July 15: Poultry & Rabbit Pre-entry forms due!

July 15: Music Contest Entry Form due!

July 15: Fashion Show Narration card due (even if it just has the class, age division and exhibitor name)!

July 15: Buyer Outreach 2-4 PM (Meet at Extension Office).

July 16: 4-H Fair Superintendents Meeting 6:00 PM - Multipurpose Hall, Hemingford

July 24: Fair Pen Set up @ Fairgrounds starting at 6:00 PM

July 27: Fair Clean up @ Fairgrounds starting at 8:00 AM

To our 4-H Families,

As you know 4-H relies heavily on volunteers. Volunteers run the Fair! A lot of our volunteers that we currently have are 4-H parents and have kids that are starting to age out of 4-H. Without our volunteers, fair would not run as smoothly. Please if you are interested in volunteering visit with a livestock committee member, small animal committee member, horse committee member, 4-H Council member, or anyone else on a committee or an Extension Staff member.

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS!

Wednesday, July 24 we NEED YOUR HELP to get all the fair pens set up in the Livestock Barn.

We will start at 6:00 PM.

Barn Superintendent: Kevin Johnston

Thanks!

• Fair clean-up is Saturday July 27 STARTING AT 8 AM!
• ALL 4-H families COME ready to help clean the buildings and grounds for the Fair.
• Bring rags, buckets, shovels, rakes, hammers, weed eaters and any other cleaning supplies that you feel would help your work go faster.
• The 4-H Council will be serving lunch at 11:00- meal will be sloppy joes, Helen's Potato Salad, chips and a brownie.
• Please bring a Water Bottle. We will have coolers this year.
• Stay for the Door Prize Drawings after lunch!

After fair clean up the Ag Society is having a Bump & Run event in the Grand Stands starting at 2:00 PM. Cost is $10 to attend.

BB Gun/Air Rifle Shoot will take please Sunday July 28 starting at 10 AM at the Woolrich building just east of Alliance, turn at PREMA.

• Box Butte County Fair Trap Shoot will take place at the Alliance Trap Club on Monday, July 29 starting at 5:00 PM.

The Carcass Contest will be held at Meyring Cattle Company. We will let you know when the time gets closer.

We will be taking carcass projects between 7:00-9:00 AM.

YOU MUST BE THERE BY 9:00 AM FOR YOUR PROJECT TO BE TAKEN!

• Please bring your Brand Papers or Bill of Sale or we will not be able to load your animal(s).
• Also if you have a Record book please make sure to bring that as well because the interview portion is part of your overall score.
• Please wear your NEW - GREEN 4-H t-shirt, jeans and closed toed shoes.
• Please see the potential questions and answers guide that might take place during judging. (see below)

If you have questions please let us know.

Superintendents: Teresa Sanders & Jay Meyring

FASHION SHOW JUDGING:

• Fashion Show Judging will take place August 3 starting at 8:30 AM!
  
• Models please be at the fairgrounds no later than 7:45 AM!
• You will be using the School Art building to change.

CLOTHING CONSTRUCTION & QUILT QUEST:

• Judging will start at 9 AM and end at Noon in the 4-H Building.
• Items that need to come on Clothing Day include:

• STEAM 1
• STEAM 2
• STEAM 3
• BEYOND THE NEEDLE (including fashion accessories)
• SHOPPING IN STYLE
• ATTENTION SHOPPERS
• QUILT QUEST (including Barn Quilts)

Please be sure to include ALL REQUIRED extra information that can be found in the fairbook on our website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/boxbutte/bbcfairbook/

MUSIC CONTEST:

• New: 4-H Youth who registered for the music contest, will be judged on their performance from 1:00-2:00 PM on August 1st, prior to the night performance. This will give the judge time to write comments, and then the youth can just perform their musical pieces for the public in the evening. Clover Kids will just perform during the night event.

CULINARY CHALLENGE:

• The culinary challenge contest will take place Thursday, August 1 at the Multipurpose Hall starting at 3:00pm

PUBLIC FASHION SHOW & MUSIC CONTEST:

• If you modeled during the day, you will need to model in the Public Fashion Show.
• The 4-H building will be open at 6:15 PM so models can get changed.
• Show will start at 7:00 PM!
• Clover Kids please be at the Multipurpose Hall by 6:45 PM.
• We will present ALL Clothing Construction, Modeling, Quilt Quest & Music Contest Awards this night. Please make sure your award gets back to the 4-H Building so we can display them.
• Music Contest will follow the Fashion Show.

• UPDATE: The Working Ranch Horse Class will take place at the Bit & Boot Arena in Hemingford AFTER THE HORSE SHOW on Saturday, August 3rd.
• Box Butte County 4-H Horse Show will take place on Saturday, August 3 starting at 8:00 AM at the Bit & Boot Horse Arena.
• Check-in will start at 7:00 AM. Youth will get their horses checked in, exhibitor number, pattern book and program from the check-in volunteer.
• Grand Entrance & acknowledgement of Flags will start at 7:45 AM.
• CONCESSIONS WILL BE ON SITE! Special Thanks to the Hemingford Competitive Gymnastics Girls. They will be serving both Breakfast & Lunch!

• Cats will show first, followed by Dog show.
• Check in will start at 10:30 AM
• Exhibitors will cage cats in cages provided by the superintendent.
• Exhibitors will need to decorating the cage provided. Please make sure you have your curtains or something to cover the cage, your carpet, litter box, food & water, and any other decoration you need.
• Cats will be vet checked before the show.
• Cats need to remain on harness at all times.
• Clover Kids exhibiting cat need to have vaccination forms turned into the office.

If you have questions don't hesitate to ask.

Superintendent: Nancy Leider

• Dog show will be after the cat show.
• Check in will start around 1:00 pm.
• No dogs are allowed in the barn, other than the dogs being exhibited.
• Dogs must remain on a leash at all times.
• Clover Kids exhibiting dog need to have vaccination forms turned into the office.

If you have questions don't hesitate to ask.

Superintendent: Shawnda Connor

• All static items will be entered and judged starting at 9:00 AM!!

• JUDGING WILL BE FROM 9 AM - 1 PM. You must be on the sign in sheet by 1:00 pm to have your project judged.
• Judges will break for lunch. The Multipurpose Hall Judges will break at Noon and the 4-H Building judges will break at 12:30.

Items judged in the Multipurpose Hall:

• Foods (Cooking 101-401, General Foods, Cake Decorating & Food Preservation),
• Photography

Items judged in the 4-H Building:

• Home Environment
• Human Development
• Cookie Jars
• Horticulture
• Misc. Ag.
• Clover Kids starting at 1:00-3:00 in clover kid area
• Clover Kid Pet Parade will start at 3:00 pm in the Livestock Barn

• Juniors make 2 varieties (1 dozen each) of homemade cookies for a total minimum of 24 cookies
• Seniors make 4 varieties (1 dozen each) of homemade cookies for a total minimum of 48 cookies
• Exhibitors WILL NEED to bring cookies to Cookie Jar Judging. You will need to bring a sample, 1 of each of the kind of cookies you are making for auction to judging on Tuesday, please put these on a plate.
  • DO NOT put cookies in the jar. You will receive a plastic container at judging that you will put your cookies on for the auction.
• DON'T FORGET to enter your foods project to be judged in the MPH. If you do not exhibit a foods project with your cookie jar you will NOT be eligible to sell your cookie jar. (We DO check for this).
• Cakes for auction will be judged on FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 from 10-11 AM.
• The percentage withheld from cookie jar checks for advertising purposes has increased to 4% this year.

Nebraska Bank will be clerking the cookie jar/cake auction. Buyers will NOT be able to pay for their purchase the day of the sale. Buyers will be invoiced by Nebraska Bank for their purchase 1-2 weeks following the fair. The Office will send out a message when checks are ready for pick up or when mailed. You will not get your check until all the buyers have paid for all purchases.

Please let me know if you have questions.

Poultry & Rabbit Check-in will be TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 FROM 9:00AM-1:00 PM.

POULTRY & RABBIT CHECK-IN

• ALL Poultry & Rabbits will Check-in Tuesday, August 6 from 9 AM-1 PM.
• If a bird or rabbit is taken home and is a Sale animal they will not be allowed to sell.
• All Poultry & Rabbits will sell as a retained ownership (premium sale). There will be no Resale for small animals.
• Poultry are only allowed to show in the 4-H Show OR the Open show. They are not allowed to be shown in both shows.

• Small Pet 4-H Show will be on Tuesday, August 6 starting at 2:00 PM in the Livestock Barn

• Rabbit Show will be on Wednesday, August 7 starting at 8:00 AM
• Poultry Show will be on Wednesday, August 7 starting around 11:30 AM

• Sale pictures with your bird or rabbit will start at 10:30.

• Small Animal Round Robin will take place, Thursday, August 9 @ 5:30 PM, in the Multipurpose Hall.

BARN HOSTING:

• All exhibitors are responsible for hosting the Little Red Barn at least once during the fair week. You can sign up using the Signup Genius (link below) OR, new this year, families have the option to pay a $50 fee to opt out. Make checks payable to the 4-H Council. The fee will go towards the Small Animal Committee.
• Length of shift will be determined by the barn superintendent at fair-time. Length of shifts depends on the number of exhibitors participating in the county fair.
• Families must sign up or pay opt out fee prior to caging animals.

Superintendents: Shawnda Connor & Susan Banks

Little Red Barn Superintendent: Rayann Tolstedt

PIGS: 6:00 AM-8:00AM Please use the East Door

BEEF: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM Please use North Door

SHEEP/GOATS: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM Please use South door.

Note time changes for initial weigh-in for sheep, goats and beef!!! You will still have until NOON to re-weigh animals, and you only get ONE re-weigh per animal.

• BEEF EXHIBITORS: If you are showing Breeding, stocker feeders or bucket calves YOU MUST check-in what animals you are bringing the day of the show with the beef superintendent he can make classes. These MUST be verified by NOON.
• All market Animals need to remain on the premises once weighed in.
• Breeding stock, stocker feeders, bucket calves, and dairy, visit with your superintendent. It is nice to keep them in the barn for the public to see, if we have room for them.

At Weigh-in youth will receive a packet with your exhibitor number, safety pins, 2 sale cards, and the barn meeting letter. Please keep track of this!

We will have a Barn Meeting on Wednesday at 5:00 PM! Please be there!

Please fill out this parade form so we have an idea on how many to expect and how we can best line everyone up.

Pig Show: Thursday, August 8 starting at 8:00 AM - Showmanship followed by Market

Meat Goat Show followed by Dairy Goat Show: Thursday, August 8 starting at 1:00 PM - Showmanship, Market, Breeding then Dairy Goats.

Dairy Cow Show: Friday, August 9 starting at 8:00 AM - Showmanship followed by Class

Beef Show: Friday, August 9 starting at 8:30 AM - Show Order: Bucket Calves, Stocker Feeders & Breeding Beef, Showmanship, Market Classes (Cross Bred Heifers, British Heifers, British Steers, Bred & Fed Steers, Cross Bred Steers and Overall)

Sheep Show: Friday, August 9 starting at 1:30 PM - Showmanship followed by Market

NEW format, same day : Large Animal Round Robin will take place Friday, August 9 at 6:00 PM starting at the Bit & Boot Horse Arena. Exhibitors will exhibit the horse round at the horse arena first then there will be a 15 minute intermission for showmen to get their animals ready in the barn. This year 14 youth will compete in the Round Robin. The top 2 showmen in Horse, Pig, Meat Goat, Dairy, Dairy Goat, Beef & Sheep will compete for the Overall Large Animal Round Robin. We hope this change will give more youth the opportunity to compete for this esteemed honor.

If you are showing a Bucket Calf please have your record books completed no later than Wednesday, August 7. You can give them to Ashley at the fairgrounds then.

OR

If you are finished prior to fair week, you can bring them to the Extension Office.

Sale Order for 2024: Beef, Goat, Sheep, Pigs, Small Animals/Carcass

Sale starts at 1:00 PM

Buyers BBQ is from 11:00-1:00 PM. TNT BBQ is serving Brisket, Beans & Cole Slaw at $15 per plate or with a previous buyers ticket that was sent to 2022/2023 buyers via mail.

Ashley Fenning

4-H Assistant

astevens4@unl.edu

Melissa Mracek

4-H Educator

mmracek2@unl.edu

Katie Carter

Office Manager

ccarter27@unl.edu

John Thomas

Lead Crops/Water Educator

jthomas2@unl.edu

Summer Intern-Macala Hood

Summer Intern-Crystal Garza

Email: boxbutte-county@unl.edu
Website: boxbutte.unl.edu
Location: 415 Black Hills Avenue, Alliance, NE, USA
Phone: 308-762-5616
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