Fair-Day Schedule for Students
- Mall Entry
- When you arrive at 8:00 AM, only one Mall entrance will be open: on the north side, behind Cheddar’s and next to the former Sears store. See Lindale Mall Info for details and maps.
- Set-Up Time
- Check-in and set-up will start at 8:00 AM. All exhibits must be set up in the exhibit area by 8:55 AM. If you will need to arrive late, or need more time to set up your exhibit, you should contact the Fair Director or Safety & Standards (see the Contact Us page) before the Fair to make special arrangements.
- Exhibit Checking
- After you set up your exhibit, you should stay near it until the Student Meeting. Checkers will visit every exhibit, making sure it complies with EISEF’s rules. When the Checker visits your exhibit, you want to be there to answer any questions.
- Student Meeting
- A 15-minute meeting for students will be held at 9:00 AM to go over orientation and rules reminders. All students must attend. We will announce the meeting’s location on Fair day.
- Judging Interviews
- By 9:30 AM you should be at your exhibit for judging interviews. Judges for EISEF Awards will start coming to evaluate your exhibit at 9:30 AM and will continue until about 1:00 PM. You should plan to stay at your exhibit continuously between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM. Judging for Sponsored Awards also starts at 9:30 AM and may continue until 2:00 PM.
- Afternoon Viewing
- After lunch you should be at your exhibit at least half of the time between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM, for Sponsored Awards judging and viewing by the public.
- Finalist Interviews
- At about 1:00 PM we will post the Class I Finalists in the Senior Divisions, along with their interview times. If you are one of these students, congratulations! Now our Finalist Judges will interview you, to see whether you will represent EISEF at the International Fair in Los Angeles, California. You need to be at your exhibit about 15 minutes before your interview; a Fair official will come escort you to the interview. The interviews will start at about 2:30 PM and run until almost 5:00 PM.
- Early Departure
- You must not dismantle your exhibit before 5:00 PM without special permission. You must dismantle it between between then and 6:30 PM. If you can’t remove the pieces of your exhibit from the mall until after the awards ceremony, we will provide a place where you can store them. The awards ceremony should end by about 8:30 PM. After that, you will need to remove your exhibit from the mall before the mall closes at 9:00 PM.
- Awards Ceremony
- The awards ceremony will begin at about 7:00 PM and should end by 8:30 PM. The location will be posted on Fair Day. Decisions of the judges shall be final.
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