By Michaela Buchli Fairbury FFA Parliamentarian
On October 19th at midnight, the Fairbury FFA Chapter set out from Lincoln on their way to the 89th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. While they were there, the group of ten, plus advisor Thomas Dux, attended various workshops and fairs. In attendance from the Fairbury Chapter were Jonathan Engelman, Carson Bohlmeyer, Sarah McCown, Brock Barton, Jacob Maschmann, Delaney Miller, Kaylee Sipek, Michaela Buchli, Kennedy DeBoer, and Cora DeBoer. They also had the chance to take a tour of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, complete with a racing museum and gift shop. They went to a leadership workshop that discussed being versatile. There is a large career fair held in the convention center each year, where various businesses and colleges have booths to give the FFA kids a chance to learn more about agricultural opportunities.They also went to watch some of the national creed speaking finalists, as well as some of the parliamentary procedure teams compete for a national title. Unique to the state of Nebraska, the Nebraska chapters sponsor a dance on two nights of convention that are only for Nebraska FFA students. The Fairbury FFA chapter attended both of these dances, and enjoyed meeting and visiting with students from other chapters closer to home. FHS senior Madison Black auditioned and was selected to sing with the National FFA Chorus. She stayed in Indianapolis all week, performing at various events. The chapter attends convention every year, and plans to continue this tradition. It was a full week, but they all enjoyed venturing outside the comfort of home and into the sea of blue.
