2024 SC 4-H Showcase

February 21, 2024

Adam Petty
4-H Agent
Laurens County

On Saturday, January 13^th the Laurens County 4-H volunteers presented the 2024 SC 4-H Showcase at the Gilliam Center for Performing Arts on the campus of Thornwell Charter School. The 4-H Showcase is a unique fundraising event that is meant to highlight the achievements of 4-H’ers across South Carolina. This is accomplished while building confidence, improving public speaking skills, and instilling a sense of pride in the hard work of our contestants.

Our 16 contestants competed in three onstage divisions: business wear, 4-H project wear, and formal wear. In addition, our Junior and Senior contestants participated in an interview with the judges earlier in the day. This was a great opportunity for them to gain self-confidence.

We were pleased to welcome three outstanding judges for the event:

Erica Eadicicco – former Laurens County 4-H’er, Presidential Tray recipient, and native of Kinards, SC.

Courtney Stonell – Keep Laurens County Beautiful affiliate coordinator with the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce.

Haleigh Tomlin – former Greenville County 4-H’er and the current Miss Newberry.

Matthew Brownlee of Laurens served as our Master of Ceremonies. This was the fifteenth year that Laurens County has presented this program, so in honor of that occasion we were pleased to welcome the very first Miss 4-H, Mrs. Anna Crowder, ag teacher at Laurens District 55 High School, to assist in the crowning of our winners.

The winners will go on to represent 4-H in their local communities and at various state events during the year. The winners of the 2024 SC 4-H Showcase were:

Miss Cloverbud – Hannah Dye of Chester County

Miss Cloverleaf – Dixon Freeman of York County

Miss Junior 4-H – Brooklyn New of Laurens County

Miss 4-H – Hennelly Gavin of Lexington County

Congratulations to all our winners and participants in this year’s 4-H Showcase. Thank you to our dedicated volunteers without whom this event would not be possible and thank you to our sponsors, the Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission, Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative, and the Laurens/Greenville 4-H Dairy Club. Also, a special thanks to Thornwell for allowing us the use of their facilities.