But what made the contest so special was the support shone by my fellow bloggers - Randy Meissner of "More Words to Ponder"; Gary Van Dyke of "What a World"; and DVD of "Number One Cubs Fan." And while he doesn't have his own blog, my brother Ar Vee -- who is a frequent commenter on almost everyone else's blogs -- was also in attendance.
I now advance to the divisional competition which will be at Basin Electric's headquarters in a couple of weeks. This will give me the home court advantage as my Toastmasters meetings are generally at Basin Electric.
I don't know why there are no other contestants. When I was in Toastmasters 10 years ago, participation in these contests was a lot better. Somehow, they must have fallen out of vogue. Well, I hope I'm leading by example and that next year there are several more participants.
Contests are important because they are not only fun, but the competition helps you improve. You can watch how someone better than you performs and then try to learn from them.
Even though I was the only contestant on Saturday, I felt great about the win because I thought I did a great job....and in the end, you are really only competing against yourself.
Now...onward and upward. The photo is of me with my brother Randy (Ar Vee) and my dad helping me hold up the hardware -- first place!
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Keep me posted on the exact time/date of the next one!
I was happy to be there. I hope to make it to Basin for the next round. I've now read the speech once and heard you present it twice and each time it's gotten better. My daughter enjoyed it too. It's quite an accomplishment when you consider the age range of your audience 13 to over 50? and you had everyone laughing. It was interesting learning about the Toastmasters Universe and it was a joy meeting more of your family. The blogs become more personal when you have a face to go along with the story. Hope ArVee and company make it home safely.
Congratulations! Good luck at Basin.
That was a great speech,Uncle Steve!I'm glad I saw it.The entire trip was very nice.Great to meet Randy and his daughter.I could have used more time to visit with them.It was nice of the bowling alley to ask Bud to Pre-fix some "cool" refreshments,too.I figure I won at bowling with the extremely low average I had.I am assuming I get a handy-cap much like the one I get at golf,about 100.I noticed the better bowlers finished about a half/hr before I did,same thing happened at golf.The Wii boys always waited for me on the next tee box while I finished Putting.That was Spring Break for us.The fastest week in the year.We had Great food,Great company,and Great entertainment,Just not enough time.I look forward to reading Ya'lls upcomming blogs.Best of luck Steve,and Thanks for the Great time at Your house.
I am sorry distance made me miss it. I would have liked to have been there. Good luck at Basin.
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