Speech Competition

Last night on the 18th of October Kahu, Grace and I met up at Taumarunui High-school for the Inter-School Speech Competition. The speech competition was held in the A-V room like it has been for many years.

I had been preparing for this moment for almost 4 weeks. practicing over and over again, changing and adding things to make my speech more powerful. I had chosen the topic of Kiwiana a surprisingly funny and exciting topic.

My parents drove me into the high school. Quickly racing down the hall I left  my parents far behind. I swiftly swung a left into the A-V room. As I stepped into the A-V room I could feel the familiar sensation of nerves and excitement coursing through my body. My friends were waving from the middle row of seats so I wondered over to join them.

Once I sat down my nerves subsided. Unlike my two friends beside me I had done this before. The Speeches started very quickly,luckily. The first of the competition was a speech about Maori Battalion. Next was my friend Grace this was her first time  and sadly her nerves took over causing her forget some of her speech. Now it was my time to shine. Since I had this before I was as cool as a cucumber. I stood there tall and proud staring into the eyes of my judges. I finally started. .. "Kiwis love..."  I stood there and rattled off everything to a tee. Every move, every sentence was presented and pronounced perfectly. After a couple more speeches it was my friend Kahu's turn. He did his very well only forgetting the tiniest piece of his speech. 

Next was impromptu speeches... Luckily we had been doing heaps of a practice for them. So I wouldn't muck up like last year. We had all been herded into the class room next door. After my friend Grace went in it was my turn... Your impromptu speech topic is... What you do in your lunch hour! "What I do in my lunch hour, what I do in my lunch hour...hmm." I absolutely killed it well.. I thought I did anyway. After a few more impromptu speeches it was finished and time for the placings!

The impromptu speech placings were the first to be presented but there was only a first and it didn't got to me.Oh well next came the prepared speech placings.3rd goes to... Jindh!   2nd goes to... Ben! and 1st place goes to... Sammie Bean! 

"Yay!!" my friends and family cheered. I was the FIRST person  ever to win the inter-school speech competition... Twice!! After all the photos and riff raff of it all, we drove home very, very happily!

Speech Night was amazing! I would gladly do it again. Hopefully next year at high-school there will be a speech competition I can enter.

Sammie