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2024 Dakota-Thurston 4-H All Contest Day Results
St Luke's Lutheran Church in Emerson, NE was the place to be on Saturday, March 9th, 2024. The Dakota and Thurston County 4-H program hosted All Contest Day. All Contest Day consists of Public Speaking, Presentation, Music and Favorite Foods Revue. Youth can participate in 1 or all of the events.
Judges for the day were Diana Spark and Jessica Sanders. Here are the results:
Trophies:
The annual Dakota~Thurston County 4-H Music Contest was held on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at the United Church of Pender.
4-H youth from both counties prepared musical selections and performed their best for the judge and audience. There were many unique instrumental solos this year!
Music Contest Results:
Instrumental Solos Junior Division
Dakota - Jenna Raymer - Blue Dakota - Payton Hermelbracht (Bass Clarinet) - BlueInstrumental Solos Senior Division
Dakota & Thurston County 4-Her’s got the chance to participate at the 4-H Public Speaking and Favorite Food Contests, held on April 15, 2023 at the United Church of Pender. Our judges for the morning were Mary Loftis and Karna Dam, and we want to give them a big thanks for making this experience possible for our local 4-H youth! Since we had two judges this year, we decided to have one do the Music Contest and the other do the Public Speaking/PSA, and then we had both of them judge the Favorite Foods Revue together!
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