Hey guys! (and gals!) this week I have a bit to write! So, like I promised this post will be bigger and more exciting. On the agenda I have districts, my steer, new graduation news, choral club news and something I wrote!
So last Saturday, I went to districts for a public speaking competition! As I mentioned in my last post, I won first at my local 4-H beef club so then I could proceed to districts. They were in Teepee Creek at the school. There were only two senior presentations, mine and one from our neighboring club. The Valhalla club (neighbour) beat me in the competition. I was told that I didn't win because I didn't summarize and they did. Had I summarized it I definitely would have one. Apparently my topic of Bovine Coccidiosis (Kok-sid-ee-oh-sis) was much more appropriate. Two of the judges came up to me afterwards and congratulated me and told me that next year I will win if I do the same thing but tack on a summary. Unfortunately, I am going to college next year and will not be participating again. As for the video? I might post one in from the competition :)
I did some work with my steer since my last post. He seems to lead better now that I have spent more time with him. I will try to get a picture of him up here at some point. :) He is getting really big, last time I measured him he weighed 921 pounds. (there is a measurement chart thing). That was less than a week ago. I tied him up the other day to feed our herd and when I went to let him off, i noticed my stance stick was on the ground, he had managed to somehow bend it!
For part of the decoration at my graduation, there is going to be an Eiffel Tower!! It's gonna look so cool! There are a bunch of people setting that up and my math teacher is figuring out all the measurements for them so we get to keep updated on what's going on with it :) the other day he was making a cardboard model :P Also, yesterday we had our meeting to find out who our MC's (masters of ceremony), people singing Oh! Canada, singing a performance, giving address to the teachers and parents and saying a blessing. I am singing Oh! Canada and I am super excited!! My friends are doing the performance, I originally wanted to but they are much better so Oh! Canada is good enough for me :) Can't wait! its only 2 1/2 months!! EEEEE!!! and my dress fits well. I was originally too big for it but I knew I could and would lose weight, and I have so now it fits pretty good! and my escort and I have worked things out. We wanted to take a grain truck but I don't think I would be able to get up into it : / my dress is too big, and he said he didn't think he would be able to get one anyways, so we scrapped that idea! He is going to get corsages so its all settled :)
For choral club we are singing the Beatles "Blackbird" and our accompanist is coming next Friday I am really excited!
