Contests
There are two club speech contests held annually. Winners of each contest proceed to the next Toastmasters
level.
Spring Contests - International Speech and Evaluation Contests.
The International Speech contest provides an opportunity for members to put all their skills together
into a performance that can take them as high as the International level. Speeches that win are typically motivational or
inspirational in nature. The Evaluation contest provides members an opportunity to display their evaluation skills. After
listening to a "test" speaker, contestants are ushered away from the meeting, where they are brought back one at a time to
present their evaluation. Winning evaluators often have shed their notes, tie their evaluation in with the meeting theme or
speaker's theme, and often use makeshift props to carry their points.
Fall Contests - Humorous Speech and Tall Tales Contests
The Humorous Speech contest is a place for contestants to be their funniest. Tall Tales contestants
tell stories that are incredible and amazing, but not true. Competition The winners of all four contests move on to compete
at the Area level, which consists of clubs in our immediate vicinity. Winners of the Area level contest move up to Division,
and then District competition.
The District competitions are excellent, since the competitors are the best from over 100 clubs from ?????.
Winners of the International Speech and Humorous Speech contests move on to compete at the regional level at the Region's
annual business meeting. Winners of the International Speech contest at the regional level then move on to compete at the
International level at the annual Toastmasters International convention.
