LUCK - Of Any Kind

Amy Treadwell chose "Luck" as her theme, and proved that it wasn't luck that led to a fantastic meeting!

John Mahler won Best Table Topics:

Michelle Gomez' Icebreaker speech Stop and Smell the Roses garnered her Most Improved Speaker:

Michelle's evaluator was Arnie Buss:

Tetyana Margolina gave her #4 speech Gone with the Wave and was voted Best Speaker:

Her evaluator Don Free was also selected as the Best Evaluator:

Tall Tales and International Speech Contests!

The winner of the Tall Tales contest was Annette Cain with A Bloated Tale:

Arnie Buss came in second place with The House on Cherry Lane:

Arnie won a hard-fought International speech contest with Do It Anyway:

American Presidents

Don Free was TMoD and gave all kinds of fascinating information about American Presidents. (Who knew that there have been 47 Vice Presidents?)

John Mahler was Humorist:

Jarrod Smith won Best Table Topics:

Bill Coloe won Most Improved) for his Icebreaker speech Two Suitcases and a Thousand Bucks:

Tetyana Margolina was his evaluator:
 Matt Balint  won Best Speaker with his #3 speech:
 Sheila Dundon was his evaluator:
 Kathleen Hanselmann gave her #4 speech The Little Old Lady from Pasadena:

Her evaluator Amy Treadwell was chosen as the Best Evaluator:

Speaking Extemporaneously

Kate Daniels Kurz chose "Speaking Extemporaneously" as her theme today.

Arnie Buss gave the Humorist/Opening Remarks:

Fred Sadler won Best Table Topics:

John Mahler won Most Improved Speaker for his Icebreaker I Just Can't Wait to Get Out to the Fleet:

John's evaluator, Jim Burlison, was Best Evaluator:

Sheila Dundon  gave her #4 speech Thank Heaven for Little Girls' Fathers: Providers of Life's Lessons:

Sheila was evaluated by Annette Cain:

Best Speaker Don Free gave his #6 speech, They are Driving Me Crazy:

Don was evaluated by Jarrod Smith: