1. Articles exhibited must represent work since 9/1/2007 and not have been exhibited in the Boy/Cub Scout exhibit at the Rochester fair in the past.  Items can be from school, camps, home, Scouts, or anywhere else the only rule is the exhibitors must have been registered with the BSA when the project was created.  Tiger cubs through Adult leaders, Superintendent reserves the right to limit items in any category due to space limitations.

2. Entries may be made at the Fairgrounds Exhibition Building at the Scout exhibit:

              Sunday, September 7      1pm– 6pm

Monday, September 8 9am– 8pm

Tuesday, September 9 9am– 6pm

Class P– Home grown are to be brought in Thursday afternoon (Sept. 11) or Friday (Sept. 12) by noon.

 But must be pre-registered on dates above.       No entries accepted on Wednesday

3. Removal of articles: September 21—Noon to 5pm.

4. Exhibits submitted must be clean, whole and complete.  All paint must be dry.  Exhibits are to be age/rank appropriate.  The guidelines of the BSA will be taken into consideration as to the appropriateness of the exhibits.

5. All exhibitors are judged on their own merit and not in competition with others, except for  best of categories.  Exhibits will be judged on creativity, quality, skill and age level.  Judges have the option of disqualifying any item deemed inappropriate to the members abilities.

6. Larger items because of very limited space there may not be room for larger items.  Contact superintendent prior to       September 1 to register any large items.  No exceptions.

7. Please have the following information for each exhibitors items you bring to the fairgrounds: Name, address, phone number, pack or troop number, age of the boy ( or girl for Venturing) when exhibit was made (no ages asked of adults), rank  of the boy– Tiger, Cub, Wolf, Bear,, Webelos, Boy Scout.  However it is important that the judges not be influenced by knowing the exhibitors’ names, therefore we ask that you refrain from putting names on anything not already having a name.  We tag each exhibit with an identifying number for easier return. 

Note:  A den/patrol entry is one single item the entire den/ patrol worked on. 

Den Flags are to be the work of the Boys not just the adult leader.

Classes:

Class A– Art

1. Paintings and drawings.  All paintings and drawings must be at least 5”x7”, matted or framed.  Prefer no glass. 

2. Sculpture– clay, paper mache, etc.

3. All other art– Paintings and drawings that are not matted or framed will not be eligible for rosette class.

Class B– Scouting Skills

1. Badge Work

2. Derby Kits– pinewood, rain gutter, space.

3. Scouting program-this could include but is not limited to: photo boards of Scouting events, knot boards, lashing models.

Class C-  Camp Crafts~ Work done entirely at a Scout camping experience (day, resident, camporee, camp-in, lock-in etc.

Class D– Photography ~At least 5”x7” and matted.  No glass please.

Class E-  Science and Technology

1. Technology– including working machines, metal shop work, electricity projects, radios etc.

2. Ecology including conservation projects, and Leave No Trace.

3. Science– any of the sciences, or mathematics

Class F– Fabric Craft

1. Needle work

2. Sewing– costumes, felt, etc

3. Other fabric crafts.

Class G– Genius Kits– Challenge kit~ Rules for Genius Kits: 

1. The Genius Challenge for 2008 is to make something using the theme “It’s a Pirate’s World”.  You are to make a scene, not a weapon. Weapons may be a part of the scene, for example, cannons on a ship, sword in a pirates hand.

 The parts of the Genius Kit are:   A. 2 Prescription pill bottles (any size).

        B.  4 berry beads (or any 20 mm round beads).

       C.  1 paper towel tube

       D.  1 pudding cup

   E.  4 tongue depressors

2. You must use at least part of each of the elements .

3. You may add anything you want to embellish the project.

4. The objects may be changed in any way you need to finish your entry– for example cut, painted, twisted, etc.

5. Use your imagination it’s the most important tool and have fun.

Class H– Handicraft ~May include but not limited to: clay other than sculpture, weaving, macramé, baskets paper mache not sculpted and ceramics.  No Lego's will be accepted.

Class I—Holiday (any holiday)

Class J– Wood Craft~ Please specify what the boy did, whether the wood was pre-cut or cut by the boy, from a kit or not.

Class L– Leather~ Please state whether or not item is from a kit.

Class M-  Creative Writing– Limited to 3 pieces of creative writing.  This means original creative writing  or original poetry not school reports.  Poetry must be framed for presentation, stories must be framed for presentation unless in book form. 

Class N– Native American Crafts

Class P– Agricultural/ Food– all homegrown is to be pre registered by Tuesday at 6pm and brought to the fair Thursday or Friday by noon.

A.  Homegrown: most at least three (3) of each type submitted (i.e. 3ears of corn, 3 tomatoes etc.) for comparison by judges.  Exception smaller veggies—cherry tomatoes, green beans, etc.  (Minimum of 5) Exception: squash or pumpkin           (2 each.)  Uniformity of color, shape and size are the characteristics the judges are looking for.  Remember that bigger is not always better.

B.  Foods: bake goods, candies, canning etc.,

Special Boy/Cub Scout Awards

Norma Berube Memorial Award:  The award is presented in honor of “The Mother of the Exhibition Building”.  This award will be selected from entries from Knitting, Crochet, Canning, Ceramics, and Sewing Projects in honor of some of her favorite hobbies.  Both boys and adults eligible (2 awards possible)

Peoples Choice Rosettes: One awarded each day according to popular vote of the previous day.