Specific Requirements for Youth Program

The Youth Program is a vital part of the ADGA Annual Meeting and Convention. Since every organization’s future depends upon attracting young people, the Youth Program is the one time of the year that ADGA can both promote itself to youth and provide them with both educational and entertaining programming.

The Convention Host Committee should work closely from the very beginning with the ADGA Youth Activities Committee Chair. Every attempt should be made to schedule the Youth Program at a time that a majority of youth can attend. Also, activities must be appropriate for the full range of youth ages and interests.

Traditional Activities of the Youth Program

The following activities are those that the Youth Activities Committee usually includes in the program at every Convention. For more specific Information about scheduling and facility requirements for any of these activities, the Convention Host Committee should contact the current ADGA Youth Activities Committee Chair. If a Youth activity requires goats to be brought on-site (showmanship/fitting/ judging clinics, for example) special permits and variances may be required. The same may be true If these activities are held at an off-site facility. The Convention Host Committee must obtain any required permits as soon as their "Proposal to Host" has been accepted by the Board. Also, the local host group will be responsible for providing all goats required for Youth Program events. This should be specified In the Letter of Agreement between the local host group and the ADGA Annual Meeting Committee.

· Introductory Meeting

· Quiz Bowl

· Skillathon

· Youth Representative Contest (which includes individual interviews and the contest itself)

· Youth Banquet (usually held in conjunction with the Youth Representative Contest on Tuesday evening and included as part of the Full Week with Meals registration packages. Separate meal tickets are also sold.)

· Showmanship/Fitting Clinic

· ADGA Scholarship Talk

Other Activities that May Be Included as Part of the Youth Program:

· Tour(s) of local farms and/or goat dairies

· Tours to local attractions (zoos, fun parks, etc.)

· Social activities including bowling, swimming, pizza party, miniature golf, dances,

· Pack goat demonstration

· Cart goat demonstration

· Lectures and workshops, including health and management, project books for 4-H and FFA, community, evaluating your own animals, judging clinic, using linear appraisal, the significance of a milk testing program

Facility Requirements for Traditional Activities

The Convention Host Committee should work with the ADGA Youth Activities Chair to provide the appropriate rooms and required layout.

Introductory Meeting

Room should accommodate 50 in a theater or classroom layout. An 8’ covered, skirted table with portable microphone should be located at the front. Include a chalk or white board with appropriate chalk, markers, and erasers, plus an easel.

Quiz Bowl

Room should accommodate 50 and is set up to approximate a ”quiz show” setting. Two 8’ covered, skirted tables with 4 chairs each for the contestants should flank the ”emcee’s” podium. One 8’ covered, skirted table with 3 chairs for the judges should face the contestants. Behind the judge’s table sufficient chairs for spectators should be set out theater-style.

Skillathon

Room should accommodate 50. Contestants are seated at individual tables in a horseshoe layout with four contestants sit on each side and two at one end. Eight chairs in two rows are provided at the open end of the horseshoe. A registration table with chair is needed off to the side.

Youth Representative Contest

Individual interviews require a small room with one 8’ table and 3 chairs for the judges and a single chair for the contestant.

The Contest itself is held in conjunction with the Youth Banquet. Spectators are seated banquet-style at round tables that will accommodate 8-10 people. A podium with a microphone is set at the front of the room. To its side is seating to accommodate the number of Youth Representative contestants. An 8’ covered, skirted table with three chairs for the judges should face the podium.

Showmanship/Fitting Clinic

Requires an outside area large enough to accommodate the number of participants involved. The Convention Host Committee must also supply the requisite number of goats plus the grooming and showing supplies. The ADGA Youth Activities Chair will detail the number and condition of goats required as well as the specific equipment and supplies needed. The outside area should have space to accommodate showmanship practice.

ADGA Scholarship Talk

Room should accommodate 50 in a theater or classroom layout. An 8’ covered, skirted table with portable microphone should be located at the front. Include a chalk or white board with appropriate chalk, markers, and erasers, plus an easel.

Youth Lounge

A room for youth to relax in, it needs to be large enough to accommodate couches, chairs, TV, stereo, tables and chairs for meals and a microwave. The room should have sufficient electrical outlets and cabling for TV, stereo and microwave.

Food and Beverage Requirements

Each day of programming at the host facility, morning and afternoon refreshment breaks should be provided. Juice, sodas, water, cookies, fruit, and other snack food are appropriate.

The Convention Host Committee should also work with the Youth Activities Chair to plan and provide for special meal requirements such as pizza parties, etc.