Who said it best?
The best speaker will go on to compete with other speakers in the area.
A group of people gathered at the Huguenot Restaurant in Flora Centre recently to battle it out with speeches.
The goal was to determine, who said it best?
The Florida Toastmasters held their international and evaluation speech contest in mid February. Everyone was in competition mode.
Craig Ellis set the the room aglow and had everyone thinking about logics versus emotion with his speech titled, ‘It’s logical, don’t you think?’
Barry Nelson was next to the podium, speaking on relationships and telling a little of his own history. His ice breaker speech, titled ‘The sparrow and the eagle’, was about the circumstances surrounding his birth in 1951.
Bronwyn Urquhart took an entirely different approach with her ice breaker speech, ‘Oh! The horror’. She spoke about her own behavioural problems as a child, facing them and conquering them, even completing her BSc degree later on.
Paul Muller warned his audience not to drop the ball, explaining life as a juggling game in which one has to keep five balls in the air, namely work, family, health, friends and spirit.
Robert de Kramer tied the month of love, February, to the end of the tax year, giving tips on maximising tax savings and reducing tax liability.
Craig Ellis was chosen as the person who best evaluated the speeches of the evening, while Paul Muller was the proud recipient of the trophy for Best Prepared Speech. Ellis, placing first in the contest of the evening, will progress to the area contest and compete with speakers from other clubs.
The Florida Toastmasters gather twice a month at the Huguenot Restaurant in Flora Centre for some speeches and fun. Anyone is welcome. For more information contact Tebogo Legodi on 072 130 4849 or via email at tebogo19@gmail.com
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