Loyalty Day's Second Speech

The Toastmaster of the Day was Brian. He turned the time over to Dee, the princesses chaperone, so she could practice announcing the princesses. Because of the four speeches, the meeting ran differently. There were no table topics, or theme. Brian introduced each of the evaluators by having the evaluators meet the princesses, each waving to each other.
Laura spoke first on how valor means to look beyond yourself. She gave examples such as a firefighter, a soldier, and everyday citizens. During her speech she talked about her coach who spends his free times giving soccer lessons to kids who cannot pay for them. Beto could not afford lessons when he was younger, but had someone teach him out of compassion. River was the speech evaluator for Laura. She said that Laura looked confident when she was giving her speech and had great stories to demonstrate her points. One thing she did suggest is to make sure to look at both sides of the room since Laura prefers looking to her left.
Chelsea was the second speaker of the day. She talked about how there are several immigrants who are brave enough to come to a country they know nothing about, and do not even speak the language of. During her speech, she talked about her parents who came here from a different country to provide a better life for their family. In her speech she said everyone is fighting their own battles, and we do not know what those are. Lee was her evaluator who suggested walking around a little bit to allow her to relax, and talk to the audience like a buddy. He complimented how well written and structured her speech was, and suggested that after practicing it, she could give it with only bullet points.
Sydney gave her speech third, talking about PTSD and veteran unemployment. Her story was of going to Portland with her youth group to participate in a program called night strike. They went out and helped homeless people in Portland and she learned just how similar she is to the homeless people. In her speech, she talked about how some many of the people who fought for us to live comfortably, now live on the streets, and we need to bravely help them, the way they fought for us. Liamons was Syndey's evaluator, who said her speech had a great focus and was well organized. One thing he did suggest was to raise her voice to proclaim her call to action at the end.
The last speaker was Galilea who talked about the bravery of our history, and how she looked at the past to give her an idea of our future. In her speech, she said that the pilgrims were literally going to a new world for their freedom. She then gave us several different examples of valor, including the civil rights movement, going to the moon and people volunteering to go on rescue missions for 9/11 and hurricane Katrina. Galilea then brought her story back to Newport with Sam Case developing the town called Newport. Avital was the evaluator for Galilea's speech, saying that she brought such a positive story to brighten everyone's day. One thing she suggested was to have a bigger font so that Galilea could lay her paper on the table.
The word of the day was eloquent given by Peter. Lauralee was the general evaluator, and Paul was the timer.