IOWA CITY — Five Johnson County 4-Hers participated in the Extemporaneous Speaking competition Tuesday, July 9 at the Johnson County Extension Office. The extemporaneous speaking contest is designed to encourage the development of communication skills by providing an opportunity to think, organize thoughts, prepare a speech, and respond to questions when given a limited amount of preparation time.

Each participant selects one of three topics and is given thirty minutes to prepare a speech. Speeches must be between four to six minutes in length, evaluated based on eight different criteria: content, knowledge, organization, expression, voice, stage presence, general effect, and response to questions.

Madison Singbeil (Macbride’s Pride 4-H Club) received a white ribbon and a Merit award.

Communication/Extemporaneous Speaking – Madison Singbeil, Macbride’s Pride, white ribbon, Award of Merit

The Fair runs Sunday, July 20-Wednesday, July 24 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, 3109 Old Hwy. 218 S. in Iowa City.
A full schedule of events is available online at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/johnson/county-fair.

The 2024 Iowa State Fair runs Thursday, August 8 – Sunday, August 18 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.