Drama Festival

4-H members are invited to develop and showcase their dramatic skills during the 4-H Drama Festival.  This event is open to all 4-H members.

Drama Festival in the News:

4-H’ers Showcase Dramatic Talents – Merrill Courier April 27, 2012

4-Hers showcase talents – Merrill Focus May 11 2012

Watch for information in February for the 2013 Festival.

Drama Festival Guidelines:
For all county activities, groups may consist of any combination of enrolled 4-H members.

Use good Judgment on your entry selection.  Parents/leaders are asked to preview performances to make sure appropriate for all ages of youth.  Profanity is prohibited.

Videotaping/recording of your child’s group performance for personal use is allowed.  Videotaping/recording of entries as your submission for any county contest (Music and Lip Sync Festival, Communications Contest, Drama Festival) will not be allowed.  Performances must be live. 

Adults are encouraged to provide guidance and support in teaching youth as they prepare for and perform in these events.  They may assist with stage/scenery design, costuming, practices, and serve as accompanists for musical performances.  However, they may not perform with the youth.  Remember, these are youth performances, and we want to keep them learning experiences for the youth.

• Open to all 4‑H members.  (Youth may also participate in performance by serving as stage help (i.e. curtain pullers, scenery, costumes, make up, etc.)  Youth participating in this manner should also be included on the registration indicating their role).
• Each member can perform in two performances.
• Performance may be one person or a group.
• All performances should be one act style (limited curtain pulling).
• Adults should help with the behind-the-curtain action, teaching and guiding the youth (but remember, this is not an adult contest).  Keep this a learning experience for the youth.
• Performances should be creative, educational and entertaining.
• Each performance is critiqued/judged (oral and written), except individual Cloverbuds or groups where the average grade is Cloverbud grade (K-2^nd grade) who will receive a participation ribbon (they are not judged).
• Each performing member, whether on stage or behind the scene, will receive a ribbon and certificate.
• For each performance, outstanding actor/actress award and best costume award certificates may be presented at judge’s discretion.
• The outstanding performance may receive a merit ribbon at judge’s discretion.
• If you use props that create a mess (i.e. straw, hay, etc.), try to wrap them in something and ask coordinator of the event for equipment to clean up after yourself.  This will help everyone involved.