, Blue Grand Champion Speech: Anna Lipp & Reserve Champion Speech: Sarah Lipp Grand Champion PSA: Blake Hansen & Reserve Champion PSA: Brooke Hansen In the Favorite Foods Revue 4-H’ers create a themed menu, set the table with one place setting, include a centerpiece and prepare one food item from the menu for the judge to try. This is also a county-based contest with no further advancement.
Favorite Foods Revue
Karson Brummels, Purple; Maya Brummels, Purple; Brooke Hansen, Purple; Claire Kvols, Purple Int Grand Champion: Maya Brummels and Reserve Champion: Karson Brummels Jr. Grand Champion: Claire Kvols and Reserve Champion: Brooke Hansen All the 4-H members turned in great performances and provided tasty menus.
Judges for the events were: Sherie Lundahl, Kami Murphy, and Kim Bearnes.
For more information about the 4-H and Youth Development, please contact the University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension Office in your local county or visit the website at http://4h.unl.edu/.