The meeting was a pre contest held to enable members get ready for the actual club level contest to be held on 18.3.2017.
The atmosphere was a bit tense feeling like pre boards.
Specially keeping sync with the venue :‘ St.Vincent Palloti College ‘
To add to the tense atmosphere was the change of the familiar regular classroom to an alien 1st floor classroom.
The pre contest started with the energetic opening address by SAA TM Annie
The pre contest was chaired by TM Srivatsan. His professionalism was evident in his superb handling of the show.
The first session was for the prepared speeches showcasing the 3 contestants :
- TM Sharanya
- TM Anindita
- TM Jane
This was followed by the Table Topic Session which had higher participation.
The topic given was, ‘It’s better to be feared than loved’
Participants were:
TM Shruti, TM Muzib, TM Jane, TM Sharanya, TM Anindita and TM Anu.
Finally the results were announced by the Chief Judge TM Geetha.
And the winner for both both Prepared speech and Table Topics precontest was Toastmaster Anindita (Lady Shakespeare).
Sincerely,
Talkmagic Toastmasters Ex-Com
P.S.- The interview session conducted by Contest Chair in between the sessions was great.
The topic for the TT session was similar to my mental condition. I love all my fellow talkmagicians but am a bit scared of some which prevented me from dropping out of the contest.
Thanks to Srivatsan for continuous follow ups. And to the veterans without whose guidance we would be stagnant.
Last but not the least the cherry on the cake was the impromptu birthday party thrown by Prakash.
Actually the yummy cake is all that we remember.
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