Thursday January 26, 2023 District 5 Oratorical Contest

American Legion Post 48
Chesnee, SC 29323

Thursday January 26, 2023 District 5 Oratorical Contest

The Competitors

Winsabell Cheung

Boiling Springs High School

Grade: 11

Adam Niemczura

Boiling Springs High School

Grade 12

Brixten McKenzie

Dorman High School

Grade 12

Lawson Miller

Boiling Springs High School

Grade 11

A. L. Post 200 Commander Stan Webber thanks Boiling Springs High School
for providing an excellent facility for this American Legion District 5 Oratorical Contest
and welcomes the judges and audience to this competition

The contestants before being sequestered

Commander Webber introduces the judges for this competition

(r - l) Christy Willis & Art Hartzog (past winner of state wide competition)
Post 48 Youth Committee Chairman Clark Smith, then the official timer.

For the duration of the actual contest, the participants are kept in separate
rooms. They are brought to the floor (no podium is permitted) one at a time
to "deliver their prepared oration in no fewer than 8 minutes and no more
than 10 minutes". "The oration must be on some aspect of the Constitution,
with emphasis on a citizen’s duties and obligations to our government"
of their choice. There is an official timer checking compliance.
After the last competitor has finished, a random drawing of one item from
the Amendments to the Constitution. Each competitor must give a 3 - 5
minute as hoc talk on that item.
[Quotations from A. L. National rules which can be seen HERE. ]

After the assigned topic is completed and the judges have completed their
scoring, the competitors are brought out

Lawson Miller is presented with Third Place & $100

Brixten McKenzie is presented with Second Place & $100

Winsabell Cheung is presented with First Place & $250

(l - r ) Third, Second, and First Place winners

This A. L. District 5 Oratorical Contest was sponsored by
Post 45 Inman
Post 48 Chesnee
Post 200 Boiling Springs

District 5 Commander Jack D. Smith Jr

U. S. Coast Guard CGC Douglas Munro