Wednesday was a full day of speeches and teams competing on the national level at the 99th National FFA Convention. That included Jalyn Lundry of Haworth FFA in southeastern Oklahoma. She is shown above on the Finals Stage in the Indiana Convention Center as she gave the Creed as the final speaker in the Final Four Wednesday evening. We will learn her final placing in this national championship on Thursday afternoon during the Second Convention Session.
Listen to Jalyn present the Creed and answer questions in the Final Four- click on the listen bar below:
Oklahoma’s other speakers also moved forward during the day- as Annie Schneider of Seiling FFA advamced to the Semi Finals of the Extemporaneous Speech Contest- and Cierra Collins advanced and spoke in the Semi Finals of the Prepared Public Speech Contest on Wednesday as well. Both of those contests will have a morning announcement of who will be in the Final Four. with the National Championship to be decided midday Thursday.
At least two teams representing Oklahoma advanced on Wednesday into the national semi finals- Stillwater FFA advancing in the Conduct of Meetings Contest and Lomega moved into the second round of the Ag Issues Contest.
Thursday afternoon- we will be looking forward to seeing the first of the National Championships announced in the Proficiency Awards and the National Agriscience Fair- Oklahoma has the second most finalists of any state in the US in these two areas of competition.
The National FFA Talent Contest will have 11 acts performing ahead of the evening General Session on Thursday in what is considered the National Semis- and the trio of Tyse Buck, Jolie Marshall and Liam McMahan are performing on the Lucas Oil Stadium stage at that time. The top three acts on Thursday will be in the finals on Friday evening. Ron Hays talked with Jolie and Tyse and you can hear their conversation by clicking here.
Click here for the schedule of events to watch on the FFA Horizons TV.
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