Friday, February 17, 2006

February 16, 2006

The Linguists of Listowel held their International Speech and Evaluation Contest at St Paul’s Lutheran Church. It was an exciting evening as the members of the Linguists showcased their best talents.

The Evaluation contest was chaired by Marie. Marie was assisted by Brenda as Chief Judge and Audrey as Sergeant of Arms. Our target speaker was Mark J from the Energetics Toastmaster Club in Waterloo. He presented a very enthusiastic speech called “My Least Favourite Season”. His least favourite season is RSP season. Mark kept us laughing as he made a complicated subject very easy to understand. We look forward to seeing Mark in future Humorous Speech Contests.

The contestants for the Evaluation contest were; Jane, Allan and John. Each contestant presented a well balanced evaluation that was clear and concise. After much deliberation, the judges placed Allan in first and Jane in second place. Allan and Jane will represent the Linguists of Listowel at the Area 18 contest.

The International Speech contest was chaired by Jane. Jane was assisted by Audrey who was Chief Judge and Sergeant of Arms. The contestants and their speech titles were: Allan-My Dog Wally; Gary-Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life; Brenda-When Things Go Wrong; Marie-For Your Enjoyment Only; Keith-Why Wait….Just Do it.

All the speeches were excellent. Anyone of the contestants would have been able to compete successfully at Area or at a Division contest. The judges put Gary in third place, Marie in second place and Keith in first place. Marie and Keith go on to the Area 18 contest. George and Linda P also helped in making the contest a success.

The Area 18 Contest will be held on Thursday March 2, 2006 at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave North, Listowel starting at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome.

Our next meeting is on February 23, 2006 at St Pauls Lutheran Church starting at 7:14 pm. The theme of the meeting is “Homonyms”. It is guaranteed to be a meeting full of fun and laughter. Everyone is invited. See you there.

1 comment:

Linguists of Listowel said...

excellent evening Diane