Share The Fun Workshop

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Share The Fun Workshop

• Presented By
• Cheryl Newberry
• Extension Program Specialist4-H, West Region

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Overview of Workshop

• Warm Up Activities
• Review of Share The Fun Rules, Categories, Score
  Sheets
• Where does Share The Fun fit into the 4-H
  projects?
• Tips on Organizing a Share The Fun Team
• Exploring other opportunities for youth involved
  in Share The Fun
• Tips for finding ideas for presentations, props
  and costumes
• Hands On Activities

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Warm Up Activity

• Point, Nod Walk
• What Are You Doing?

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STF Categories

• Comedian 1-5 participants
• Poet 1-5 participants
• Vocal 1-9 participants
• Musical 1-9 participants
• Choreographed Routine 1-9 participants
• Drama 1-9 participants
• Celebrate 4-H 1-9 participants

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STF Rules

• General Rules
• Specific Rules for each category
• Definition of terms on score sheets
• Score sheets

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What 4-H Project is STF A Part Of?

• Theater Arts record book category for
  Communication and Expressive Arts Open Category
• Public Speaking record book category for Public
  Speaking
• Recreation record book category for Recreation
• If skit centers around one of your main projects,
  STF could be an activity supporting that project

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Tips on Organizing A STF Team

• Survey club members to find out their talents in
  singing, playing musical instruments, dancing,
  acting, etc.
• Assist club members in organizing STF entry in a
  specific category
• Organize a project group to create a STF skit
  about their project i.e. Foods Nutrition
• Recreation Team/Ambassador Team

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Tips on Organizing A STF Team

• Encourage individual as well as team entries in
  STF
• Coaches establish schedule for practice and set
  guidelines for participation involve parents in
  initial meeting to get their support
• Team members should be flexible everyone should
  become familiar with all the parts/characters in
  case someone has to drop out/miss a performance

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Other Opportunities in 4-H for STF Participants

• Community service projects related to theater
  arts/project area
• Volunteer to perform for others
• Schools
• Civic Clubs
• Vacation Bible Schools/Churches
• Boys Girls Club/YMCA/Afterschool Programs
• Other 4-H Clubs

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Other Opportunities in 4-H for STF Participants

• Conduct theater arts activities with youth at STF
  meetings/practices
• Youth teach theater arts activities to other
  youth at club meetings
• Develop an educational presentation or public
  speaking presentation on a topic related to
  theater arts
• Others?

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Tips on Finding Resources for Skit Material

• Personal experience
• Base script on a childrens book, poem, etc.
• Base script on a popular TV show or movie
• Search the internet for scripts/skits
• Look at puppet skits for ideas
• Look for something NEW and FRESH not the same
  story lines that have been done a lot!
• Other ideas?

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Tips on Finding/Creating Props

• Make it mobile
• Keep it simple sometimes less is more
• Borrow from schools or other sources (One Act
  Play, churches, etc)
• Be creative! Recycle old things into props that
  will work well for your skit
• In some situations, it works for the props to be
  larger than life

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Tips on Costuming

• Recycle! Shop at Goodwill or other second hand
  stores
• Borrow from schools, churches, etc.
• Dress for the part if the character is OLD,
  dress in clothes that an old person would wear!
• Make-Up is important for the audience to be able
  to see facial expressions
• Explore costume shops and websites for ideas

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Theater Arts Activities

• Mirror, Mirror
• For Surprise, Improvise
• Props
• Practice Story-Telling
• Solo Improvisation
• Other activities in Theater Arts Activities
  Handout

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Website Resources

• National 4-H CCS Online Resources --
  http//www.n4hccs.org/Online/
• Order National 4-H CCS Curriculum --
  http//www.n4hccs.org/ Dont forget that
  counties can pre-order curriculum in Spring for
  discount!
• Make-up techniques -- http//wwwnew.towson.edu/sta
  gemakeup/
• Make-up effects http//www.makeup-fx.com/Indexe
  ng.html

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More Website Resources

• Skit scripts can be adapted to fit time
  frame! http//www.dramatix.org/Linkpages/Childrens
  .html
• Creating plays from childrens stories --
  http//artswork.asu.edu/arts/teachers/lesson/drama
  /drama6.htm
• ArtsWork Website -- http//artswork.asu.edu/arts/t
  eachers/lesson/index.htm

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State Share The Fun SuperintendentCheryl
NewberryExtension Program Specialist4-H830.278.
9151c-newberry_at_tamu.edu