TM Semi-Final Speech Contests!

VP Pat Johnson - 2009 International Speech Contest Master - MGM - Foxwoods - Ct.

The Toastmasters International Speech Contest is changing this August 2010 year! Now ALL District Contestants will attend the Semi-final round of International Speech Contest. Here is the line from TM. During the past three years I have been amazed to be at BOTH the semi-finals as a SAA volunteer and have witness Districts Not Assigned Regions (DNAR) compete and only the winners would compete again on Saturday during the International Contest. I have also been amazed to witness members of my district come in the Top Three spots. Good luck to ALL of the contests - they put so much time and effort into competing!

Speech Contests

Each district will be assigned by random draw to one of nine semifinal contests to be held in August 2010.

The semifinal speech contests will be held on the Thursday evening of the Convention. The winners will move on to participate in the International Speech Contest Final on Saturday.

In addition, beginning with the 2009-2010 contest year, contestants no longer are required to present entirely new speeches until the final round. The speech given in the speech contest final may not have been given in any other International contest since January 1 of the contest year.

Travel (airfare or mileage) for all those participating at the semifinal level will be paid by Toastmasters International.

The following is the official list of semifinal speech contest assignments for the 2010 International Convention in Palm Desert, California. Districts have been assigned to the contests randomly.

Semifinal Speech Contest Assignments

Contest 1: 76, 37, 67, 61, 15, 52, 18, 6, 26

Contest 2: 35, 24, 45, 79, 58, 78, 84, 28, 31

Contest 3: 47, 30, 42, 36, 11, 57, 25, 32, 55

Contest 4: 71, 59, 75, 2, 73, 3, 81, 51, 16

Contest 5: 83, 60, 9, 82, 5, 85, 54, 77, 39

Contest 6: 63, 13, 43, 7, 69, 27, 21, 53, 66

Contest 7: 19, 62, 86, 70, 8, 72, 50, 49, 64

Contest 8: 12, 65, 4, 10, 33, 68, 23, 74, 80

Contest 9: 46, 14, 34, F, 56, 40, 38, 1, 22