Centerpiece & Place Setting Competition



Arts & Crafts Competition

Judge’s Orientation

Welcome to the Modoc 4-H Program’s Home Economics Day! Thank you for judging – your efforts will provide feedback to young people as they strive to develop new skills.

Performance Objectives

1. Participants make an arts & crafts item in any 4-H project.

2. It does not have to reflect the Home Economics Day theme.

3. Lit candles are not allowed.

4. Live animals are not allowed.

5. No members, leaders or parents will be allowed in the judging area during arts & crafts judging.

Performance Objectives – Centerpieces

1. Participants will make a centerpiece to fit a card table or 1/3 of an eight foot table.

2. Members must set up and clean up their centerpieces without leader or adult help.

3. Centerpieces should reflect the Home Economics Day theme as much as possible.

4. No electrical outlets will be available.

5. Lit candles are not allowed.

6. No members, leaders or parents will be allowed in the judging area during centerpiece judging.

Performance Objectives – Place Settings

1. Participants plan and set up an individual place setting.

2. Members must set up and clean up their place setting without leader or adult help.

3. Place Settings should reflect the Home Economics Day theme as much as possible.

4. Required Items: Water glass, dinner plate, salad plate, soup bowl, salad fork, dinner fork, dinner knife, soup spoon, tea spoon, place mat, napkin and decorative unit.

5. Optional Items: Cup, saucer, bread & butter plate, butter knife, dessert fork.

6. Participants may spend up to $20 to prepare their place setting. Price tags on all items must be removed. Failure to do so will result in disqualification from the competition.

7. No members, leaders or parents will be allowed in the judging area during place setting judging.

Classes of Entries

1. Exhibitors in each competition are broken into four groups: Primary (5 to 8 years old), Junior (9 to 11 years old), Intermediate (12 to 13 years old), and Senior (14 to 19 years old).

2. Primary entries are not judged.

Judging

Purpose of Judging Sheets with Point Values

1. To standardize the expectations for members.

2. To evaluate the member against a standard instead of against other members in the competition.

Process

1. Each exhibit has been assigned a number so you do not know who prepared it.

2. These numbers are identified on the Home Economics Day Exhibit card and should match the numbers listed on your judging sheet.

3. Please work independently of the other judges to evaluate each exhibit.

4. Use pencil to record your scores.

5. Please take time to write comments on each judging sheet. Comments should be constructive, positive and specific for improvement. Positive constructive comments are better than critical comments. Even the most accomplished exhibitor will want to know how to become even better.

6. Return completed judging sheets to the Adult Competition Coordinator.

7. Your scores will be averaged with the other judge’s scores. Each member will receive a gold medal, blue ribbon, red ribbon or white ribbon. Awards are based on points earned. Remember, exhibitors are judged against a standard, not each other, so there can be more than one gold, blue, red, or white in each age division. If there is more than one medalist, the individual who earns the highest amount of points will be awarded 1st Place in each division. All Primary member entries (5 to 8 years old) will receive a special primary award.

Guidelines for Written Comments

We encourage you to include a few written comments to help even the best exhibitors improve in the future.

Please be sure that comments are constructive and worded in a positive manner.

▪ Personalize your comments, and be sure that they reflect today’s exhibit.

▪ Be specific. Avoid generalizations.

▪ Offer specific suggestions for improving and/or expanding the exhibit.

▪ Challenge the member(s), but conclude with a positive statement to motivate future participation and expansion of their skills (e.g., suggest trying a different category next year).

AVOID THESE WORDS/PHRASES:

Can’t Don’t Won’t Never Always Wrong No Should Must

TRY THESE WORDS/PHRASES INSTEAD:

Consider Suggest Possible How about . . . ? May Another way . . . Next time . . .

Have you thought . . . ? Have you tried . . .?

These are only some ideas to help you write positive comments. You can expand and use your own creative ideas.

Below are some examples of poorly worded comments. Try rewriting them according to the suggestions above.

1. Your voice was way too quiet; no one in the back could hear you.

2. Practice moving your posters more—you were very clumsy.

3. You need a better conclusion. I didn’t know you were really done until you asked for questions.

4. Your skit was cute, but the theme has been used so often that it was totally predictable.

5. You looked a bit sloppy. Next time, iron your shirt, and be sure it’s tucked in!

6. Please avoid jargon. I’m not familiar with your project, and I had no idea what you were talking about.

7. Your plan of action didn’t have much action.

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