• To provide an opportunity to develop skills in organizing, planning, and delivering a 4-H presentation.
• To provide a forum for youth to share information related to communications and expressive arts.
• To encourage youth to study and investigate the varied aspects of communications and expressive arts.

• 9-10 - 4-H'er must be 9 years old prior to January 1 of the current year and not have reached their eleventh burthday before January 1 of the current year.
• 11-13 - 4-H'er must be eleven years old prior to January 1 of the current year and not have reached their fourteenth birthday before January 1 of the current year.
• 14-18 - 4-H'er must be fourteen years of age prior to January 1 of the current year, and not have reached their nineteenth birthday before January 1 of the current year.

Presentations in Public Speaking and Photography & Video Production should be give in those categories only.

4-H Entertains is the activity which is performance oriented.

This is a presentation category, not a performance opportunity. A participant may incorporate a short performance during the presentation to demonstrate or illustrate a point; however, it will not be acceptable for a participant to give a performance of a form of communication or art without a verbal presentation relative to the chosen focus. Props, posters, models, etc. are permissible as with any presentation. Judging will be conducted against items included on the standard presentation judging form.

See NC 4-H Presentation Regulations.

NC 4-H Presentation Scoresheet 9-13...in PDF
NC 4-H Presentation Scoresheet 14-18...in PDF

• Crafts
• Dance
• Music
• Media
• Creative Writing
• Poetry
• Rap
• Clowning
• Theater
• Acting
• Speech
• Language (such as signing)

• District Winners: Certificates for each division winner
• State Winner: $50 award for each division winner

Dr. Harriett Edwards - Extension Associate Professor & Specialist
Box 7606 NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7606
Phone: 919-515-9548
E-mail: harriett_edwards@ncsu.edu

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Last updated Apr 20, 2005

August 30, 2008