Stacy Dymalski and Cathy Barker represented Park City at the Area International and Table Topics Contests and both came away with a 1st place award. Both will go on to compete at the Division D speech contests in April.
Stacy gave her most heart-felt rendition of Wynton Marsalis Has My Back. She talked with lots of animation about how an unexpected encounter with Wynton allowed a perfect stranger to help direct her son’s future. When she sat down she noticed someone in the audience with tears and she proceeded to lose it herself. Her son, the topic of her speech, was in the audience to hear his mom give this speech.
Cathy, along with the other Table Topics contestants, were given an odd object to describe and tell the audience what it is used for. This is spontaneity at its best – the speakers must speak at least one minute and no more than two and half minutes. Cathy came out with an immediate answer and proceeded to get more and more excited about her idea and the audience ate up her enthusiasm. It was like were were on the shopping channel.
Way to go Stacy and Cathy!
