New Events/ Birthday Wishes

Hello again FCCLA! This is Jessica Pope, your Vice President of Competitive Events, and I am here to inform you and remind you of all the new competitive events going on this year at two of the three National Cluster Meetings.

We have decided this year to add new on site Skill Demonstration Events. These events will be hosted at Cluster Meeting in Denver, CO and Atlanta, GA. They include Culinary Food Art, Culinary Knife Skills, and Impromptu Speaking. Each of these events are individual events not team events.  In order to compete in these skills demonstration events, you must register online when you register to attend the Cluster Meeting. Registrations are limited, so first-come first-served until the event is full. You must also have your national membership dues paid by November 1^st.

Culinary Food Art you will showcase the best of participants’ creative and artistic skills in utilizing an assortment of food items to create an interesting food art item. Culinary Knife Skills will showcase the best of participants’ knife skills. Participants will produce six uniform pieces for each knife cut meeting industry standards and demonstrate proper safety and sanitation procedures. And lastly, Impromptu Speaking recognizes participants for their ability to address a topic relating to FCCLA and Family and Consumer Sciences without prior preparation. The ability to express one’s thoughts in an impromptu situation while maintaining poise, self-confidence, logical organization of point, and conversational speaking are important assets in family, career and community situations.

1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place event winners will each receive a trophy during the Closing General Session of the National Cluster Meeting they are attending. All participants will receive a certificate of participation. The top 10 participants in each event from both Cluster Meetings will be invited to compete head-to-head at the National Leadership Conference in Orlando!

We are all excited to see you and your amazing skills at Cluster Meeting! So register today and get in on all the new competitive experience that FCCLA is providing!

Thanks for sharing Jessica! We would also like to wish Ariana and Alex belated happy birthdays because they were never officially recognized on the blog. Since this is the NEC blog, it makes sense we send our best wishes to both of them. Happy Birthday!