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Georgia 4-H Activity & Awards Guidebook
Leisure Education Guide:
updated 1/15/12

Leisure Education projects are broad in nature and many may cross into one or two areas based on the nature of the presentation.  The following list is a general guide for placement of topics and areas of interest.  For specific questions consider the project objectives.  Consideration should be the scope within the presentation. For example, a 4-H'er could make a presentation on baseball catching equipment in Safety if the presentation focuses on safety issues, in History if the presentation focuses on the historical changes in equipment or Sports which could include these topics as well as many others.  A young person talking about competitive dance may be in Sports, perform a dance in Performing Arts Dance, talk about dance as a lobby and leisure activity in General Recreation or talk about the health benefit of dance in Health. 

This list is provided as a general guide not a specific requirement for a topic.

ARTS AND CRAFTS

The broad area of Arts and Crafts can include almost anything someone creates with their hands - whether totally from scratch or assembling pre-cut pieces. In some cases, a presentation could be given in another category if the final product relates to a specific activity such as fly tying for fishing or shotgun shell loading for hunting. These could fall into the Outdoor Recreation category depending on the direction the presentation leads the audience.

Senior 4-H'ers may chose any Art or Craft including those listed below as their presentation topic. Cloverleafs and Juniors should be placed in either Arts or Crafts project using the suggested list.
 
ARTS

Calligraphy Drawing Painting (Oil, Tole, Watercolor, etc.)
Cartooning Fine Arts Appreciation Pen & Ink
Computer Graphics and Drawing Illustrating Pottery
Costuming Make-up (clowning, stage, costume, drama) Printing
CRAFTS

Basketry Food Crafts (cake decorating) Paper-Mache
Bead Work  Jewelry Making Quilting 
Block Printing Knitting Recycled Crafts
Braiding Leather Work Rock Art 
Candle Making  Macramé Rope Art
Carving (wood, soap, stone) Marionette & Puppet Construction Sand Crafts
Ceramics Metal Crafts  Scapbooking
Copper Tooling Model Building Shrink Art
Crocheting  Mosaics Textile Art
Decoupage Nature Crafts Textile Painting
Dough Art Needlework Weaving
Embroidery Paper Crafts Wood Carving (constructions, whittling, etc.)
Embossing

GENERAL RECREATION

This broad category is intended to cover various aspects of the Recreation project which do not warrant a special category for each. General Recreation emphasizes hobbies and collection as well as social recreation pursuits. This division includes the following: 


Collections Hobbies Community Service & Social Recreation
Cartoons Aquariums Lighting Card Games
Coins Astrology Magic & other skilled acts Dance (Folk, Social)
Insects Chess Stage Skill Demonstrated Party Game Leadership
Leaves Flower Arranging Makeup Party Preparation
Rocks Reading Play Writing Recreation Leadership
Stamps Scrapbooking

SPORTS
This division would include all sports (both team and individual).




Team

Volleyball Hockey Basketball Softball Soccer Football Baseball Lacrosse



Individual

Wrestling Extreme Sports Golf Fencing Badminton Handball Skiing
Skating Weight Lifting Cheerleading Ping Pong  Billiards Horseshoes Swimming & Diving
Tumbling & Gymnastics Boxing Paddle Tennis Track & Field Bowling Judo, Karate Tennis

Projects which describes the techniques, rules, regulations, or benefit of these activities would be acceptable in Sports. Presentations may be geared to inform individuals on the rules and regulations so they may better enjoy the sport as a spectator; or one may wish to combine with the rules the specific techniques of an activity. Appropriate presentations could include proper equipment to use in a sport, care, or cleaning of this equipment, etc.

OUTDOOR RECREATION
This section includes the whole gamut of outdoor activities entered into for recreational purposes. Specific examples include:   

Bait Casting Fishing Camping
Bicycle Fly Casting & Tying Camp Shelter
Boating/Sailing Hiking & Backpacking Compass & Map
Bird Watching Horseback Riding Fire Building
Canoeing Skin & Scuba Diving Knot Tying
Care of Outdoor Equipment Skiing Orienteering
Spelunking Rappelling Outdoor Cooking
Paintball

PERFORMING ARTS
(4 minutes including introduction)

Performing Arts deals only with those individuals who perform an act or skills on stage. In Performing Arts, 4-H'ers presentations are the performance itself.  A presentation (illustrated talk) on a performing arts fits in another category, usually General Recreation.

Cloverleaf & Junior

Performing Arts - Instrumental: Any talent act which is totally instrumental will fall in this project. Accompaniment is allowed, but not required, for 4-H'ers playing an instrument. The accompaniment must not play the same melody a s the soloist and should be complementary to the piece performed.  The judges will not consider the accompaniment when scoring the performance.  Accompaniment may be live or recorded formats.

NOTE FOR PIANISTS: Pianists are expected to play the piano provided and may not have additional accompaniment. 
Piano String instruments Percussion instruments Wind instruments Other musical instruments

Performing Arts - Vocal: This area is evaluates the singing ability of a performer. Singers may play their own accompaniment, use an accompanist or use an accompaniment tape or cd. Instrumentation will not be judged in this area.

Performing Arts - General: Any talent act which involves something other than or in addition to an instrument will fall in this project. Examples are: 


ton Twirling Magic Act Puppetry Pantomime Interpretive Reading Singing & playing instrument Dance Monologue
    NOTE: A participant may choose to be judged in multiple talent areas by entering the general category. There may be some crossover in Performing Arts and other recreation categories. For example, puppetry can come under Arts & Crafts as a creative skill or magic acts may be included under the General Recreation category.  If a 4-H'ers presents an illustrated talk in one of these areas rather than simply giving a performance than the 4-H'ers should enter a recreation area such as those listed above.
Cloverleaf & Junior

Performing Arts - General: Same as above

Performing Arts - Vocal: Same as above

Performing Arts - Piano: Must use the piano provided & no Accompaniment is allowed.

Performing Arts - Other Instrumental: This project area includes any instrument other than a piano.  Accompaniment is allowed, but not required, for 4-H'ers playing an instrument. The accompaniment must not play the same melody a s the soloist and should be complementary to the piece performed.  The judges will to consider the accompaniment when scoring the performance.  Accompaniment may be live or in recorded formats
 
Keep in mind that Junior and Senior 4-H'ers are required to use the microphones provided at the contest and can not use their own personal microphones. A headset microphone, cordless microphone and microphone stand will be provided.  

                    



Georgia 4-H Activities & Award Guidebook webpages coordinated by Jenny Jordan (jwj4h@uga.edu)

revised 1/15/21012
clarification as guide rather than specific assignment
change cd & cassette to recorded music
clarification of General Recreation
clarification of performance for Performing Arts
 
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