North East Texas Toastmasters

Sharon Stroman NETTM Rising Star

Sharon Stroman won both speech contests at Northeast Texas Toastmaster’s 2nd Club Contest on Tuesday, Feb., 16, 2010.

Sharon told an outrageous and funny Tall Tale about becoming the first woman  winner of the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions.

Her tale was made more believable with her authentic fishing costume, pink fishing pole and tackle. Her tale was delightfully unbelievable when the gigantic bass she was catching started talking and pleading for their lives.

Hugh Dawson gave her a run for her money with a Tall Tale about going over one hundred miles an hour and a State Trooper Motorcycle Cop pulling he and his buddy over, but allowing them to proceed on with the words, “If you’re going that fast, you must know what you’re doing.”

Sharon Stroman also won the International Speech contest against competitors Sharon Sehon and Tracee Sioux.

Sharon Stroman, changed from her fishing gear into a tasteful black suit. She asked the audience if they believed in angels. She then told emotional and moving tales of three occasions when she felt she had witnessed or come into contact with angels.

Sharon Sehon told an inspiring tale about an unnamed historical person who was too poor, too black and too uneducated to ever make any of his dreams come true. Except that he spent his life educating himself, thinking outside the box, teaching others and inventing new and revolutionary ways to do things until more than he ever dreamed possible came true. She captivated the audience, keeping them guessing at the identity of her muse, only divulging that it was George Washington Carver at the very end of her speech.

Tracee Sioux related her life-changing experience at a Dallas retreat, Discovery-Training. She asked the audience to look at their own emotional baggage, open up the suitcase and throw out the old junk that is weighing them down.

Sharon Stroman will participate in the Area Contest at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Longview, Saturday, February 27,  and then the Division Contest in Dallas,  Saturday, May 1.

Stroman will now participate in both the Tall Tales and the International Speech contests at the Area 13 Contest to be held at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Longview, TX, on Saturday, February 27.  A win at Area will see her advance to Eastern Division Contest on Saturday, May 1, location yet to be determined.  The winner of the Eastern Division Contests will then proceed to compete on the district level at the District 50 Spring Conference and Speech Contest to be held in Dallas on Friday and Saturday, May 21 and 22.