Make plans now to enter the 2022 Open Class Exhibit at the Fountain County 4-H Fair.
Exhibits will be entered in the 4-H Building at the Fountain County Fairgrounds west of Veedersburg between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. July 9, with the judging to begin at 11:30 a.m. Entries will be released and must be picked up between 8 a.m. and noon July 14.
Entrants will be charged a fee of $3 per entry for up to five entries ($15). Unlimited entries may be made after the cap of $15 is reached; however, only one entry may be made in each class. Recipes must accompany all culinary arts entries. Cash awards will be presented to the grand champion in each division.
There will be 11 divisions: Culinary arts (cakes, cookies, yeast rolls or bread, fancy yeast rolls or bread, quick bread and muffins, pies, candy, decorated cakes, health conscious foods, recipes using mixes); food preservation (jelly, jam, fruits, vegetables, tomatoes, pickles and relish, salsa); needlework (knitting, crocheting, counted cross stitch, embroidery, needlepoint, miscellaneous); sewing (children’s clothing, adult clothing, formal wear, home decor, miscellaneous); quilting (bed size-hand quilted, smaller projects-hand quilted, bed size-machine quilted, smaller projects-machine quilted); painting and drawing (painting on canvas, painting on other medium, drawing); amateur photography (black and white, color, phone photos, ceative, black and white on canvas and color on canvas); professional photogrpahy (black and white, color, creative black and white canvas and color canvas); miscellaneous arts and crafts (latch hook, woodcraft, ceramics, baskets, scrapbooks, holiday decorations, cake decorating, miscellaneous); flowers (single blossom, single stem with multi-blossoms, any other flower, arrangements, potted plants); vegetables (five different vegetables, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, onions, green beans, potatoes, beets, peppers, cabbage, any other vegetable, largest edible produce, most unusual formed).
The Open Class competition is open to anyone. It is not necessary to be a resident of Fountain County to enter.
All baked goods will be auctioned at 6 p.m. July 9 in the 4-H Building. A small sample of each item will be retained for display.
For complete rules or more information contact Purdue Extension Fountain County at 765-793-6240.
