Local young speakers impress

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

For some young Wheatland 4-H club members, the public speaking regionals at the Strathmore Civic Centre on March 21 showcased their speaking and presentation skills, while the crowd showed their appreciation for their efforts.
They presented in front of friends and family, as well as judges, who were quite impressed with what they saw.
“I chose ‘Five Years’ because I just thought it was important that everybody makes the most of their lives with living it to the fullest and being the best they could be,” said Morgan Hale from Hussar 4-H.
Her favourite part about public speaking is that she likes to talk and felt as though it was a seamless transition into the competition.
“I love to talk so it all came natural to me,” said Hale. “I felt confident because I have been in 4-H for along time, been to regionals twice and made it to districts every year for my speech. I’ve had the experience and felt really prepared.”
For junior public speaker Megan McCreadie, her speech ‘Cornzapoppin’ resembled just how good a bowl of popcorn she has had.
“I was really confident but really nervous too. I chose popcorn because my pop inspired me because he makes the best popcorn and it’s a really fun topic,” said McCreadie, a member of the Arrowwood River Wranglers and from Wheatland.
She felt very prepared with her speech but felt as though her impromptu could have been done better.
“I like talking to people and I’m a very confident person,” said McCreadie. “If you’re in 4-H you have to do public speaking.”
The most impressive junior presentation of the day came from local Abby van Egmond, who showed off her amazing water colour skills and gave the judges a lot to think about.
“I went out to Wal-Mart and really wanted to paint and the cheapest paint that my mom would let me buy was water colours,” said van Egmond. “I went on YouTube and the lily, I found was really interesting”
The water Asiatic Lily was what she went with in her presentation, because it was her favourite one to create and display.