Speakers Dream Toastmasters club
Invites all Toastmasters to a
A TALL, TALL TALE CONTEST
The Speakers Dream Toastmasters club will be organising a Tall Tale Contest on 14 July ,2008(Monday) at - Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam (KGPA) 1st Floor Kiara Room. The contest is open to all toastmasters with participation limited to 10 participants . This will be on a first come first served basis. This is an opportunity to discover your talents and another platform to display skills acquired in Toastmasters.
A TALL, TALL TALE CONTEST
The Speakers Dream Toastmasters club will be organising a Tall Tale Contest on 14 July ,2008(Monday) at - Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam (KGPA) 1st Floor Kiara Room. The contest is open to all toastmasters with participation limited to 10 participants . This will be on a first come first served basis. This is an opportunity to discover your talents and another platform to display skills acquired in Toastmasters.
The Contest Chairman
The contest chairman is DTM K.Loghandran
(District 51 International Speech Champion-2008)
What’s a tall tale ?
A tall take is a fictional story with exaggerated details. We all crave a good "yarn" every once in a while, The best and the funniest liars will be there .There know that you will be able to suspend your disbelief and allow the speakers to entertain you with their creative skills of yarn spinning.
Prizes
Prizes shall be award for 1ST 2nd and 3rd positions.Certificate of participation will be given to all participants
Rules
The Toastmasters contest 2008 rules for tall tales contest shall apply
What do you need to participate?
- must be a member of good standing
- pay a fee of RM10
- it would be great if you could bring your members/friends/guests to support you with a small
fee of RM10 per person for refreshments
Please call Siew Chien 012-3113026 for further details.
Extract of the rules
The Tall Tale contest is very similar to a normal meeting except that
all speakers that day will be regaling us with a 3 to 5 minute long tall tale of their own making.
* Contestants must prepare their own three- to five minute speech, which must be substantially original and certified as such to the chief judge by the contestants prior to the presentation of the speeches. Any quoted material must be so identified during the speech presentation.
* The speech must be of a highly exaggerated, improbable nature and have a theme or plot. Humour and props may be used to support or illustrate the speech.
Extract of the rules
The Tall Tale contest is very similar to a normal meeting except that
all speakers that day will be regaling us with a 3 to 5 minute long tall tale of their own making.
* Contestants must prepare their own three- to five minute speech, which must be substantially original and certified as such to the chief judge by the contestants prior to the presentation of the speeches. Any quoted material must be so identified during the speech presentation.
* The speech must be of a highly exaggerated, improbable nature and have a theme or plot. Humour and props may be used to support or illustrate the speech.
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