Up, Up and Away

I had the opportunity over the last few days to participate in 3 Area Speech Contests here in the city.  There were some very creative answers to the Table Topic questions and the Humorous speeches were every entertaining.

Well this Saturday Prairie Schooners' very own President Jane did an excellent job representing our club.  By excellent, I mean she won both the Table Topics competition and the Humorous Speech competition.  The competition venue was a beautiful retirement community called The Bentley.  It is located off  Acadia Drive, tucked away behind the fire hall located on Taylor Street.  This was a great place to hold our competition.  They have a beautiful courtyard with a huge open area just inside the main door.  The competition was held in the facility's Chapel.  This was a large room with comfy chairs and a huge speaking area.  This huge speaking area allowed Jane to be even more animated and show more excitement in her presentations, who would have known that Jane had more energy .



Pictured are (L-R), Fritz our Contest Chairman, Vijay our Area  Governor, Maureen our Chief Judge and Jane with her first place certificate.



It was unfortunate that there weren't more Toastmasters in attendance but there were a fair number of residents that sat in to be entertained and learn a little about Toastmasters.  Given the sparkle in their eyes and flush in their cheeks when they introduced themselves and the laughter during the competition, I think they enjoyed themselves just as much as the Toastmasters did.

Jane is off to the Division contest next weekend.  It is going to be held at the Alice Turner Library on Saturday October 20th at 12:30.  If you want to hear presentations from proficient speakers representing the seven Areas in Division E why not come out and show your support.  Make sure you arrive early to get a good seat.  I know Jane and the other contestants will appreciate your support.