August is a crazy month that leads us into September. This is a hefty email that you need to read carefully. Some of the holes will be filled in as more information becomes available.
LEADERSHIP
In August you will be electing your new 2022-2023 leadership team that consists of youth and adults. If you haven't had a chance to get your application in please do so at your earliest convenience.
You can apply with this link - https://forms.gle/4QrNn2f1Rm3rQgge8
VOTING HAPPENS AT OUR COUNTYWIDE MEETING ON AUGUST 10.
FAIR CLEAN UP DAY Coming soon from 4H Online you'll receive an email regarding fair clean-up day. It is Sunday, August 14 from 9 AM to typically noon and the fair feeds us lunch. ALL PROJECTS are onsite cleaning up their barns and prepping them for the upcoming fair. Bring your barn cleaning tools, yard tools, toolbox, drills, etc. You will have the opportunity to prep your stalls too. In the past our superintendents have had you fill out your emergency contact cards too.
PARADE If you are interested in coordinating these efforts from organizing the small group of participants and coordinating efforts, apparel, signage, etc. that you think will represent us the best. Parade paperwork is coming. The parade is on Sunday, August 21 with lineup beginning at 9 AM and parade throughout the fairgrounds at 11 AM. EVERYONE is welcome to participate in the parade to represent our project. I have already got the ball rolling for this by requesting any forms and details. Please raise your hand if you can assist in this matter.
DECORATIONS We thank Ms. Mizwicki and Ms. Muse for taking over the decorations for the fair again this year. Further information coming soon.
BARN DUTY Barn duty is a requirement for those who have a horse at the fair and/or participating in the fair horse show you need to sign up. It is a requirement. If you do not have a horse at the fair nor are showing one and you would kindly like to volunteer your time out of the kindness of your heart that would be WONDERFUL. Barn duty is essentially keeping things clean and making sure our horses and barns are safe. We definitely can use some help from non-exhibiting members on Friday, the day of the horse show, as everyone will be consumed with the show for the day. SIGN UP HERE
In addition to barn duty since last year we were gifted with wheelbarrows and a number of other cleaning supplies. We need someone to securely put these away after the fair has completed. There are three aisle brooms, three "slender brooms" for the hard-to-reach places, and three shovels. If someone could step up and handle this we'd appreciate it. These supplies are in our middle storage barn next to the horse show arena.
P.S. If you didn't sign up at the fair informational meeting please do so on our signupgenius.
STATE QUALIFIERS & EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITORS MEETING Those of you who will earn a blue ribbon while exhibiting your horse at the fair will have qualified to exhibit your horse at the State Expo next month at the Wisconsin State Fair Park. Exhibitors 6th grade and above are eligible to exhibit a horse. Those interested in the educational opportunities from drawing - poems - photography, horse judging, etc. YOU can exhibit there too no age limits. Info on our State Expo meeting will be held at some point in the days following the fair horse show. We will let you know when this is scheduled. It will be a mandatory meeting for anyone exhibiting at the State Expo where paperwork will be filled out and payment submitted. This will then be turned into the fair office for submission. We are in a time crunch with a limited amount of time to get the needed paperwork to the WI State 4H Horse Program. Packets will be available at the meeting like we've done in years past. EVERYONE is encouraged to participate in the educational portion of the State Expo. You will need to take your project up to West Allis in order for it to be entered. If someone is willing to drop it off for you please coordinate accordingly and thank them for helping you out. For more information regarding the State Expo please go to the UW 4H website and you will find it all underneath the State 4-H Horse Expo. You have to scroll down or do a crtl - F or command F for macs and enter in the find expo. Get a leg up and a sense of what you want to do by reviewing the rules, class list and entry form. RULES & CLASS LIST ENTRY FORM We may go over other items pertaining to State Expo such as decor, meal menus, etc. I will send out a separate email regarding State Expo as things formulate, IF you absolutely positively are unable to attend the meeting we request that you PLEASE reach out ASAP so we can arrange plans to get your paperwork, etc. We do not have the capacity to track folks down. It's your responsibility to make sure you check all the boxes, payment is made, and get what you need to turn in on time. It would be ideal to have someone serve as a coordinator for the State Expo who is attending state in some capacity as a point person.
Also, another area that needs attention is the annual state t-shirt. If someone would please manage this that would be dynamite as well.
FAIR HORSE SHOWS The fair pleasure horse show takes place on Friday, August 19 starting at 8 AM. The fun show portion is flexible and at the discretion of the superintendents of whether it will be held Saturday or Sunday. Currently, the fair schedule reads Sunday at 8:30 AM. Know that should there be bad weather that the pleasure show will bump to the next day or the day after until the weather cooperates. Those with buddies please let your buddies know this. If you have questions please reference the fair book or reach out directly to our superintendents - Ms. Matrisch or Ms. Johnson.
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