The Ambassadors Tsawwassen Toastmasters hosted the Area 40 Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest and Table Topics Contest last week.
Contest chair Katherine Praski started off the night explaining the rules and introducing all the speakers.
Guests and members were entertained by three speakers: Richard Nash from the Ladner Deltones, Harry Choe from Sage Richmond and Greg Smith from the Ambassadors.
Nash made the audience laugh with his speech, “Grr,” where he joked about the difficulty of getting around town with a full bladder. Choe’s “What is Free Speech?” outlined that he loves U.S. President Donald Trump’s statements because it’s so obvious they are all lies, while the crowd learned that when Smith’s wife asks him to do something “not now” it really does mean right now as explained in his speech, “My Wife Makes Me Laugh.”
During the Table Topics portion of the evening, Praski asked the contestants, “What is the one thing that you hope to accomplish in your lifetime?”
First up was Remi Gauthier from Sage who said that as he had recently got married, his accomplishment would be to raise a family with his wife. Barbara Westlake from the Ambassadors picked the publication of her book as her one accomplishment of choice, while Nash told of his love for marine conservation and how coming to Canada was a lifelong accomplishment for him.
The Ambassadors Toastmasters meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month in the training room at Tsawwassen Mills.
The group offers a fun, supportive atmosphere for people looking to improve their public speaking skills. For further information, contact KarenTaipalus@gmail.com.
