 4-H Centennial Kick-off
October 2, 2007 – Fayetteville, AR
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Audio/Video Script:
[Crowd] "Woooo, Pig, Soooiieee….Razorbacks!!"
[Announcer] It was "Hogwild" at the Arkansas 4-H Centennial Kick-Off
Celebration at Fayetteville Tuesday night. The Razorback spirit squads got the
crowd fired-up with some rousing cheers and posed for pictures with lucky
4-Hers.
The reception held in the VIP room at Bud Walton Arena was a standing room only
success. 4-Hers, past and present filled the hall to get acquainted,
reacquainted; to reminisce about the first one-hundred years of 4-H and to plot
the next 100.
At the Razorback Gardens, adjacent to the arena, kids spent the afternoon
running, throwing, popping and plunking for prizes.
The birthday ceremony began at dusk with the presentation of colors by the Air
Force color guard under a dramatic sky.
Current 4-H officers MC'd the ceremony by distributing centennial flags to
county representatives, and introducing special guests, speakers and events.
Candes Wilson was the first guest to take the podium. Candes, a former 4-Her
herself, and a mother and grandmother of Washington County clubbers, recounted
the qualities that first attracted her parents to 4-H …
[Candes Wilson] "My parents were both in 4-H clubs in high school. She
and Dad knew that 4-H was a valuable program, that they would want their four
children involved in. Sheep was an interests to our whole family. So when our
son started showing at the county fair in open division under my dad's
supervision when he was just two and a half, and our daughter showed in ladies
league at age 3."
[Announcer] Next, Carroll County 4-Her Heath delivered a heart-felt
speech titled, "What 4-H Means to Me.
[Heath, Carroll County] "Being responsible and taking pride in what I
accomplish is a standard I hope to set for my younger siblings to follow."
[Announcer] Guest speaker Dr. Milo Shult Vice President for Agriculture
at the University took a moment to put Arkansas 4-H in historical perspective…
[Milo Shult, University of Arkansas, Vice President for Agriculture]
"When the very first corn club came into being in White county in Arkansas Henry
Ford introduced the model "T", Oklahoma became the 46th state in the Union, The
very first car traveled across the United States and it only took 32 days, 5
hours, and 25 minutes for the trip."
"I learned a little something in my research, Darlene, that said that the first
symbol for 4-H was actually a clover with three leaves…and those three leaves
stood for head, heart and hands. And then, a little bit later, a fourth leaf was
added. What did that fourth leaf stand for, does anybody know? Hustle! That's
what the book says, it stood for hustle, and anybody that participated in any
4-H activity, whether it's a club event or competitive event or whatever you
know what hustle means and that what we're all about."
[Kaylin, Benton County] "Happy birthday to you…
[Announcer] Kaylin, a 4-Her from Benton County, made the birthday party
official by leading the crowd in a rendition of "Happy Birthday!"
[Crowd] "Happy birthday four h. Happy birthday to you!..."…applause.
[Announcer] The party finished under the lights of the garden gazebo
where party-goers snacked on clover cupcakes. The Fayetteville celebration
lingered into the night with lots of good 4-H fellowship, and plenty of talk
about 4-H's past, present and future.
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