You can’t win, if you don’t enter! But unlike the lottery where it’s highly unlikely you’ll ever win, everyone who enters a speech contest wins every time.
You may not win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place when you first begin competing, but you will have other wins. You will grow as a speaker. You will gain confidence. You will speak before a larger audience, including people you do not know. You will improve your public speaking skills, and you may even win money!
Del Mar Solana Beach Optimist Club Speech Contest
On March 9th, seven Teen Speaking Skills graduates competed in the Del Mar Solana Beach Optimist Club’s speech contest in San Diego. Aisiri Murulidhar and Christin Lacey won 1st and 2nd place, respectively in girls contest, and Daniel Kalotov won 2nd place in the boys contest. Aisiri won $150, and Christin and Daniel each won $100. Congratulations to everyone who competed!
Teen Speaking Skills graduate Hanrui Zhang competed on March 16, 2013 in the Carlsbad Optimist Club’s speech contest. Hanrui won 1st place and $150. Hanrui and Aisiri will advance to the Optimist Club’s zone level speech contest in San Diego on April 6th. Good luck Hanrui & Aisiri!
Austin Zhang also competed on March 16, 2013 at the zone level of the Lions Club speech contest in Oceanside. Austin won 1st place and $100. Austin will advance to the region level of the Lions Club speech contest in Solana Beach on March 30th where he will compete to win 1st place and $150. The prizes at the next 3 levels – the district, area, and finals – are $4,500, $6,500, and $10,000 in scholarship money. Best of luck to you, Austin!
During the winter 2013 Teen Speaking Skills graduations, also held on March 16th in Del Mar, the level one students competed in speech contests to win a donation for the charity of their choice. Congratulations to pre-teen graduate Giovanna Aguilar and teen graduate Jaydon Levitt for winning donations for the Ronald McDonald House and The Friendship Circle! Congratulations also to Teen Speaking Skills advanced graduate Christin Lacey for winning the entertaining speech contest!
Earlier that same day Teen Speaking Skills President and Founder Kathleen Petrone competed as well in the Toastmasters International speech contest for Area 24 – Carmel Valley and Del Mar. Kathleen won 2nd place. Although she didn’t win any money, Kathleen had a great time competing in the speech contest!
But don’t worry, the fun and games for 2013 are not over yet! The San Diego County Fair’s speech contest will be held on Sunday, June 9, 2013. The theme this year is “It’s All Fun and Games.” The divisions are K-5th, 6th-8th, and 9th-12th. The entry fee is $10, which includes 2 tickets to the fair. The deadline to enter is May 31, 2013. For the speech contest rules and the entry form, please visit the San Diego County Fair’s website.
