Gil and Dave
Area 6 Governor and Postprandial member Kate Olsen organized and hosted a great Area 6 contest. The room at Napa Gino’s was full and our newest Postprandial member, Diana Robinson, was Contest Master.
First up was the Evaluation Contest and Linda Olson from Speak Up Toastmasters provided the evaluators with a wonderful test speech. The evaluation contest had two participants. Gil Stern, of Postprandial, evaluated Linda’s speech first. Straight out of the gate Gil wowed us with his exemplary use of the sandwich approach to evaluation. His vocal quality, vocal variety and a spectacular evaluation without notes made it easy for the judges to mark their ballots with high marks in every area. The evaluation contest’s second evaluator was Nancy Hines of the Toastitarians. Postprandial’s Gil Stern brought home first place and advanced on to the Central Division Contest. Congratulations to both Gil and Nancy Hines!
The International Speech Contest had three participants. Postprandial’s Dave Pope spoke first and showed the crowd how an International Speech is done right. I still have chills from witnessing his terrific orchestration throughout the speech. From beginning to end the words, gestures, vocal variety, and mannerisms captivated the audience. Paul China of of B&L Visionary and Shirley Malone of Toastitarians were the other participants, and second and third place respectfully. Dave Pope brought home first place and he advances on to the Central District Contest along with Gil.
Other Postprandial members joining Kate, Diana, Gil, and Dave for the evening were Al Turof and his lovely wife Sue, Nancy Scott as Chief Timer, Drew Martin as Assistant Timer, Sudipta Das as Teller, Kelly Sauke Roland as Closer, and Ed Oberhofer as Judge. I was able to sit back and enjoy the night along with Gloria Langston, soon-to-be Postprandial Member Glenn Burdett, Dave’s wife Allison Pope, and Dave’s father Daniel Pope.
Get out your calendars and ink in the evening of Friday, April 3, when the Central Division Contest comes to Napa Gino’s!