Showcase Guidelines
1.
Items made by 4‑H members should reflect the skills they have
learned in their 4‑H project, the needs and interests of the 4‑H'er,
and quality workmanship. Use the 4‑H
project literature and the "Clover" for ideas and criteria.
2.
Items displayed must:
·
Be made in the current year
·
Be the work of the 4-H members
·
4-H member must be enrolled in the project
3.
Items must be of blue‑ribbon quality.
4.
Items are displayed at the risk of the individual 4‑H
member. The 4‑H staff,
Extension Centers, and Missouri State Fair are not responsible for loss or
damage to items.
5.
A member is limited to two items in the 4‑H Building
and one demonstration in the 4‑H division.
6.
All 4-H Building items must be registered either on the Missouri
State Fair Voucher Computer Program or on the Fair Computation Program
report. This report is made at each
county extension office.
7.
The number of items per class that a county may display is printed
in the right‑hand margin of the item list.
The following items will be
displayed in the "Library," a special area that allows fair goers
to touch and examine the items.
4-H’ers name and address should be permanently affixed to
item.
· Notebooks (three-ring binders
are preferred) – name and county on spine
· Posters (flat only; do not
fasten items to the poster.) – name and address on back
· File card systems
These items will be accepted
from any project. Youths who show
notebooks, posters, or file card systems should understand that their
exhibits will be used and touched.
8.
Where the item list states, "any item made," the 4‑H
member may display any item made in that project. This includes notebooks, file cards,
photo displays, posters, or educational displays. Regardless of projects, the following
dimensions must be used. Items,
which do not comply with size or other specifications, will not be
displayed or receive a premium or ribbon.
Poster
- No larger than 14" x 22"; flat only; do not fasten
three-dimensional items to the poster.
Photo Display
The
following guidelines are requirements for State Fair 4-H photography
exhibits:
· All photos should be mounted on
an 11" x 14” mat
board, not to exceed 1/8” in thickness. Materials such
as poster board or foam core board are not acceptable mounting materials.
· Photographers may mount the
photograph to the mat board using an acceptable adhesive or approved corner
mounts.
· No captions, titles, or writing
on the mat board. The picture should tell the story.
· Margins are at the discretion of
the photographer.
· No photos using glass and/or
wooden, brass, plastic frames, etc.
· Photos can be matted with a
single window colored mat if appropriate.
· To protect exhibits from dust
and moisture, photos should be placed in a two-gallon zip-lock-style bag.
· Photo stories should follow the
above guidelines and consist of no more than 4 photographs.
· Include name, address and county
on back of photo.
For definitions and the complete guidelines governing
State Fair photography exhibits, please see http://4h.missouri.edu/go/events/statefair/photoguidelines.pdf. Exhibits that do not adhere to these
guidelines will be disqualified. These exhibits will not be
displayed and will not receive premiums or ribbons.
Educational Display - Must not exceed 11 inches in height, 12 inches
in depth (front to back) and 14 inches in width. Must include three‑dimensional
items and stand-alone. (Posters with items taped to them do not
qualify as an educational display.
Science fair display boards are too large.)
Entomology or Geology Display Boxes - Box must be exactly 18"
long x 24" wide and 3 1/2" deep to fit in display racks. Plexiglas or plastic covers are
preferred. No handles or knobs. Boxes will be displayed upright in racks.
Working Models - These exhibits should show how things actually work
(cutaway-sections of motors or computers) or can be used to help people
identify parts such as parts of a motor or computer. Many times these exhibits are considered “hands-on”
and can be handled by visitors. Working
models should require floor space no larger than 14” x 22”.
Decorated Cakes - The use of forms or pans is
recommended. Cakes should not
exceed 13” in height or at the base.
Cake boards should not exceed 1” margin on each side of
cake pan or form. Must only use
Royal Icing, Rolled Fondant or commercial product (i.e. Dapp) that will
harden and preserve the decorated cake. (No real cakes, Butter crème
icing or tube/gel icing - displays containing these items will be
considered ineligible and will be rejected.)
9.
Perishable items such as food, vegetables, crops and home grounds
items will not be returned after the Fair.
Edible vegetables will be donated to a charitable organization. these items are displayed in group
settings not as individual projects.
10.
Photographs of items too large or fragile: All pictures of projects should not
exceed 5 x 7, should not be mounted on anything, and should not have
multiple pictures. Counties should
send pictures individually rather than making a poster board of all the
pictures. The tag should be
attached. Indicate on the voucher
that this is a project too large or fragile to come and what the project
is. These photographs will not be
returned. Do not send pictures of
items that would be disqualified if sent to the fair.
11.
Electricity exhibits using batteries such as circuit boards should
not connect the wires to the battery rather the wires should be taped
behind the battery. Another option
is to not attach a battery but indicate “battery goes
here.” This is to prevent
potential fire hazards.
12.
All 4-H Building items must be checked in and out of the 4-H
Building by State Fair 4-H Personnel during established times. (No
exceptions will be made.) No
early removal or checkout of items is permitted. Items, which are not properly checked in
or out of the 4-H Building, will not be awarded premium money and/or
ribbons.
13.
No outdoor exhibit space is available. Please contact the State 4-H Office at
573-882-1441 prior to check-in for approval of large over-sized exhibits. Determination of items to be showcased
will be left to the discretion of the 4-H Building Superintendent based on
available space and the safety of fair-goers. Submitting photographs of these items is
encouraged. A ribbon and premium
will be awarded for the project.
14.
Shooting Sports exhibits should contain
no live ammunition and arrow points should be removed.
15.
All items must have a Missouri State Fair tag securely fastened to
the item in a place that is visible to fair‑goers. A second identification label is required
on all items, except perishable items such as food, vegetables or
crops. This label should give name
and county of the 4‑H member, and be placed in an inconspicuous
spot. When an item includes more
than one piece, each piece must be labeled with name and county. (Examples: jacket and skirt; rocket and rocket
launcher; ceramic tea set; mittens, etc., should have an identifying label
on each piece.) Textile items
(clothing, knitting, visual arts, etc.) should have a cloth label sewn or
safety-pinned into the item as a second label. Please remove all county or regional
ribbons. Vegetable and food tags
should be placed in an envelope.
16.
Counties who mail or ship their items to the State Fair should
enclose one copy of the voucher and a diskette with the voucher in the box
with the items, and mail one copy separately to: 4‑H Superintendent, 4‑H Building, Missouri
State Fair, Sedalia, MO 65301.
Use sturdy boxes. Do
not ship cakes or items in glass containers. All items must be properly tagged and
ready for display. Counties may ship
no more than two boxes of items and must enclose CASH to cover the return shipping or mailing costs.
17. Hams will be dually enrolled in
the Youth Class of the Country Ham Class and may become eligible for sale
if selected as Champion. The 4-H member is required to complete
all Open Division entry forms which should accompany the project at
check-in and pay the $2.00 entry fee in the Agriculture Building. Checks must be made payable to the
"Missouri State Fair."
Only 4-H hams should be checked in and out of the 4-H Building.
18.
Fair officials reserve the right to
modify point values on
items. The assigned point value must
be used unless the 4-H Superintendent approves the change.
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