Toastmasters Tall Tales Contest

Toastmasters Tall Tales Contest

A tall tale must be:

Eligibility Members in good standing in clubs in good standing
(except officers above club level)
Time limits Lower 2 minute 30 seconds
Upper 5 minutes 30 seconds
Held Every spring
Ends District level

Tall Tales Contest Judge's Scorecard & Ballot
Club Tall Tales & International Speech Contest Agenda

For more information, see the Speech Contest Rulebook.

Tall Tales Contest Results
2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Club Club Club Club Club Club Club
Area G4 Area G4 Area G4 Area G4 Area G6 Area G6 Area G6
Division G Division G Division G Division G Division G Division G
District 4 District 4 District 4 District 4

2001

Club

Toastmaster: Jeff Iswandhi

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Somayaji Manikantan The Beauty Pageant

Area

Place Contestant Club Speech Title
1
2 Somayaji Manikantan Tandem The Beauty Pageant
3

1999

Club

Toastmaster: Jeff Iswandhi

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Rajeev Thankappan Only in America!

Area

Place Contestant Club Speech Title
1 Terry Ash Wry Millennium 2000 YXK
2 Elaine Ferry Hot Talkers My Defining Moment
3 Karl Leahy Micro The Trooping of the Green

1998

Club

Toastmaster: Pete McKesson

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Sheila Moore Person of Steel
Overtime Zeeshan Syed Our Home by Rock Yogi

Area

Toastmaster: Cecilia Chavez

Place Contestant Club Speech Title
1 Sheila Moore * Tandem Person of Steel
2 Emily Maslyn Wry Much Ado About Bagels
Marcia Redenbaugh Wedding Video
Agnes The Celebrating Christmas the Pura Vida Way
Angel Oseguera My Lucky Five

* Our club representative

Division

Toastmaster: Richard Gaughan

Place Contestant Speech Title Area Club
1 Ken Braly Kitchen 2000 G5 Macintalkers
2 Mike Scadden How to Care for Your Pet Frogs G1 T. G. I. F. Management
3 Sheila Moore * Person of Steel G4 Tandem
John Neenan Assertiveness G2 Los Gallos de la Bajia
Dave Ferguson Family Reunion G3 Orbiters

* Our area representative

District

Toastmaster: Jodie Kalikow (Oracle Orators)

Place Contestant Speech Title Division Club(s)
1 Ken Braly * Kitchen 2000 G Macintalkers
2 Steven Dellaporta A Reading A C-Side, Peninsula, & "another in the Monterey area"
3 Leena Marathay The Chicken Cook B Francisco
Laurie James A Raspberry for Uncle Sam E Bechtel
James Brogan The Tax Man Auditeth F AMYAC
Prasenjit Mitra Little Bill C Oracle Orators

* Our division representative

1997

Club

Toastmaster: Victor Gutierrez

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 "Carol" Glasstone Changes

Area

Toastmaster: Chao Huang

Place Contestant Club Speech Title
1 Aditya Palande HP Communicators Fix Your Own Car
2 "Carol" Glasstone * Tandem Changes
3 Doug Meyers Wry Watch Out for Falling Scouts
Elaine Ferry The Perfect Personality
Frank Chen South Bay Speakers Rescuing the Red River

* Our club representative

Division

Toastmaster: Lorraine Jackson

Place Contestant Speech Title Area Club
1 Aditya Palande * Fix Your Own Car G4 HP Communicators
2 Chris Rygaard The Crops G1 T. G. I. F.
3 David Reha Out of This World G5 Macintalkers
K'Kay Carr My Wife's Friend Bob G3 Top Gun
Rosie Shimonishi Seventh Wonder Mystery G2 G-E-M

* Our area representative

1996

Club

Toastmaster: Sheila Moore

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Jon Dodson The Heart of a Friend
2 Ray Glasstone The Singer
3 Rich Sanders The Training Flight

Area

Toastmaster: Daren Connor

Place Contestant Club Speech Title
1 Carlos Puig Macintalkers Journey
2 Rich Cameron Measurex A Time for Action
3 Wally Bowers Saratoga Kings of Dribble
Overtime Jon Dodson * Tandem Tall-Tale Heart
Fernando Chen Cupertino Music Knows No Bounds
Sue Hopwood Sequoia Cats!

* Our club representative

Division

Toastmaster: Tom Lawson

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Richard Gaughn A Wild Ride
2 K'kay Carr My Excuse
3 Larry Bergun Mitzi's Descent
Carol Pearson Hillside Surgery
Sam van Winkle The Real Rip van Winkle Story
Carlos Puig * Journey

* Our area representative

District

Toastmaster: Vince Keats

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Richard Gaughn * A Wild Ride
2 Prashant Marathay Popcorn, Pencils, and Pullovers
3 Dean Chen How I Created America
Mark Liolios Eco-City Berkeley
Andrew Hogan August 9th at Half Past Ten
Cory Texeira The Magic Club
Gene Coates Limp Llama

* Our division representative

1995

Club

Toastmaster: Robin Maybury

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Sheila Moore Attitude Adjustment
2 Ray Glasstone F O R T Y

Area

Toastmaster: Robin Maybury

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Rhonda Edwards When Theology Meets Technology
2 Patti Elhert Gus and Darlene
3 Sheila Moore * A Twisted Pig Tale
Joel Cannon Sleepless in Church
Victor Lim Bigfoot
Rafael Tam A Night in Chicago

* Our club representative

Division

Toastmaster: Sheila Moore

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Richard Gaughn A Happy Ending
2 Rhonda Edwards * When Theology Meets Technology
3 Barbara Leeds A Tale of Shyness
Mark Eslinger Good Kitty, Nice Kitty
Tom Twerdahl Johann, the Crazy Swede
Maren Otieno The History of Toastmasters

* Our area representative

1994

Club

Toastmaster: Robin Maybury

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Sheila Moore My Severance Package
2 Scott Townsend Encounter With the Wild Pigs -- The Real Story
3 John Humphreys Nessie of Oudtshorn

Area

Toastmaster: Ray Glasstone

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Sheila Moore * My Severance Package
2 Wally Bowers Romance of Cabbage, or Money Madness
3 Jim de la Hunt Life in the JETs Set
Julie Freeman The Ski Trip
Carol Ranalli BOH and the Search for Happiness
Richard Wang History Forgot, Hollywood Maybe Not

* Our club representative

Division

Toastmaster: Bruce Hayak

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Bud Ayers Chameleonitis Extremicus
2 Sheila Moore * My Severance Package
3 Remus Bretoi Old Jiminez and the Wagon Train (Continued)
Robin Ash Life on the Beach
Tom Casaletto Sale of the Century
Lee Castro A Second Chance

* Our area representative

District

Toastmaster: Laurie James

Place Contestant Division Area Club Speech Title
1 Steve Sellner A A1 Naval Postgraduate School Oly Ole Rund
2 Joe Herriges B B2 Valley The Creation
3 Martin Whitney D D4 San Francisco Realtors The Number One Way Cool Cat
Mark Liolios E E1 JETS Marketing in the '90s
Lisa Valekanaar C C1 Foster City The "In" Basket That Ate South San Francisco
Rick Portoon F F2 Electroglas "Table" Topics
Bud Ayers * G G3 Sunnyvale Speakeasies Chameleonitis Extremicus

* Our division representative

1993

Division

Place Contestant Speech Title
1 Tom Buntin Control the World!
2 Dale Allison Childhood Realities
3 Charles Young Growing Up Different
Philip Xiao * My American Dream
Cindy Davis Repossessed by My Egyptian Ancestry
William Monahan My Whopper

* Our area representative

District

Place Contestant Division Area Club Speech Title
1 Tom Buntin * G G1 GTE Systems Control the World!
2 Jim Brogan F F2 AMYC I The U. S. S. Enamel
3 James Ackerman A A4 Gilroy The Precognitive Tale of Cody Bodine
Judith Glover ? ? ? Francine Sasquatch
Tom Murphy ? ? ? The Moment
Martin Whitney ? ? ? Professor Whitney's Startling New Discovery
Tom Whittlesey ? ? ? The Bare Facts

* Our division representative

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