4-H Harvest Fest

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HALLOWEEN CONTINUES! You have one more chance to secure as much candy as possible and showcase your amazing Halloween costume. Join 4-H for an encore of one of our most beloved holidays at our first ever 4-H Harvest Fest. Get a quick and comprehensive overview of the Rockingham & Strafford County 4-H Program, compete for prizes in the costume contest, and get in one more round of trick or treating with a twist. Additionally, check out what various Clubs are doing this year, discover more programmatic and scholarship opportunities for your children.

Not a member of 4-H? DOESN’T MATTER. Bring your family to the frightful and fun evening. All are welcome.

Event will feature:

• 4-H Program Orientation
• 4-H Club Fair
• 4-H Pathway Fair
• Discover Scholarship opportunities
• Trick or Treating
• Costume Contest
• Food and refreshments

4-H Orientation: 4:10. 

This will be a short and sweet overview of how your family will get the most out of the 4-H Program. Learn who the staff are, how we promote the opportunities and programs, how to get more involved, even how to seek support if needed. This is super helpful as 4-H is a uniquely non-local program.

Club Fair: 4:30 -5:30

• Clubs will showcase their projects & project materials
  
• Learn about Club project topics & events
• Participate in a Club demonstration or activity
• Grab information for when and where the Clubs meet

Pathway Fair: 4:30 -5:30

A “Pathway” is a term 4-H uses to describe how we structure content around subject areas. 4-H educates youth in agriculture and animal science, healthy living, STEM, Teen Leadership, and Makers. At the county level, we structure projects to follow a sequence of discovery and exploration.  This Pathway fair will

• Pathway Displays and information about the subject material
• Any Volunteer opportunities the pathway has
• Project Demonstration from their pathway

Trick or Treat: 4:30 – 6:30

Youth and families can take a spooky 30-min walk around the building and grounds to test their wits and cleverness at stations for sweet rewards.

Costume Contest: 6:35

The Costume Contest is open to all ages and groups of any size. If you want to enter as a group, be aware that all the members are dressed in the same theme or motif.

Costume Classes:

• Favorite characters – Dress up as one of your favorite characters from a story, movie, or TV show.
• Spookiest – Dress up as a common Halloween trope. For example, bat, ghost, or witch.
• “Most 4-H” – Dress up as something that relates to 4-H in some way. Something related to your Club, project area, or anything you can think of if you want to go this route.

Have fun and be creative!!

Age Divisions:

• Individual Teen 13-18
• Individual Middies 8-12
• Individual Cloverbud 5-7
• Individual Adult
  • Group Youth  - group costumes of 2 and more and of mixed ages
  • Group Adult - Group costumes of 2 or more
  • Group Mixed - Group costumes of 2 or more youth of mixed ages and adults. Perfect for family costumes and club costumes

Awards for the top 3 finishers in each class and division.

Judging criteria:

• • Quality of construction - how well the costume is put together/ assembled?
  • Attention to detail - how complete is the costume?
  • Commitment to the theme - how on-brand is the costume with the theme?
  • “A sort of Je-ne-sais-quoi” - overall impressions
  • Audience applause (loudness) - Audience members will have set time to cheer for each exhibitor. Judges will mark the loudness.