Tops among the barber shop quartets last year were the Mossoc This group of Bureau county folk rfoncers appears a bit grim as 



Melody Boys with Pianist Anna MtWade. they strut their stuff at last year's festival. 





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Rural Youth at the 



SPORTS FESTIVAL 



THI'. Iiijr fann Sjiort? Kt>li\al Aii<;. 

 2.'i-2() will 'Aw Hiiral Youth meni- 

 bt-rs a rliaiue to lake part in many 

 athletic events. Uefore the festi- 

 val, \olleyliall. bowlinp. skeet and 

 trap shooting will have heen eompletcil. 

 District competition in softhall and 

 county competition in folks and square 

 dancinj; will have heen run ofl' in prej)- 

 aration for the final show in I riiaiia. 



Rural Youth Mendiers can also take 

 part in baseltali. rille shooting, hor.se- 

 shoes. Iiog calling, swimming, chair 

 quoits, clock golf, checkers, dart throw- 

 ing, tetwiis, (singles) lug owar. table 

 tennis, wood chopping, drama features, 

 and \arious music events on the I ni- 

 versity campus. In addition to all these 

 activities, various rural youthers will 

 assi.st in tin- folk ami square dance 

 jamboree and the swing festival to be 

 held on Thursday evening of the Sjiorts 

 Festival. 



Outstanding among the attractions for 

 Rural ^oulh this year will be the folk 

 and s<]uure dancing. Probably this will 

 be the last year in which folk and 

 square dancing will be scheduled as a 

 summer activity inasmuch as the execu- 

 tive committei- of the Sports Festival 

 recommends th;il ilancing lie iirought 

 to a clinia\ at larni and Home Vi eek, 

 which comes between school seiTiesters. 

 The present plan providing f)pportunity 

 for one square dance team for 4-fl. 

 Rural Youth, and open class divisions, 

 sets up the possibility for keen comjieti- 

 tion on the count v level. 



University of fliinois 

 Swimming coocfi fd 

 Manley teaches a 

 group of young peo- 

 ple the fundamentals 

 of beginning swim- 

 ming at the 4-H Me- 

 mortal Camp near 

 Montlcello. 



In order to l>ring folk and stpiare 

 dancing up to a high level, all groups 

 will want to note especially the points 

 to be used in rating dances as listed on 

 |)age 1m of the festival rules and regula- 

 tions. They are: 



1. Kxct'llence of performance, such 

 as co-ordination with the music, placing 

 on the stage, degree to which the group 

 dances a-^ a unit. 



2. Apjieal to the audienei- — including 

 and inter|)retation of the dance, and the 

 such points as the show of feelings for 

 enjoytnent of the experience of dancing. 



■>. Appearance on the stage, such as 

 lightness anil gracefulness. 



Rural ^mithers will do well to en- 

 gage wholeheartedly in the folk festival 

 activities from both the standpoint of 

 |>articipation and of help to others, for 

 in Rural ^ duth the emphasis is u|)on 

 [lersonalilv and leadership develop- 

 ment. 



By ELLSWORTH D. LYON, Director 



lAA Young People's Activities 



Memorial Camp 



Interest, enthusiasm, and participa- 

 tion on the part of 2(tii active f-H ers 

 marked the opening of camp for 4-H 

 at State Memorial ('amj) near Monte- 

 cello on July ((. The camp has a good 

 stafl of counselors with John Q. Scott 

 as camp manager. Kach '-amp group 

 of IH'ers Slavs four days. l"oIlowing 

 an impressive flag raising ceremony and 

 a hearlv breakfast, activities get tmder 

 wav. Some of these are handicraft, 

 volleyball, hay rack rid<'s. and swim- 

 ming. Ed .Maidey. head swimming 

 coach. I', of I., who will he at the camp 

 throughout the sunmier. takes a per- 

 sonal interest in all the young folks 

 to see that they make progress in learn- 

 ing to swim and enjov the water. 



There is also Kd Hennelt. assistant in 

 zoology j)liysiology at the I'niversity. 

 just to mention another summer staff 

 member who. among other duties, pre- 

 sides over the tractor-powered hayrack. 

 Bennett's lours over the large Allerlon 

 Park with havrack loads of vounjrsters 



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