Set-Up

Last night the Rockyford Arena was transformed. Members from the Cheadle, Crowfoot, Rockyford and Standard 4-H clubs all came out to set-up the arena for our show and sale on Saturday. We set-up the show rings and stall areas for the steers and sheep attending the show and decorated our stall areas in preparation for the event.
The West Wheatland 4-H Show and Sale is where sheep and beef members, from the clubs listed above, come together to show off their 4-H steers and sheep. We have two show rings (one for the steer show/sale ring and one for the sheep show) as the steer and sheep shows run at the same time. After the shows are done all members sell their market animals in what was the steer show ring earlier that morning. In the beef show ring they haul in shavings to put down but in the sheep show ring we use carpet that has been donated to our club, this makes for a speedy clean-up in the sheep area. Both show rings are fenced to make sure that any animal that escapes its showman is contained, this is also to keep spectators from getting too close to the members when showing. For anyone who comes to watch the show there are bleachers hauled in to the arena.

In the sheep stall area we set-up panels that the lambs are tied to when they are not in the show ring. We also put carpet down in this area and shavings for the lambs to sit in. Each member makes sheep cut outs to write the name of their lambs on and put where that lamb is going to be standing in the stall area. Upon joining the club, we also make each member a wooden sheep/cow/steer sign with their name on it to put in their stall area.

I am really looking forward to Saturday as it will be the last time that I have to do clean-up after the show, but also a little sad as this is my last year in 4-H.