{"id":890,"date":"2014-04-14T11:32:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T11:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/?p=890"},"modified":"2014-09-14T10:56:37","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T10:56:37","slug":"tis-the-season-to-be-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/?p=890","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tis the Season to be Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-892\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24171.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-892\" alt=\"Area Contest in Leipzig, Contest Chair Wendy Husser congratulates International Speech Contestant Khushi Pasquale\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24171-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24171-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24171-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Area Contest in Leipzig: Contest Chair Wendy Husser congratulates International Speech Contestant Khushi Pasquale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s Toastmasters contest season again and Mercury members took home THREE first place awards at the Area Contest held in Otto Schill Theater in Leipzig.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Members\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/?page_id=25\">Khushi Pasquale<\/a> won first place in the International Speech Contest for her speech \u201cThe Best We Could\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Members\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/?page_id=25\">Dyane Neiman<\/a> won first place in the Evaluation Contest for her evaluation of Tobias Winkler&#8217;s speech: \u201cWhat the hell am I doing here?\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Members\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/?page_id=25\">Diana Cerbu<\/a> won first place in the International <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">German<\/span> Speech Contest for her speech \u201cWeiss Ihr Was\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Members\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/?page_id=25\">Johanna M\u00e4hlmann<\/a> evaluated Harald Frankenbuerger&#8217;s speech: \u201cEin Fantastiches Land\u201d representing Mercury as the only German language evaluation contestant and will go on and represent Mercury at the Division Contest. The official winners list is below this post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Members\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/?page_id=25\">Wendy Husser<\/a> was the contest chair for the English International Speech Contest and the Evaluation Contest. Wendy created a wonderful atmosphere for the contestants and audience alike. With her humorous and gracious style, she was the red thread of an engaging and memorable afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Members\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de\/?page_id=25\">Alin Stefaniu<\/a> was behind the scenes making everything happen as usual! He was the chief judge keeping his judges informed about the contest guidelines and even found the time to film us on stage. Thank you Alin and Wendy! Afterwards, we went for dinner and had a lively bilingual discussion with other Toastmasters from Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Join us for the next level contest called the Division Contest on Saturday, April 27th in Berlin<\/strong>. It&#8217;s an excellent opportunity to hear inspiring speakers and meet others who share a passion for self development, communication and leadership in the Toastmasters style. If you are interested in taking on a role as timer, judge, etc&#8230; please contact Alin.<\/h3>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #10131a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Toastmasters Area C2 &amp; C3\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #10131a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">International Speech and Evaluation Speech Contests\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #10131a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">April 12, 2104, Leipzig, Germany<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #10131a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">International German Speech (Area C3)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>?J\u00f6rg Rudolph from Toastmasters Dresden<\/li>\n<li>Kathrin Tjarks from Leipziger Redefreiheit<\/li>\n<li>??Anthony Andrews from Adlershof Toastmasters<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #10131a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>International German Speech (Area C2)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>?Diana Cerbusor from Mercury Toastmasters<\/li>\n<li>Dirk Br\u00fcckner from\u00a0Leipzig Toastmasters<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Evaluation Speech in German (Area C3)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>?Dirk Br\u00fcckner from Leipziger Redefreiheit<\/li>\n<li>?Schifra M. Wittkopp from Adlershof Toastmasters<\/li>\n<li>?Kathrin Tjarks from Leipziger Redefreiheit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>International English Speech (Area C2)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Khushi Pasquale from Mercury Toastmasters<\/li>\n<li>?Pascal Heymann from First Berlin<\/li>\n<li>?Dirk Br\u00fcckner from Leipzig Toastmasters<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #10131a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">International English Evaluation Speech (Area C2)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Dyane Neiman\u00a0from Mercury Toastmasters<\/li>\n<li>?Dirk Br\u00fcckner from Leipzig Toastmasters<\/li>\n<li>?Kathrin Tjarks from Leipzig Toastmasters<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #10131a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Qualified for the Division\u00a0<strong>Contest<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Claude Desroches\u00a0from First Berlin, C2 \u2013 International French Speech<\/li>\n<li>Johanna M\u00e4hlmann Mercury Toastmasters, C2 \u2013 Evaluation English Speech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Toastmasters contest season again and Mercury members took home THREE first place awards at the Area Contest held in Otto Schill Theater in Leipzig. Khushi Pasquale won first place in the International Speech Contest for her speech \u201cThe Best We Could\u201d. 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