On Saturday, August 1st, 2009, Bali Toastmaster's held their first official contest with two competitions. The first competition was an evaluation contest to determine who had the best skills in evaluating a speech. Contestants were: CC Miranda Suryadjaja, CC Tjie Strong and CC Ida Bagus Cakra Sudarsana. Michele Cempaka gave a wonderful icebreaker speech that contestants had to evaluate in privacy and then in turn deliver their evaluations in front of everyone explaining the positive aspects of Michele's speech as well as any areas that could be improved. All of the evaluators gave very good evaluations, however CC Tjie Strong was voted the best evaluator.
The 2nd half of the competition was a humorous speech contest. Contestants for this competition were CC Tjie Strong, CC Cakra, TM Iyan Yaspriyana and CC Miranda. Iyan's speech about a stuttering man who desperately wanted to work in a religious bookstore was very entertaining; many people couldn't stop laughing as Iyan successfully portrayed the stuttering man who made a big book sale by asking the customer if she'd like him to read the books or did she prefer to just buy them? Iyan's speech won 2nd place. Cakra gave a funny speech about a woman who made her fortune with ducks. Strong dazzled the audience with his speech about . Miranda won 1st place with her captivating speech: 'Laugh sooner' which she eloquently presented, proving to the audience that she loved laughter by showing everyone her laugh lines. She confessed that one day, when she gets a face lift, she'd make sure to tell the doctor not to remove her laugh lines, just the wrinkles.
Ida Wijaya, the contest chairwoman, did an excellent job with the running of the contest. Her poise and professional demeanor are to be commended. Chief judge Carlo Warella assisted by contest judges Suzanne D’Angelo and Ellen Elizabeth did a wonderful job of evaluating and choosing the winners. Thanks go to the ballot counters: Michele B. and Anya, the time keepers, Mei Fang and Ina Jones and of course the Sergeant of Arms, Reski who did a stand up job of monitoring the contestants despite the fact that she was under the weather.
Strong, Miranda & Iyan will go on to the area contest on August 15th which will be held in Bali, to compete against Soroako, Borneo and TNC Toastmasters. Congratulations on a job well done everyone! We look forward to more Toastmasters’ contests in the near future.
Contributed by Michele Cempaka.
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