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Spring 2006 District 53 Conference[]
The Spring 2006 Conference was held on May 13, 2006 at the Mountainside Conference Center in Wallingford, Connecticut. The conference theme was "Reach Your Peak."
Spring 06 Speech Contest Results[]
- International Speech Contest
- 1st Place Winner Doug Comstock, representing Windsor TM #4745, Area B3 with "Give Up or Get Up"
- 2nd Place Winner Gilda Bonanno, representing Purdue Pharma #2507, Area D3 with "Break out of your Comfort Zone"
- Tall Tales Speech Contest
- 1st Place Winner Gilda Bonanno, representing Purdue Pharma #2507, Area D3 with "Something Strange Happened on the way to the Contest"
- 2nd Place Winner Louise Alberti, representing Patroon TM #3863 with "Picture Perfect Wedding"
Congratulations to the International Speech Contest and the Tall Tales Speech Contest participants who entertained and thrilled the District 53 Conference attendees.
Fall 2006 District 53 Conference[]
The District 53 Fall 2006 Conference and District 50th Anniversary Celebration was held on November 3-4, 2006 at the Holiday Inn, ALBANY-TURF ON WOLF RD, 205 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY. We will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the formation of District 53 on the evening of Friday, November 3rd. Click here for the latest 50th Anniversary information.
The District 53 Fall 2006 Conference was on November 4, 2006 at the Holiday Inn Turf in Albany, New York. The conference is hosted by Division F where the Hudson River flows through Albany, the NY capital city. The theme is "Sail Into the Future" and its logo makes use of the historic ship, Half Moon (Halve Maen). Commissioned in March 1609 for the Dutch East India Company, the Half Moon was a ship of exploration and the spaceship of her age, designed to take a crew of twenty into unknown and uncharted waters.
Fall 06 Speech Contest Results[]
- D53 Evaluation Speech Contest
- 1st Place Winner = Roger Brown, representing Greater Hartford #919, Hartford, CT and Division B
- 2nd Place Winner = Brian Cavanaugh, representing Sikorsky - DCMA TM #842294, Stratford, CT and Division D
- 3rd Place Winner = Patricia Hendrickson, representing Catskill TM #9542, Monticello, NY, and Division A
- D53 Humorous Speech Contest
- 1st Place Winner = Brian Cavanaugh, representing Sikorsky - DCMA TM #842294, Stratford, CT and Division D with "The Wanderers"
- 2nd Place Winner = Roger Brown, representing Greater Hartford #3523, West Hartford, CT and Division B with "Things Happen"
- 3rd Place Winner = John Meeks, representing Division E, and Southern Berkshire #8792, Great Barrington, MA with “Touched”