Fair Day Schedule
Students:
8:00 AM–8:55 AM
Student Arrival and Setup: Students set up their exhibits in Lindale Mall. Our Safety & Standards Committee will check your exhibit for safety.
9:00 AM–9:30 AM
Student Briefing: Additional rules and orientation at the mall’s center court. All students must attend.
Judges:
8:00 AM–9:00 AM
Judges Check-in, outside Fair Headquarters.
8:00 AM–9:30 AM
Check-in for Sponsored Awards Judges, inside Fair Headquarters.
9:00 AM–9:30 AM
Judges’ Meeting: Conducted by the Judging Committee, in or near Fair Headquarters.
9:30 AM–1:00 PM
Exhibit Judging: EISEF Judging and student interviews.
9:30 AM–2:00 PM
Judging for Sponsored Awards.
All:
1:00 PM
Senior Finalists Notified. All Senior students, be at your exhibit until we’ve posted the finalists.
1:00 PM
Lunch: Enjoy Lindale Mall’s various restaurants and delis.
1:00 PM–5:00 PM
Public Viewing: Students to be at their exhibits at least half the time. Don’t be away from your exhibit more than 20 minutes at a time.
1:15–2:15 PM
Finalist Preliminary Interviews: Senior Division finalists interviewed at your exhibit. Senior Finalists, stay at your exhibit until the finalist judges have interviewed you.
2:30 PM–5:00 PM
Finalist Interviews: Senior Division finalists interviewed to select the Senior Champions. Senior Finalists should be at their exhibits 15 minutes before their interview; a Fair official will escort you to your interview.
2:00 PM
Sponsored Awards Judging results due.
3:00–4:00 PM
Teachers/Adult Sponsors Meeting: We will post the location outside Fair Headquarters.
5:00 PM–6:30 PM
Exhibit Teardown: Students must pack their exhibits and remove them. If you can’t remove your exhibit until after the Awards Ceremony, we may provide a place for you to store it.
7:00 PM–8:30 PM
Awards Presentation Ceremony: We will announce the location on Fair Day.
After Awards Ceremony
Final Exhibit Removal: You must leave the mall and take your exhibit and belongings with you. We will give all unidentified valuables to mall Security.