Revised: 9/6/16 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND FFA SAN JOAQUIN REGION MASTER CALENDAR 2016-2017 July: 1 NLCSO – Utah 4 Independence Day 6-9 ROLC – Tomales Bay 7-12 State Fair Junior Livestock Show – Sacramento 16-20 State Fair Dairy Show – Sacramento 25-29 SPC – Washington DC 29-30 San Joaquin SOLC – Visalia August: 12-13 San Joaquin Region Boot Camp 1 – Camp San Luis 13-14 San Joaquin Region Boot Camp 2 – Camp San Luis 17 Tulare Kings Section CATA Meeting – VTEC @ 5pm 20 South Valley Section COLC/CATA Meeting – Frontier @ 8:30am 24 East/West Fresno Madera Sections COLC/CATA Meeting – Chowchilla @ 5pm 25 Sequoia Section CATA Meeting – Farmersville @ 5pm 27 Kern Inyo Section COLC/CATA Meeting – Kern Valley @ 9am September: 1-4 Eastern Sierra Fair – Bishop 5 Labor Day 6-7 State Staff Meeting – Galt 7 Greenhand Leadership Conference – Bakersfield 8 Greenhand Leadership Conference – Bakersfield 9 Greenhand Leadership Conference – Bakersfield 9-11 Madera District Fair – Madera 13 West Fresno Madera Blackbeards Meeting 14-18 Tulare County Fair – Tulare 15 Greenhand Leadership Conference – Fresno 16 Greenhand Leadership Conference – Fresno 20 Greenhand Leadership Conference – Tulare 21 Greenhand Leadership Conference – Tulare 21-2 Kern County Fair – Bakersfield 22 Greenhand Leadership Conference – Tulare 22 Madera Cotton Contest – Madera South HS @ 5pm 23 Greenhand Leadership Conference – Tulare 24 Sequoia/Tulare Kings Section COLC – Mission Oaks HS @ 9am 24 Fresno State Football Ag Night vs Toledo 26 State FFA Executive Committee Meeting – Galt 26 State FFA Advisory Committee Meeting – Galt
26 State FFA Adult Board Meeting – Galt 27 National Convention Delegate Training – Galt 28-2 Caruthers Community Fair – Caruthers 29 Mt. Whitney Open/Close Contest – Mt. Whitney HS @ 5pm October: 5 Tulare Kings Section Open/Close Contest – Hanford @ 5pm 5-16 Fresno County Fair – Fresno 12 Sequoia Section Contest – Tulare @ 5pm 12 Tulare Kings Olympic Relay – Lemoore HS @ 5:30pm 15 Corcoran Cotton Contest – Corcoran HS @ 8:30am 17-18 National Convention Delegate Trip – Indianapolis 19-22 National Convention – Indianapolis 23-25 Washington DC Trip – Washington D.C. 28 Reedley College Freshman Field Day – Reedley 29 Modesto JC Cotton Contest – Modesto 31 Halloween November: 2 Traqnquillity Open/Close Contest – Tranquillity @ 5pm 3 Kern Inyo Section Administrator Lunch – Bakersfield @ 12 noon 3 Hanford Cotton Contest – Hanford HS @ 5pm 4 COS Freshman Field Day – Tulare Campus @ 9am 5 State Cotton Judging Contest – Fresno State 5 West Hills Community College Fall Field Day – Coalinga 9 West Fresno Madera Section Open/Close Contest – Madera South @ 5pm 9 East Fresno Madera Section Open/Close Contest – Reedley College @ 5pm 10 Kern Inyo Section Open/Close Contest – Bakersfield College @ 4:30pm 11 Veterans Day 15 South Valley Section Open/Close Contest – Independence @ 5pm 16-17 New Professional Institute – Fresno 17 Kern Inyo Skateland – Bakersfield @ 6pm 18 San Joaquin Region Road Show – Tenaya Lodge 19 San Joaquin Region CATA Meeting – Tenaya Lodge 21 South Valley Manuscripts Due 24 Thanksgiving 29 South Valley BIG/CoOp/Novice Records Contests – Bakersfield College @ 5pm 29-30 Wonder Valley Retreat – Sanger 30 West Fresno Madera Manuscripts Due 30-3 NAAE Convention – Las Vegas December: 1 East Fresno Madera Section BIG/Banking Contests – Sanger @ 5pm 2 Community College Mid Winter 3 Mariposa Natural Resources Contest – Mariposa 8 Kern Inyo/South Valley Section Banking Contest – Ag Pavilion @ 5pm
8 Kern Inyo Novice Record Book Contest – Ag Pavilion @ 5pm 8 Sequoia/Tulare Kings Section Banking Contest – Hanford @ 4pm 10 Reedley MC Natural Resources Contest – Reedley College 10 San Joaquin Region FFA Officer Meeting – TBD 14 West Fresno Madera Speaking Contests – Caruthers @ 4pm 16 South Valley Section CATA Meeting – Chalet Basque @ 6pm 17 Exeter Citrus Contest – Exeter @ 8:30am 17 Mira Monte Natural Resources Contest – Mira Monte @ 9am 25 Christmas January: 1 New Year’s Day 3-4 State Staff Meeting – Galt 5-6 Student Teacher Conclave – Modesto 7 Fowler Vine Pruning Contest – Fowler @ 8:30am 7 Minarets Natural Resources Contest – Minarets @ 8:30am 10 South Valley Manuscripts Due 11 Kern Inyo Manuscripts Due 12 East Fresno Madera Manuscripts Due 12-13 State CATA Governing Board – Galt 14 Dinuba Vine Pruning Contest – Dinuba @ 9am 14 Reedley Tree Pruning Contest – Reedley @ 9am 14 Mendota Natural Resources Contest – Mendota @ 9am 16 Martin Luther King Holiday 18 West Fresno Madera Section BIG/Banking Contests – Central West @ 5pm 20 San Joaquin Region FFA Officer Applications Due 21 Hanford Citrus Contest – Hanford @ 9am 21 Reedley Mid-Winter Day & State Natural Resources Contest 21 Kern Inyo Speaking Contests – North @ 8:30am 21 CSU Bakersfield Basketball Ag Night – Bakersfield 26 East Fresno Madera Speaking Contests – Clovis East @ 4pm 27 Highland Vegetable Contest – Highland HS @ 5:30pm 28 Tulare Citrus Contest – Tulare @ 8:30am 28 Minarets Parli Pro and Creed Invitational – Minarets HS @ 9am 28 South Valley Speaking Contests – Wasco @ 8:30am 31 Tulare Manuscripts Due & BIG/CoOp Contests – Mt. Whitney @ 5pm 31-2 National Ag Ed Inservice – Indianapolis February: 1-2 Mentors Conference – Fresno 2 Sequoia Manuscripts Due 3 West Fresno Madera Family Reunion – TBD 4 Winter State Finals – Fresno State 4 Arbuckle Field Day – Pierce HS 4 Modest JC Parli Pro Contest – Modesto 6 State FFA Advisor Committee Meeting – Galt 6 FFA Executive Committee Meeting – Galt
22 Sequoia Section CATA Meeting – Sousa’s @ 5pm 23 American FFA Degree Reviews – Tulare School Farm @ 4:30pm 24 American FFA Degree Reviews – Fresno State 29 Memorial Day 30-31 State Staff Meeting – Galt June: 15-18 Kings County Fair – Hanford 20-23 San Joaquin Region FFA Officers Retreat – Morro Bay 25-29 CATA Summer Conference – San Luis Obispo