Our club shined during Area 62 Table Topics & Humorous Speech Contests

Under the leadership of Area Governor Andrea Tolbert, and active involvements from all Toastmasters clubs within Area 62 (Do Tell, Holy Cross “Word”, Monument, Silver Spring Toastmasters, Toast USS, and Top Notch), the Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests that were held on September 30, 2012 at the Holy Cross Hospital was a success story to tell.

Andrea making opening remarks...

With humor and candid, Adrienne Charles from Monument, graced this year’s Contests as Contest Master. The Chief Judge- Sandra Coles-Bell, former District 36 Governor, brought her rich experience of leadership coupled with her extraordinary sharp communication skill to successfully direct the overall contest process. The Chief Judge plus the five-team Contest Judges- Bonnie Maidak, Mike Nolan, Louise Maitland, Yentzu Chen, and Kieara Butler worked together flawlessly and put forward two winners from each contest.

Teddy Walker, Adrienne, Andrea, Sandra

Not only that, some of our club members including our President Pauline Brown, and former Division F Governor Una Mae Kettering volunteered, contributed their share, and made the event a success story.

Una and Mariusz Dymerski

Mel Bayo and Merlyn Kettering representing our club contested for Table Topics and Humorous Speech, respectively. This time, Renee Davis (our club's VPE) represented Do Tell club and contested for Humorous Speech. These three classic speakers were formidable contestants in both contests. They performed greatly, and demonstrated how good they are in their communication ability. I was proud of them…

Mel Bayo, our Treasurer and former Area 62 Governor, won the club level Table Topics contest and went to represent our club at the Area 62 level. Though he didn’t get the top prize, as the contest was very competitive, he secured the second spot. However, since the winner of Table Topics contest- Gary Vogan, won’t be able to make it for Division level contest on October 14^th, Mel will go ahead to represent Area 62. Congrats Mel!

Mel- Table Topics 2^nd place winner, & Andrea 

Representing Do Tell, our VP of Education- Renee Davis won the humorous speech contest with her trademark: “My day at the DMV”. Congrats Renee! 

Bonnie Maidak, Renee- winner of Humorous Speech, & Andrea

Note: Renee Davis and Mel Bayo will represent Area 62 to contest at the Division F Table Topics and Humorous Speech contests on October 14th.

Good luck to you both!