The Road's Review: Reflection

Hey Texas 4-H!  I hope everyone had a blast at roundup.  The hard work we have put into this project was definitely worth it.  I was a junior this year so next year I will see all of  you again as a "Has Been"  state council member. :)

Whitley and Colt-  You guys are amazing!  Thank you for everything.  You inspired me when I had writers block, you helped when I was crazy busy, and you were the best friends I needed.  Y'all were great to work with.  It was so so so much fun!  I'll come visit y'all next year... "college tours."

Amy & Texas Tech Collegiate 4-H- We couldn't have done it without you!  Thank you so much! Y'all rock!!!

Good luck to next year's press corps.  I hope you enjoy it as much as we have.  A word of advice... bring breakfast food with you!  You'll thank me later. :)

Last day, Last pep rally, last blog...

ABOVE: Shannon Piccard Guest Speaker




Hey guys, it's the last day here. It's been along hard trip, and we have loved every crazy second of it. I'm gonna miss Erin, Whitley, Amy and the whole press corp team. But I thought I would this trip of ours with you on a happier note. Below we will have two videos, the first one is an interview with our guest speaker today from the pep rally, Shannon Piccard. The second is some humour and some wise words of wisdom from Shannon for everyone to hear. I hope you enjoy it all, and I hope that next years Press Corp or anyone who can will benefit from this project of ours. Safe travels home. Always in Green.

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After Party!!!!!!

Howdy! We just finished with the dance and our nightly council meeting and I'm chilling on the couch with Colt, Erin, and another few cool peeps. Beside the scholarship banquet tomorrow morning, I can't believe that Roundup is already over! I am so proud of council! Everyone did an amazing job and next year's council has some big shoes to fill! I want to shout out especially to Erin and Colt, I enjoyed working with ya'll this week and yall are like brother and sister to me! I had better see every one of you at Congress! Peace out!
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From the Field to Floor, Contest to Assemblies

Finally! I have found time! It's been a crazy day! I'm one-fourth of a range judging team who spent three hours waiting in the rain for lightning to stop so we could go to our judging contest. It never did stop, and only pushed me three hours behind schedule. I've been running like crazy, and will only stop on Friday. Props to everyone who does judging contests. If it's not one thing, it's always another. But I would never trade it for anything!
Tonight's assembly really portrayed the new style of roundup. We kept 4-H Has Talent a bit of a secret under the guise of "movie night." 4-Hers gave a stellar performance in the talent show! Shout out to our Council VP, Matt Kinsel, for representing us amazingly well with his dance routine with his sister! Y'all were great!

5 brothers won the hearts of 4-Hers with their apapella song collection. They brought down the house with Indian Jones, Star Wars and YMCA remixes. But who, I asked, were the judges?

We were...that's right Texas 4-H members! We had our very own America's Got Talent (hence, 4-H Has Got Talent.) It was complete with live, texting voting. Very, very cool!

Another technology advance was live video streaming of the final Food Challenge. Think Iron Chef meets 4-H. It was killer! All in all, we had a great assembly and I am looking forward to our new events becoming traditions in the future.

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Guest Blog: Amy Dromgoole

Hey everyone! Hope you are all having a wonderful time at the 2010 Texas 4-H State Roundup. We have been very busy working on the completion of Day 3 and 4 issues of Clover Coverage: The Road's Review. Overall, this has been an awesome experience. I am thankful to be able to use my skills to give back to a program that shaped me into the person I am today.

The people I have been blessed to work with are great-- Kyle Merten, Colt Helmer, Whitley James and Erin Reid. Everyone was vested in making this new aspect of roundup a success. Sure, we've hit some bumps along the road but I think this new project has been very well received.

I have seen people reading the issues and it makes me proud (even though I talked to one kid who made it into a hat to shelter him from the rain) that people are reading something that we all put a great deal of time and effort into.

After this busy week of promoting Texas Tech University, Collegiate 4-H, Clover Coverage and 4-H as a whole, I have got to say it has made me proud to be a part of this great organization.

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Busy Bees!!!

Below: Nathan Newman giving a pumped up speech!

Left: a participant in the blind-leading skit

Above: State Council Members before a skit

Below: Matt Kinsel before the spirit competition

Hey everyone! I have just settled down after competing in livestock judging all day long. Let me tell you, four sets of reasons can take alot out of a busy girl like me. I want to congratulate every team that made it to state roundup this year. Livestock judging is very competitive and I know everyone has worked so hard for today. This was my last livestock judging contest ever so I'm kind of bummed, but hopely I can get on some judging teams at Texas A&M! So since I have gotten back from livestock I have heard nothing but great things about this morning's Clover Coverage distribution and ESPECIALLY the Pump it Up Pep Rally. I would like to shout out to Nate Newman and the rest of his committee for doing a fantastic job on preparing for the rallies and I can't wait for everyone to experience Shannon Pickard in tomorrow's rally. I hope everyone has fun at the assembly tonight and good luck to all who still have contests!

P.S.-The photos above are of today's pep rally!

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Paper's, Pep Rally, Press Corp, oh my! And a live interview!!!

Good afternoon! Today has been a world full of excitement! At 7am trying to move your morning paper in the rain, to running from Rudder to the Commons to fix lap top and camera issues, to the amazing pep rally! It's been awesome. Hope you all did great in your competitions today! We would like to let you know that the 4k for 4-H has been cancelled tomorrow morning due to the weather. I sincerely apologize to everyone who was looking forward to that such as myself and the rest of the Press Corp. But on the plus side i have some amazing footage of todays pep rally with a live interview with some of the faces behind the excitement! So check them out, i hope you enjoy!

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