Spring Speech Contest

This Thursday, March 17, Cedar Hill Toastmasters club held the Spring Speech contest. Participants competed in two categories - Tall Tales and International Speech. Tall Tale represents a highly improbable tale with a twisted plot. International speech, on the other hand, presents the universal topics that everyone can related to. 

Larry was the Contest Master who led the contest seamlessly. There were two contestants in the Tall Tales category - Nikki with a speech "From Deep Within the Woods" and Kevin with his speech "Right?" They kept the audience entertained and on the edge of their seats. 

Next, three contestants competed in the International Speech category with very inspiring messages,  Joyce with her speech "We All Have Them", Paul with his speech "Change the World" and Kevin with his speech "I Was Robbed."

While the ballots were counted, Contest Master interviewed the contestants. This was an opportunity to learn more about the contestants and their interests. The Contest Master presented the certificates of participation to all the contestants, expressing thanks for taking part in the contest. 

Finally, Paula, Chief Judge, announced the first, second and third place winners. Kevin won in both categories and he is advancing to Area level contest. 

Congratulations to all the contestants! Good luck to Kevin on his next contest. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Martha Danielewicz

Cedar Hill Toastmasters 

Secretary

Meeting Minutes - March 3

Dear Fellow Toastmasters, 
The meeting was well attended by the Cedar Hill Toastmasters, there were three guests in attendance and a guest speaker from another Toastmaster club. Great meeting, lots of laughs and learning. 

John was the Toastmaster of the evening. Elizabeth presented the Word "ruminate", which was a hit of the evening and many incorporated this word in their speaking. 
Mohammed was the Joke Master. 

We had three prepared speeches that evening. Kevin spoke about the dreams and aspirations as part of Using Visual Aids project. Rick, the guest speaker, in his speech contemplated the subject of happiness and what holds us back from pursuing our dreams. Lastly, Paul volunteered his motivational speech about the benefits of completing the Competent Leadership manual. 

In the Table Topics section, Anna challenged the participants with the creative and thoughtful topics on our dependence on the computer devices and social media on one hand and unplugging on the other. 

Lyn was the General Evaluator assisted by the speech evaluators, timer and grammarian. Larry evaluated Kevin's speech, Paula evaluated Rick's speech and Kevin evaluated Paul's speech. Elizabeth presented the timer's report and explained the use of timing cards to the guests. Martha was the Grammarian.
John wrapped up the meeting and introduced Larry as the Contest Master for the upcoming Spring speech contest to be held on March 17. The contest will feature two categories, Tall Tales and International speech. Larry handed the contest forms to those who volunteered to participate in many different capacities, speakers, judges etc.

We will see you all on March 17 for the Cedar Hill Toastmasters Club contest. 

Respectfully submitted, 
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary 
Cedar Hill Toastmasters