Excalibur Speakers held their Autumn Humorous Speech and Table Topics Club Contest on Wednesday 14th September at the Fitzrovia Community Centre.
Janet Tarasofsky was the ever bubbly Contest Chair. Our Chief Judge, Marc Lottig, told us he had travelled 12,000 miles to be with us! He was apparently just back from some jaunts around Africa and was looking suitably rugged!
The Humorous Speech Contest kicked off with Tony Winyard and "Till Death Us Do Part" about whether iweddings or funerals were better. Odile Facih then shared her experience of "Me, Myself and Israel" and how she got just a Boarding Pass to enter the country, making her wonder what she would need to do in order to get a Boarding Merit or Distinction. The final speaker was Mike Thompson with "Peace and Tranquility" a story that showed anything but!
Our Table Topic was 'Tell us what is the most courageous conversation? Our Table Topic contestants were Tony Winyard who shared a conversation with his mother, Paul Andreas who talked about courageous conversations with lions, Freddie Daniells talked about how conversations had changed his life and encouraged us to do the same, and Simon Cooper who shared his experience being a lawyer locked up in a prison cell!
Congratulations to Humorous Speech winner Mike Thompson, Table Topics winner Freddie Daniells, and Simon Cooper who came second.
Thank you to all the members and guests who had a role, competed in the competition or applauded in the audience! It was great fun.
Our next cracker of a meeting is Wednesday 28th September 6.45 for a 7pm prompt start.
Our Area contest is on Thursday 29th September...details to follow. Mike and Freddie would appreciate Excalibur's support so do join them.
1999 World Champion of Public Speaking, Craig Valentine will be speaking in Central London on Monday 14th November. Over 100 tickets have been sold already, so book yours now while they are still available! www.smarturl.it/Craig
Craig will also be holding a non-Toastmasters full day session on Tuesday 15th November. If you would like details of this please get in touch with Andy O'Sullivan or Freddie Daniells.
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