North East Texas Toastmasters

STROMAN WINS BIG AT AREA 13 CONTEST

Sharon Stroman, ACS, CL, a member of NorthEast Texas ToastMasters, won 1st place in both the Tall Tales and International Speech categories at the Toastmasters Area 13 Spring speech contest held today in Longview.  Stroman’s Tall Tale, My Dream Came True, is the very imaginative story of being the first woman to win the Bass Masters Classic by catching 5 fish weighing in at over 100 lbs total.  Her exaggerated story, which included talking, winking fish, combined with her skill in voice and body language allowed her to bring home the 1st place trophy.  Second place went to Joshua Payne, of Strategic Fulfillment Toastmasters, with third place going to Victor Olowo, of Longview Toastmasters.

In the International Speech Contest, Stroman’s Do You Believe In Angels? was the very emotional and inspirational story of three times in her life where she encountered the presence of angels.  The audience was captivated with Sharon’s emotional story as well as her skillful use of voice inflection and stage presence.  Second place went to David Wilcox, Jr. of Longview Toastmasters.

Having won first place in both contests at Area, Sharon will now advance to the Toastmasters Eastern Division Spring Contest to be held on Saturday, May 1, 2010, at the Walnut Street Church of Christ in Texarkana, TX.  The winner of the Eastern Division Contests will then move on to compete at the District 50 Spring Conference and Speech Contests to be held Friday and Saturday, May 21 & 22, at the Crowne Plaza in Dallas, TX.