County Demonstration Contest
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April 25, 2024
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Kent County Extension Office
Entries DUE April 15, 2024
Registration LINK: https://kc4Hdemonstration.4honline.com
Delaware 4-H Demonstration Contest General Rules and Guidelines
Helpful Hints for 4-H Demonstrations
Delaware 4-H Demonstration Contest
General Rules and Guidelines
The demonstration contest is open to 4-H’ers age 8 and older on January 1st of the current calendar year. The goal of a 4-H demonstration is to show others how to do something or to provide information about a subject using appropriate illustrations and/or props. A demonstration or illustrated talk provides 4-H’ers with an opportunity to show their public presentation skills while teaching others about 4-H project areas. Members may only participate in one state-level demonstration per year.
Contest Categories
Each category may have an individual division and a team division. These two divisions will be scored and compared independently; when applicable a champion will be chosen in the individual division and the team division. The categories are separated into four groups: Citizenship/General 4-H; Healthy Living, Animal Science; and Plants, Environmental & other Sciences.
Citizenship / General 4-H |
Animal Science |
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| Arts/Crafts/Visual Arts | Beef | Horse |
| Exploring 4-H | Dairy Cattle | Sheep |
| Leadership/Citizenship | Dog/Cat | Vet Science |
| Other – General | Rabbit/Small Animal | Poultry |
| Goats | Swine | |
Plants, Environmental Sciences,
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Healthy Living |
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| Aerospace | Child Care/Babysitting | |
| Automotive/Small Engines/Tractors | Clothing/Textiles | |
| Bicycle/Motorcycle | Food Preparation-any type | |
| Computer Science | Food Safety/Food Preservation | |
| Electricity | Health/Safety | |
| Engineering & Technology | Healthy Food Selection | |
| Entomology | Home Environment/Consumer Ed/Home Mgmt. | |
| Environmental Education & Earth Sciences | Outdoor Adventures | |
| Gardening (fruit, vegetable, flower) & Field Crops | Performing/Theater Arts | |
| Indoor Gardening & Floriculture | Photography/Videography | |
| Lawn Care/Landscaping | Recreational/Competitive Sports | |
| Shooting Sports | Table Setting/Etiquette | |
| Wildlife | ||
| Other- Science Related | ||
Salutations
There may or may not be an emcee who announces each demonstration. However, each speaker is expected to greet his or her listeners in some form.
The salutation does not need to be the very first words spoken. If a demonstration starts with a question, challenge, or stage-setting scenario, the salutation may more effectively occur after the first few sentences.
Note cards / Memorization
It is recommended that 4-H members use notes for their demonstration. Members should use their notes as a guide, if needed, and should not read their demonstration. The speech should be delivered in a manner that sounds natural and not recited. Memorization/familiarity is not faulted.
Use of Demonstration
4-H’ers may use their presentation in the Demonstration Contest one time. In other words, they may not give the same presentation year after year. 4-H members may not use an old demonstration designed by a sibling, other 4-H member or someone else. Each demonstration should be original work by the 4-H’er(s) delivering the speech.
Time Requirements
Set-Up: 5 minutes will be provided for set-up. 1 point for every 15 seconds over will be deducted from the final score. Youth should set up demonstration without help from an adult(s).
Demonstration: No demonstration shall be less than 3 minutes. 1 point for every 15 seconds under 3 minutes will be deducted from the final score.
No demonstration shall exceed 15 minutes. 1 point for every 15 seconds over 15 minutes will be deducted from the final score.
Time for questions and answers with the audience will NOT be included in the 15 minutes provided for the demonstration.
Cooperative Extension Education in Agriculture and Home Economics, University of Delaware, Delaware State University and the United States Department of Agriculture cooperating. Distributed in furtherance of Acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30,1914. It is the policy of the Delaware Cooperative Extension System that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, sex, disability, age, or national origin.
