Fourteen Washita County 4-H members participated in the annual speech contest, Monday, April 20.
This year, they competed virtually through an online video meeting platform called Zoom.
“I didn’t want our members to miss out on the skills learned from writing and delivering a speech,” said Washita County 4-H Educator, Dana Church. “I didn’t know how many families would really adapt to the new contest format, but I was very pleased with the number of members that entered.”
Each contestant and three judges received a link to join a ‘meeting’ over their computers or smart phones. Each speaker had a designated order to deliver their speech and answer questions from the judges live. The judges ranked the contestants and Church announced the results through Facebook Live.
The following Burns Flat-Dill City (BF-DC) Cloverbuds presented demonstrations: Lucy Fite, Let’s Paint; Payson & Paxon Tate, It’s Snack Time! (How to make trail mix); Waverly Schneberger, Horse Care.
Junior Demonstration division results are: Ruth Moser, Cordell, Wood Building Kits; Paislee Tate, BF-DC, It’s Slime Time!; Francesca Bloomer, Cordell, How To Make Salt Crystals, 3rd place; Braxton Barnett, BF-DC, Ranch Dip for the Ranch, 2nd place; Delainee Moore, Cordell, How To Make A Fabric Surgical Mask, 1st. Kemper Woodis, Cordell, presented a Regular Junior Speech about Working Calves, and received 1st.
Intermediate division speaker Zada Baker, Sentinel, presented an Illustrated Speech about The By-Products of Wool and received 1st. Brance Barnett, BF-DC, placed 1st with his Digital Presentation on Krakty.
Senior division contestant Jacob Baker, Sentinel placed 1st with a Regular Speech titled Agriculture & Fairy Tales. Senior Jordan Mason, BF-DC, placed 1st on her Famous Person Talk titled Bright Not Broken.
Champion Overall Junior: Delainee Moore. Champion Overall Intermediate: Zada Baker. Champion Overall Senior: Jordan Mason.