Multi-media: Brian Canavaugh, ATM,
Open House guest speaker seeks to add the empathy and rhythm of music to speeches.
Hear a sample of his District Contest speech:
"Songs in the Key of 'T'"

Some say it's friendships; others, the positive atmosphere.
What keeps you attending Toastmasters meetings?
Valley President wants to find out. Sets "Keep them coming back for more" as 1997 goal.

What do Lori Weldon, Paul Schneider, Jim MacDonald and Mary Terrazas
have in common?
They want to improve their public speaking skills
and have joined Valley Toastmasters for that purpose.

"It was a dream I worked on for a year before it became a reality," says Gary Thomas,
Valley Cathedral Comptroller, who initiated forming the club 14 years ago.
Charter members meet again during "Reunion" Program.

If a speech contest speech was a manual project,
it would be in the "Speciality Speeches" manual.
Why?
It has a defined set of critera to accomplish in the presence of a unique audience: Judges,
who have set guidelines upon which
to fullfill their one purpose---"Chose a Winner."