Semifinal Speech Contests
The semifinal speech contests will be held on the Thursday evening of the Convention. The winners will move on to participate in the International Speech Contest Final on Saturday. In addition, beginning with the 2009-2010 contest year, contestants no longer are required to present entirely new speeches until the final round. The speech given in the speech contest final may not have been given in any other International contest since January 1 of the contest year.
All semifinal contestants’ travel expenses to the International Convention will be covered by Toastmasters International World Headquarters.
All semifinal contestants will receive two tickets to the semifinal contest in which they are competing. One ticket is for themselves and one ticket is for a guest. No ticket exchanges are allowed. No exceptions.
All finalists will receive two tickets to the World Championship. One ticket is for themselves and one ticket is for a guest. No ticket exchanges are allowed. No exceptions.
The following is the official list of semifinal speech contest assignments for the 2010 International Convention in Palm Desert, California. Districts have been assigned to the contests randomly.
Semifinal Speech Contest Assignments
Contest 1: 76, 37, 67, 61, 15, 52, 18, 6, 26
Contest 2: 35, 24, 45, 79, 58, 78, 84, 28, 31
Contest 3: 47, 30, 42, 36, 11, 57, 25, 32, 55
Contest 4: 71, 59, 75, 2, 73, 3, 81, 51, 16
Contest 5: 83, 60, 9, 82, 5, 85, 54, 77, 39
Contest 6: 63, 13, 43, 7, 69, 27, 21, 53, 66
Contest 7: 19, 62, 86, 70, 8, 72, 50, 49, 64
Contest 8: 12, 65, 4, 10, 33, 68, 23, 74, 80
Contest 9: 46, 14, 34, F, 56, 40, 38, 1, 22