Division E Fall 2011 Contests

The Division E Humorous and Table Topics speech contests were held on a surprisingly snowy night on Thursday, October 27th at the CTSB-TV studio in South Lee, MA.  Mark Zawistowski of ProSpeakers acted as Contest Master and Bill Polk of Last Word Club served as Chief Judge.  Because there are only 3 Areas within Division E, each was entitled to send 2 contestants per contest, but due to scheduling conflicts we had 4 contestants in Table Topics and 5 contestants in the Humorous contest.  All speakers did an excellent job and are to be congratulated for participating in the event.

Cathie McCoy, Division E Governor would like to thank all who participated as contestants, functionaries and audience members.  A special thank you goes to Area 51 Governor, Laura Grunfeld for organizing the location and acting as Logistics Manager; to Will Ryan for volunteering to edit the recording of the procedures and especially to the staff at CTSB-TV for giving us such a warm welcome and for broadcasting the contest over their station.  (Schedule TBD - stay tuned!) 

A DVD of the contests has been produced and is available for purchase for $7.00.  Please contact Will Ryan or Laura Grunfeld ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) if you are interested in obtaining a copy. 

Division E Contest Results:

Humorous Speech:  
1st place - Trice Atchison, Area 51 - A Subway Sandwich
2nd place - Brian Errante, Area 52 - Five Rules for Buiying a House
3rd place - David Haller, Area 53 - How's Your Shower?

Front Row L to R:  David Haller - Area 53 - 3rd place; Trice Atchinson - Area 51 - 1st place; Brian Errante - Area 52 - 2nd place Back Row L to R:  Cathie McCoy, Division E Governor; Mark Zawistowski, Contest Master; Bill Polk, Chief Judge; Jeff Sobel, Lt. Governor of Education & Training

Table Topics:  "What is Your Favorite Season?"
1st Place - Bhavani L. Nelson, Area 51
2nd place - Walter Beveridge, Area 51

Table Topics L to R: Cathie McCoy, Division E Governor; Mark Zawistowski, Contest Master; Bhavani L. Nelson - Area 51 - 1st place; Walter Beveridge - Area 51 - 2nd place; Bill Polk, Chief Judge; Jeff Sobel, Lt. Governor of Education & Training

Front Row L to R:  Mark Zawistowski, Contest Master; Cathie McCoy, Division E Governor;  Jeff Sobel, Lt. Governor of Education & Training; Bill Polk, Chief Judge; 2nd Row Lto R: Trice Atchison - Area 51 - Humorous; Mike Finn - Area 52 - Humorous; Angela Larke - Area 52 - Table Topics; Bhavani L. Nelson - Area 51 - Table Topics; Dee Keegan - Area 51 - Humorous Back Row L to R:  David haller - Area 53 - Humourous; Brian Errante - Area 52 - Humorous; Bruce Winberg - Area 52 Table Topics; Walter Beveridge - Area 51 - Table Topics