ほら吹きコンテスト
上尾TMCの皆様へ、
ホットなニュースをお伝えします。
2009年10月4日（日）午後1時30分から浦和パルコ10階第14号会場にて
エリア31（宇都宮、赤羽バイリンガル、千代田、日本橋センチュリー、上尾）のほら吹きコンテストが開かれ、梅本さんが英語部門で1位に入賞されました。
おめでとうございます。
やはり梅本さんのアクションを伴う興味深いストーリーの展開には驚かされます。
日本語部門で活躍された鈴木さんご苦労様でした。アイス・ブレーカーの前にこのコンテストにご出場されたこと自体すばらしいことだと思います。
今後のご健闘をお祈りいたします。
出場者の皆様のストーリーはそれなりにすばらしかったと思います。ちくわ、お稲荷さん、気象予報士、離婚した夫、浮き袋、タイム・マシーン、鹿、植物の種、彼岸花等、生命のあるもの、ないものをうまく使い分け、更に日本語のいくつかの方言をも取り入れ、話を興味深く進め観客を楽しませてくれました。ありがとうございます。
ホスト役の宇都宮TMCの皆様にも感謝申し上げます。又、当日応援に駆けつけて頂いた上尾TMCの皆様ご苦労さまでした。（TM Cosgrove, TM 綾部、子供さん、TM 玉那覇、（審査員）TM 吉村、TM 山口。）
To all the Ageo TMC members,
Let me report to you the hottest news to you.
Area 31 (Utsunomiya, Akabane Bilingual, Chiyoda, Nipponnbashi-Century and Ageo) Tall Tales Speech Contest was held on Sunday, October 4, 2009, at Room #14 on the 10th floor of Urawa PARCO starting at 1:30 p.m.
In this contest, TM Umemoto won the first prize in English language category.
Congratulations to TM Umemoto.
His speech title was “Japanese wife.”
We were very impressed with his story with lots of actions and solid speech composition.
And many thanks to TM Suzuki for his well-prepared and interesting speech entitled “A Little Garden.” It is indeed praiseworthy for him to have participated in the contest (Japanese language category) even though he hasn’t finished his “Ice Breaker” yet.
We wish him the best of good luck.
Each contestant gave his/her own interesting speech. All of them used in their speeches amusing expressions such as Chikuwa (broiled fish-paste), Honorable Inari (fox-deity statue), weather-forecaster, divorced husband, beach float, time-machine, deer, plant’s seed, amaryllis and so forth. They used both animate and inanimate words to make their stories all the more interesting, including the use of some Japanese dialects for enjoyment of the audience. Thank you.
We also thank Utsunomiya TMC staff members playing host to the Tall Tales Speech Contest for their smooth discharge of the program schedule.
And thank you, all of you, Ageo TMC members, who came to attend the contest session
for big cheers and support. (TM Cosgrove, TM Ayabe & her little daughter, TM Tamanaha (concurrently as a judge), TM Yoshimura and TM Yamaguchi.)
