2008 Tennessee 4-H Calendar of Events

January 2008
January 22-23	State 4-H Market Hog Show	Murfreesboro
February 2008
February 1	4-H Beekeeping Essay Due	State 4-H Office
February 1	Senior Citizenship and Leadership Project Portfolios Due	State 4-H Office
February 1-2	YF&R Young Leaders Conference	Pigeon Forge
February 8	State 4-H Volunteer Leader Forum Registration Due	State 4-H Office
February 8-9	4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Training	Columbia
February 8-10	State 4-H All Star High Council Meeting	Lebanon
February 15	State 4-H Horse Public Speaking/Demonstration Contests	Cookeville
February 16	State 4-H Horse Bowl/Hippology Contests	Cookeville
February 23	State LifeSmarts Contest	Lebanon
February 25 *	State 4-H Congress Registration/Regional Essays Due	State 4-H Office
February 25	4-H Alumni Recognition Nomination Forms Due	Regional Offce
February 29-March 1	State 4-H Volunteer Leader Forum	Crossville
February 29-March 2	State 4-H Council Meeting	Crossville
February 29	Tennessee Piggy Bank Pageant County Notification Due	Wilson County Office
March 2008
March 1	G.L. Herrington Scholarship Applications Due	State 4-H Office
March 1	UTK Block and Bridle Roundup	Knoxville
March 8-9	Performing Arts Troupe Congress Rehearsal	Hendersonville
March 10 *	County Poster Winners Due	State 4-H Office
March 29	State Finalist/Regional Winners Report to Congress	Nashville
March 29	Performing Arts Troupe Live Auditions	Nashville
March 29-April 3	National 4-H Conference	Chevy Chase, MD
March 30-April 2	Tennessee 4-H Congress	Nashville
April 2008
April 1	Tennessee 4-H Foundation, Inc. Annual Meeting	Nashville
April 11-12	4-H Shooting Sports State Shoot	Columbia
April 12-15	National LifeSmarts Competition	Minneapolis, MN
April 13-18	National 4-H Shooting Sports Workshop	Kerrville, TX
April 21	Performing Arts Troupe Audition Tapes Due	State 4-H Office
April 22-24	Statewide 4-H Inservice	Henry Horton State Park
April 24-25	Knoxville Spring Junior Cattle Exposition	Knoxville
April 28	Junior Market Goat Field Day	Woodbury
April 30-May 2	TAE4-HW Annumal Meeting	Paris Landing State Park
May 2008
May 1	Senior 4-H Project Portfolios Due	State 4-H Office
May 1	Tennessee 4-H Scholarship Applications Due	State 4-H Office
May 6	June Dairy Month Posters Due	Greeneville
May 6-7	Bristol Steer and Heifer Show	Abingdon, VA
May 16-18	Camp Staff Training	Crossville
May 20	State 4-H Project Portfolio Judging	Jackson
May 20	State 4-H Project Portfolio Judging	Crossville
May 22	State 4-H Project Portfolio Judging	Franklin
May 22	State 4-H Project Portfolio Judging	Knoxville
May 27-28	State 4-H Project Portfolio Judging (Specialists)	Knoxville
May 30	June Dairy Month Kick-Off Luncheon	Nashville
May 30	State 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl	Nashville
May 31	State 4-H Sheep Conference	Cookeville
May 30-31	State 4-H Council Meeting	Crossville
June 2008
June 1 *	Adult Volunteer Recognition Applications Due	State 4-H Office
June 1 *	Hale Master 4-H Family Applications Due	State 4-H Office
June 2-6	State 4-H Wildlife Conference and Shooting Sports Camp	Milan
June 3	State 4-H Livestock/Meats Judging Contests	Murfreesboro
June 7-14	Citizenship-Washington Focus	Chevy Chase, MD
June 10-13	Junior High 4-H Academic Conference	Knoxville
June 12	State 4-H Wildlife Judging Contest	TBD
June 13-14	Performing Arts Troupe Summer Workshop	Hendersonville
June 15	Photo Search Entries Due	State 4-H Office
June 20 *	State 4-H Roundup Registration Due	State 4-H Office
June 23-26	National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational	Grand Island, NE
June 24	State 4-H Horse Judging Contest	Shelbyville
June 24-27	4-H Electric Camp	Knoxville
June 24-28	State 4-H Horse Championships	Shelbyville
June 30-July 3	State 4-H Target SMART Camp	Columbia
June 30-July 3	4-H Technology Camp	Columbia
July 2008
July 1	4-H All Star Service Reports Due	State 4-H Office
July 7-10	Tennessee Junior Livestock Exposition - Beef Events	Murfreesboro
July 14-17	Tennessee Junior Livestock Exposition - Sheep Events	Cookeville
July 17	YF&R State Committee Meeting	Columbia
July 18-19	Young Farmer Conference	Columbia
July 21-25	State 4-H Roundup	Knoxville
July 29-August 3	Southern Regional 4-H Horse Championships	Lexington, VA
August 2008
August 7	State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest	Franklin
August 13	Southern Region 4-H Volunteer Forum Registration Due	State 4-H Office
August 15	Mid-South Fair Agribusiness/4-H Speaking Entries Due	State 4-H Office
August 15	Mid-South Fair 4-H Career Pursuit Entries Due	State 4-H Office
August 15-16	Tennessee 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Training	Crossville
August 18-23	Appalachian Fair	Gray
September 2008
September 4-7	Southern Region 4-H Teen Leadership Conference	Crossville
September 5-14	Tennessee Valley Fair	Knoxville
September 5-14	Tennessee State Fair	Nashville
September 6	State 4-H Shooting Sports Training Team Meeting	Columbia
September 13	State Junior Market Goat Show	Nashville
September 13	State Make It with Wool Contest	Fayetteville
September 14-18	Galaxy III Conference	Indianapolis, IN
September 20	4-H Day at the Mid-South Fair	Memphis
September 20-28	Mid-South Fair	Memphis
September 26-27	YF&R Fall Educational Tour	Middle Tennessee
October 2008
October 2-5	Southern Region 4-H Volunteer Forum	Rock Eagle, GA
October 5-11	National 4-H Week
October 11	State 4-H Fall Judging Team Contests	Knoxville
October 17-18	State 4-H Dairy Show	Murfreesboro
October 17-19	State 4-H Council Meeting	Crossville
November 2008
November 3	State Land Judging Contest	Winchester
November 8	4-H Shooting Sports State Shoot	Columbia
November 18	Head, Heart, Hands and Hoops (UTK vs UTM)	Knoxville
November 28-December 2	National 4-H Congress	Atlanta, GA
December 2008
December 6	State Junior Sheep Leadership Retreat	Lebanon
December 6-7	State YF&R Annual Meeting	Franklin
* Information is due to the county and/or regional offices prior to this date.