Having won the Area competition in the humorous speech category, I moved on to the Division competitions in said category. And with 7 speakers competing, the winners representing each area in the division, I had very stiff competition.
With Holidaying on the Wrong Boat, I retold my speech, but introduced some new material for more humorous effect. The new material was great. It meant the speech was not exactly the same so those who have heard the speech before may get to hear newer ideas.
And it had a profound effect on the elderly ladies in the audience, in particular one of the competitors, a 60-something year old woman. She retold her speech entitled Such a Nice Young Man, and mentioned my name three times! Is it because I was Such a Nice Young Man, or I was making fun of elderly ladies? In any case, involving the audience was a great way to get laughs, and it worked for her. I also involved the audience, not once but twice, by saying pickup lines on a particular elderly lady in the audience.
Had my pickup lines been more successful I would have placed first. Unfortunately it was not to be as the judges deemed me 2nd best in the Division. To place 2nd out of the 7 top speakers in the Division is a profound achievement, and one I'll be proud of for a while. And I was still popular with the elderly ladies with 2nd place; immediately after receiving my prize I did a quick waltz on stage with the contest chairlady in front of the audience.
The winner, and deservedly so with his speech All You Can Eat, will represent the Division in the District competitions in Wellington next month. Being 2nd, I will also go down to Wellington as the backup speaker, should the winner withdraw for some reason.
But having made fun of elderly ladies in my speech, something tells me I'll be popular with those folk when I head down to Wellington...
With Holidaying on the Wrong Boat, I retold my speech, but introduced some new material for more humorous effect. The new material was great. It meant the speech was not exactly the same so those who have heard the speech before may get to hear newer ideas.
And it had a profound effect on the elderly ladies in the audience, in particular one of the competitors, a 60-something year old woman. She retold her speech entitled Such a Nice Young Man, and mentioned my name three times! Is it because I was Such a Nice Young Man, or I was making fun of elderly ladies? In any case, involving the audience was a great way to get laughs, and it worked for her. I also involved the audience, not once but twice, by saying pickup lines on a particular elderly lady in the audience.
Had my pickup lines been more successful I would have placed first. Unfortunately it was not to be as the judges deemed me 2nd best in the Division. To place 2nd out of the 7 top speakers in the Division is a profound achievement, and one I'll be proud of for a while. And I was still popular with the elderly ladies with 2nd place; immediately after receiving my prize I did a quick waltz on stage with the contest chairlady in front of the audience.
The winner, and deservedly so with his speech All You Can Eat, will represent the Division in the District competitions in Wellington next month. Being 2nd, I will also go down to Wellington as the backup speaker, should the winner withdraw for some reason.
But having made fun of elderly ladies in my speech, something tells me I'll be popular with those folk when I head down to Wellington...
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