Youth Board
Youth Board Candidate,
Thank you for your interest in joining the Anderson County Fair Youth Board. We will review all applications and make membership decisions by June, in time for the new Youth Board to attend the June dinner meeting of the Fair Association.
I am sending to you a copy of the Rules and Regulations for the Youth Board. If you are willing and able to comply with these rules, please complete and return the enclosed application as soon as possible.
Additionally, your parents must give their consent by signing the Waiver/Release form, which is also enclosed. You may keep the Rules and Regulations for reference, but please mail in the other two forms to:
Patsye Thurmon
Anderson County Fair Youth Board
P. O. Box 447
Clinton, TN 37717
Sincerely,
Patsye Thurmon
Youth Board Director
Anderson County Fair
Youth Board Responsibilities
You should know, first of all, that the Anderson County Fair Youth Board has absolutely nothing at all to do with the carnival; all the rides and games are owned by a separate traveling company. The Youth Board mostly mans the Information Booth and helps small children navigate the Farmer for a Day exhibit in the barn. They are sometimes called on to assist adult members of the Fair Board for various tasks.
The Youth Board meets on the Thursday before the fair begins to help get the building ready for Home-Centered Activities. They have a rubric that they use to judge the business exhibits on Monday afternoon before the Fair opens. They also help people bring their fair entries into the buildings the Saturday before the Fair and the Monday morning of the Fair. On the very last night of the Fair the Youth Board also helps to remove the metal dividers and fold the cloth partitions in the Merchant’s Building.
The Fair is open six nights a week from 5:00-10:00, though the Youth Board schedule is staggered so that members work either the early shift (5:00-7:30) or the later shift (7:30-10:00). New members are always paired with older ones so that they can learn the routine. Depending on the size of the Youth Board, most members only work three or four evenings a week, though they receive free passes to the fair that they may use at any time.
Members of the Youth Board generally elect to keep participating until they graduate from high school. Though students enjoy it thoroughly, it is also a valued act of community service that serves them well when listed on scholarship and college applications.
