Contest Dates - District 8 Toastmasters

Contest Dates for International Speech & Humorous

Dates are posted once received by the webmaster

Area 1

Saturday, February 29, 2020
Lincoln Library, The Public Library of Springfield
Carnegie Room North
326 S 7th Street
Springfield, Il 62701
(Free street and underground parking on Saturday)
Doors Open: 11:00 am
Briefings: 11:30 am
Contests: 12:00 pm
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Kathy Brennan

Area 2

Saturday, February 15, 2020
St. Louis County Library - Thornhill Branch
12863 Willowyck Drive
St. Louis, MO 63146-3771
Briefings: 9:30 am
Contests: 10:00 am
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Richard Radasch

Area 3

Saturday, February 29, 2020
St. Louis County Library - Thornhill Branch
Meeting Room #1
12863 Willowyck Drive
St. Louis, MO 63146-3771
Doors Open: 9:30 am
Briefings: 10:00 am
Contests: 10:30 am
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Tonya Rivers

Area 4

Saturday, February 22, 2020
Grand Glaize Library
1010 Meramec Station Road
Manchester, MO 63021
Meeting Room 2
Doors Open: 9:00 am
Briefings: 9:30 am
Contests:10:00 am
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Kevin Desrosiers

Area 5

Saturday, February 22, 2020
Cape Girardeau Public Library
711 North Clark
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Oscar Hirsch Room
Briefings: 9:30 am
Contests: 10:00 am
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Andrew Welter

Area 6

Saturday, January 25, 2020
Rend Lake College Marketplace
Large Conference Room
321 Potomac Blvd,
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Briefings: 9:30 am
Contests: 10:00 am
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Beverly Soltwedel

Area 7

Saturday, February 22, 2020
N.H. Scheppers
2300 St Mary's Blvd
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Briefings: 3:00 pm
Contest: 3:30 pm
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Meenakshi Sharma

Area 8

Saturday, February 22, 2020
St. Louis Public Radio
3651 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63108
Briefings: 9:30 am
Contests: 10:00 am
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Phil Munro

Area 9

Saturday, February 29, 2020
Grant View Library
9700 Musick Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63123
Briefings: 11:30 am
Contests: Noon
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Michelle Sturdivant

Area 10

Area 11

Saturday February 22, 2020
Caseyville Township Annex Building (Behind the township building)
10001 Bunkum Road
Fairview Heights Il. 62208
Briefings: 9:30 am
Contests: 10:30 am
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Caren Turner

Area 12

Thursday, February 13, 2020
Millipore Sigma
2909 Laclede Ave.
Saint Louis, MO 63103
Doors open: 5:30 pm
Briefings: 6:00 pm
Contests: 6:30 pm
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Karen Leingang

Area 13

Area 14

Saturday, February 22, 2020
N.H. Scheppers
2300 St Mary's Blvd
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Briefings: 3:00 pm
Contest: 3:30 pm
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Meenakshi Sharma

Area 15

Saturday, February 29, 2020
Grand Glaize Branch, St. Louis County Library
1010 Meramec Station Road
Manchester, MO 63021
Doors Open: 11:00 am
Briefings: 11:30 am
Contests: 12:00 pm
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Veleria Ann Boaten

Area 16

Saturday, February 8, 2020
Thornhill Public Library, Room 2
12863 Willowyck Drive St. Louis, MO 63146
Doors open: 9:00 am
Briefings: 9:30 am
Contests: 10:00 am
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Daniel Coker

Area 17

Monday, February 10, 2020
Bridgeton Trails Branch - St. Louis County Library
3455 McKelvey,
St. Louis, MO 63044
Briefings: 5:30 pm
Contests: 6:00 pm
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Angela Brown

Area 18

Saturday, February 22, 2020
Rock Road Branch, St. Louis County Library
10267 St Charles Rock Rd
St Ann, MO 63074
Briefings: 12:30 pm
Contests: 1:00 pm
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Chidu Subbiah

Area 19

Saturday, February 22, 2020
St. Louis County Library - Headquarters
1640 S. Lindbergh
St. Louis, MO 63131
Briefings: 1:15 pm
Contests: 1:45 pm
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Rosemary Wilson
314-997-3474

Area 20

Saturday, February 8, 2020
Thornhill Branch Library
Meeting Room 2
12863 Willowyck Dr
St. Louis, MO 63146
Doors open: 12:00 pm
Briefings: 12:30 pm
Contests: 1:00 pm
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Jennifer Jacobsen

Area 21

Saturday, March 7, 2020
Daniel Boone Regional Library
Conference Room B
100 W. Broadway
Columbia, MO 65203
Doors Open: 11:00 am
Briefings: 11:30 am
Contests: 12:00 pm
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Kat Mokriakow

Division Contests

Division A - Virtual Contest

Saturday, March 28, 2020
(Doors) Zoom Meeting Opens: 8:00 AM
Briefings (Side Zoom Meetings): 8:45 AM
Contests Begin: 9:30 AM
All contestants and functionaries will be contacted ahead of the contest to ensure everyone has tested the Zoom app and is comfortable using it.

Guests are welcome to join us for the contest, however, they must send a request for an invite to Adrienne Pluss no later than 5:00 PM, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in order to allow time to load invitees into the meeting. Please send your full name and Toastmasters Club Name. There is no guarantee that requests received after 5:00 PM, 3/26, will be honored.

Contestants, functionaries and guests who do not have prior experience with using Zoom and are planning to attend, are encouraged to go to https://zoom.us/ and open a free account to get used to the application.

The Division A Contest Zoom meeting will be recorded for future use for training and lessons learned. All contestants, functionaries and guests will need to fill out a Video Release form, https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/video-release-form and send the filled out form to Adrienne Pluss: adriennepluss@yahoo.com.

Also, Maggie Mathews, our Contest Photographer, will be making a collage of attendees of the Division A Virtual Contest. If you would like to be in the collage, take a selfie and email or text it to Maggie: mathews.margret@yahoo.com, 636 236-7275

Adrienne Pluss
(Adrienne is the Division A Director, I am her Contest Chair for my HPL project.
If you have any questions, please contact myself or Adrienne. Dwayne Miller)

Division B - Contest Will be rescheduled TBA

Saturday, March 21, 2020
Thornhill Branch, St. Louis County Library
12863 Willowyck, St. Louis, MO 63146
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Suresh Gopalakrishnan

Division C

Saturday, April 18, 2020
Save the Date
Details to be announced
Kamara Owens

Division E - Contest Will be rescheduled TBA

Saturday, March 14, 2020
N.H. Scheppers
2300 St Mary's Blvd
Jefferson City, MO 65109
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Artie Langston

Division F - Contest Will be rescheduled TBA

Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Innovation Hall
4220 Duncan Ave., #101
St. Louis, MO 63110
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Angela Brown