From Michael Wilson, 4H County Coordinator:
Hello 4-H leaders, volunteers and youth.
Last Saturday was a great event, (just my opinion). It was great for a few reasons: we had excellent support from volunteers, parents, adults. The youth practiced and DID THE WORK. Attached are the State Results. Highlighted in yellow are the youth who qualified for Eastern States. Imagine Isabella Amodeo and Jazlyn Barnaby who needed each other's support get up on stage at Super Saturday to sing their duet. Then, they dug deeper for a little more courage: they were destined to stand on the big stage at the Barre Auditorium and sing to over 200 people.
And then something even better happened, Isabella and Jazlyn were selected in the top 10 stage events to be invited to Eastern States. Why? Because they did the work. Their determination, commitment, overcoming nervousness and fear and finally the courage to make it better is what got them there. Nothing good comes easy. Practice makes it better....sometimes even perfect.
It is not so easy is it? There is nothing glamorous about working out the details to get something right.
Another impressive outcome were our Action Exhibits. We took the #1 and #2 positions. Two of these exhibits came from the Blue Ribbion 4-H Club. Impressive.
Three of the Action exhibits qualified for Eastern States and one of our Action exhibits is the 1st alternate: (Kelly Smith, there is a very good chance that your club can get bumped up into the top 10.)
Congratulations to all youth who participated at the State Level. When people saw your project or presentation, they saw the the outcome of hard work and commitment, that no one could do but you.
You did the work,
Michael
Feedback for State Day? I'd love for you to chime in.......write me back, tell me how we can improve the event and I will work hard and give you my commitment to make it better.
