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4-H Public Presentations Held in Ontario County
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If you ever wanted to know How to Paint a Wooden Stepping Stone or Learn How to Write a Good Mystery you should have attended the 2005 Ontario County 4-H Public Presentation Day that was held on Saturday, February 5 in Canandaigua. More than 125 4-Hers representing clubs from around Ontario County participated in the event annual. Youth ranging in age from 5-19 gave oral presentations to an evaluator and small audience on a topic of their choice. The presentations were given in the form of Demonstrations, Illustrated Talks, Dramatic Interpretation, Recitation and Impromptu Speaking.
The Public Presentation program is often cited as one of the 4-H Youth Development's most beneficial and rewarding opportunities. It is the one program most often credited by 4-H alumni as having given them an edge above peers in both college and professional careers. It provides a unique opportunity to develop a positive self-concept and poise, gain self-confidence before a group, learn to express ideas clearly, respond spontaneously to questions and gain subject matter knowledge. Through a progressive series of communication activities, youth learn to express them selves and ideas in the
4-H Communication Arts program.
Selected to represent Ontario County 4-H at the District Presentation event to be held April 2 in Canandaigua were Olivia Lamphier and Meg Lamphier of Middlesex and Melissa Whipple and Shauna Kaisen of Victor doing Team Presentations. Selected to do a Dramatic Presentation was Morgan Hoven of Clifton Springs. Katherine Rich of Canandaigua, Hannah Young and Joe D'Amico from Clifton Springs were selected to do Impromptu speeches. Doing traditional Demonstrations and Illustrated Talks will be Jessica Brown, Carrie Sheppard, and Mary Boerjan from Clifton Springs, Jennifer Loux of Livonia, Chelsea Eveleigh, Nick Cazer, Sierra Lockwood and Casey Cazer from Canandaigua, Cody Wilson from Seneca Castle, and Ben Pulver of Naples. Selected from Stanley was Amanda Button, from Hemlock, Julia Barnard and Melissa Barnard along with Hannah Orman of Honeoye.
The Horse Communications Contest will also be held at the same time and selected as representation from Ontario County were Kendra Trammel of Geneva, Kim Bennett and Laura D'Amico of Clifton Springs. Grace Seely of Stanley,
Carol Loan of Penn Yan, and Annie Portland from Victor along with Madison Mugnola and Leah Kibler of Canandaigua have been selected for the event.
4-H members selected for Honorable Mention that day were Courtney Long of Hemlock and Jesse Buss from Honeoye, Maeve Hogan and Aaron Hoven of Clifton Springs, Mary Plum of Victor and Taylor Piacente from Livonia.
Evaluators who volunteered for the event were Jessica Spence, Sue Hogan and Heidi Durkee of Clifton Springs, Becky and Karen Rugenstein, Carm Farabella, Ellen Haner and Naomi Pritchard of Canandaigua and Lucy Schram of Shortsville. Others were Holly Phillips of Rushville, Colleen Delaney of Bloomfield, Jeanne Savage of Palmyra, Judy Plum, Chris and Suzanne Pohorence of Victor, Dawn Dennis and Lorraine Savage of Penn Yan.
For more information about the 4-H Program in Ontario County contact the Cornell Cooperative Extension office at 480 North Main Street in Canandaigua at 585-394-3977.
~ Cornell Cooperative Extension provides equal program and employment opportunities ~
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