Home Skills

SCHEDULE:

Home Skills Rules 2009

                        Revised: 3-23-08

Crafts & Needle Work - Clothing & Textiles - Foods

December 1, 2008 - All entries must be pre-registered and paid. 4-H'ers should turn items into 4-H leaders. FFA & FCCLA turn items into advisors. Advisors and leaders turn forms and money in to Extension Office. Checks or money orders only, NO CASH.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009: 6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. - Check in Arts & Crafts, Clothing, and Food items at the Civic Center

Thursday, January 29, 2009: 9:00a.m. - 4:00p.m. Judging of Clothing, Arts & Crafts, and Food Exhibits;  4:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. Public Viewing of Entries; 5:30p.m. Tasting of all Foods - $5 fee

Friday, January 30, 2009:  2:00p.m.- 5:00p.m. Exhibit Hall open for viewing of Arts and Crafts only, exhibits may not be removed.

Check out of all Exhibits:  5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. ***** Items left after 7:00p.m. will be disposed of *****

Saturday, January 31, 2009: 10:00a.m. - All Grand & Reserve Winners should meet in front of the Sale Ring

GENERAL RULES:

1. Hays County Exposition membership or any of its designated workers, leaders, or supervisors will not be responsible for items entered in the show. We will do our best to protect items from damage or theft. Any extremely valuable item should not be entered or should be insured.
2. All entries should be pre-registered by December 1, 2008 observing office hours. Registration fee is $2.00 per item.
   Therefore:

   1 item	$2.00	4 items	$8.00
   2 items	$4.00	5 items	$10.00
   3 items	$6.00	6 items	$12.00 (etc.)

3. The participants must be an active member of a Hays County FFA, FCCLA, or 4-H chapter and be eligible to be enrolled in a primary or secondary school in Hays County. All entry blanks must be signed by the FFA or FCCLA teacher or the 4-H Club Manager.
4. There will be three age classifications for the show:
       (1) girls and boys - 3^rd grade thru 10 years - Juniors
       (2) girls and boys - 11, 12,13 years - Intermediate
       (3) girls and boys - 14 years of age and older - Seniors
   
5. An individual may have only one entry in each classification (example: an individual might have two entries in the cookie sub-division but one would have to be a rolled cookie and the other could be a dropped cookie). You cannot compete against yourself in any class. You must classify your entry on the pre-registration blank. Consult your teacher, agent, or leader for classification clarification.
6. Individuals may not change any entry category after December 1st. Exhibitors must submit a recipe of food items along with entries by December 1, 2008.  Keep a copy of your entry forms for your own records.
7. Questions arising concerning entries during judging will be resolved at the judges discretion.
8. Awards:
   
   1. Each exhibit gets a ribbon as follows:

   Blue	high quality, meets all standards
   Red	lower quality than blue, meets most standards
   White	lower quality than red, meets fewer standards

   
   2. Grand Champion awards will be given to the top entry in areas as follows:

   Senior Foods	Intermediate Foods	Junior Foods
   Senior Clothing	Intermediate Clothing	Junior Clothing
   Senior Arts & Crafts	Intermediate Arts & Crafts	Junior Arts & Crafts

   
   The Grand Champion and Reserve Champion Food in each age division will sell in the auction.
   
   3. A Reserve Champion may be given the top items in each sub-division if the judges feel the award is merited. Grand Champions are selected from Reserve Champions; therefore, when an item receives the Grand Champion it will not receive the award of Reserve Champion also.
   
   4. Sweepstakes will be given to 3 persons, 1 in each age group who accumulates the largest number of points. Points will be given as follows:

       Blue Ribbon  - 8 points
       Red Ribbon   - 4 points
       White Ribbon - 2 points

   If the score on sweepstakes is tied, it will be given to the person with the largest number of blue ribbons; if they have the same number of blue ribbons, sweepstakes will go to the one with the largest number of entries. 

   5. Premium money not picked up during check out at the show will become the property of the Livestock Board. Premium money will not be given to Grand or Reserve Champion in the Foods Division due to these products being in the auction. The individuals will receive premium money on point value only.

9. School excuses: You are not excused from school for the Home Skills show.
10. Items will be judged by the judges standard. Decisions of judges are final.
11. All items must have been made since last years show.
12. Entries will be checked out between 5:00 p.m. and 7 p.m. on the Friday of the show. Premium money will be forfeited if items are removed BEFORE CHECKOUT.

FOODS DIVISION

1. Food items should be exhibited in clear plastic containers (like ones from the bakery), appropriate for the item. A sample from each entry, such as one cookie, roll, piece of cake, etc., should be cut from the entry, wrapped separately in a quart zipper bag on a small paper or foam plate and placed on top of the container so judges can sample without disturbing the container.
2. There must be a full recipe of candy, cookies, biscuits, rolls, muffins, etc. in each entry. Items such as 1 recipe of corn bread, or 1 pan of biscuits, ect. is considered a full recipe. This rule will be enforced and an entry may be disqualified if not abided by at the discretion of the superintendent or judge's.
3. Perishable foods will not be allowed to be entered because they need refrigeration and this is not readily available at the show. Because of the dangers of food spoilage, judges will not sample any potentially perishable food. Fair judgment cannot be made on appearance alone. If there is a question about an entry ask your teacher or agent before you enter. Cream cheese frosting is NOT permitted. The following items (or any similar items that are potentially hazardous foods) are among those considered potentially perishable and will be disqualified at the judges discretion.

• Cream or custard fillings and/or in cakes, breads, pies, cookies, or candies or cheese cakes, bread pudding, etc.

• Meringue topping

• Uncooked egg in any product

• Cool whip

• Ganache

• Buttercream Icing

4. Grand Champion and Reserve Champion items that will be auctioned will remain on display as well. That item will be auctioned; in addition, a fresh item will be prepared and delivered by the winner to the buyer within one (1) week of the auction.
5. All foods must be prepared from scratch. Mixes and cake mixes are not allowed for all or any portion of the product except for pudding mixes. Commercial bread making machines or any other appliance which prepares a product without using standard preparation procedures are not allowed. A recipe must be attached securely on the top of the plastic container taped on one edge so that it can be viewed on display, but not obstructing the view of the product. Your name should not be on the recipe. Recipe modifications or changes must be noted on recipe and sent in by December 1st. If a recipe calls for a biscuit mix, such as Bisquick, the youth must make a home made version and this recipe must be displayed on the product.
   1. Upon check-in all food items and their recipes become the property of the Hays County Livestock Expo.
   2. Youth must at check-in provide a copy of their recipe. One copy of their recipe will be turned in with entry forms in December. Recipe cannot change between December 1st, 2008 entry and the show. Each exhibitor entering the food division of the show will receive a copy of the cookbook upon check-out.
   3. Individuals will be allowed in the room for tasting of all foods except the Grand Champion and Reserve Champion. A $5.00 admission will be charged.
   4. The $5.00 admission allows the person to taste the food items and also provides them with one (1) cookbook of all the recipes submitted.

CRAFTS-NEEDLEWORK DIVISION

Any item entered in the craft division must have been completed since the previous Count Youth Show. Covered with clear plastic if possible. There are two main divisions of crafts and needlework. No kits are allowed in the craft or needlework divisions. Kits are packages of pre-cut or pre-finished materials that have all the supplies to finish the project in the package.

CLOTHING & TEXTILE DIVISION

All garments and aprons must be on hangers. All items must have been made since the previous County Youth Show. All items must be clean, pressed, and undamaged to be accepted. Items should be covered with clear plastic bags.

PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION

Size of Photographs: Each photo must be 8 inches by 10 inches in dimension.

Mounting of Photographs: All prints must be permanently mounted solid on Photographic. Mount Board (mat board material) or a Thin Foam Board or other firm board or other firm board no larger than 8 inches by 10 inches suitable for hanging without an additional frame.

Craft-Needlework Division