a Bazadaise wins the fluency competition for college students

On Sunday March 10, the final of the college students’ elocution competition was held at the Château de La Tour in Béguey. The competition, created and organized in-house by the Cadillac & Garonne Rotary Club for three…

On Sunday March 10, the final of the college students’ elocution competition was held at the Château de La Tour in Béguey. The competition, created and organized in-house by the Rotary Club Cadillac & Garonne for three years, brought together for a unique edition, candidates previously selected by four clubs from the South Gironde: Rotary Club Bazas Lande de Gascogne, Rotary Club La Ré ole and Bastides, the Rotary club Langon Sauternes and the Rotary club Cadillac & Garonne.

Ten candidates, girls and boys aged 12 to 14, appeared in the order established by drawing lots, before a jury composed of four members (one for each club) and the representative of the district 1690 (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), head of youth. commission, François Louveaux. Each high school student had five minutes to answer this question: “If fair play was our everyday life, how would that translate?”

Quality services

In front of a large audience that included parents, friends, teachers and heads of institutions, elected officials, Rotarians and ordinary spectators, making an interesting audience for the young candidates, their performances were of amazing quality, with their words and easily they were able to attract the audience.

The task of the jury was more difficult to select the three winners of the competition whose prize was as follows: 200 euros for the first place, 150 euros for the second and 50 euros for the third, all in vouchers at the Langon Cultural Center. . Lise Doumic took first place (grade 4^e in Bazas), in front of Venus Mualu (class 3^e à Monségur) and Donovan Di Marzio (grade 3^e in La Réole). All participants received a bag with a picture of each club and a comic book.

The afternoon ended with refreshments provided by the four clubs, all of whose presidents were present. An encouraging sign for the future and the possibilities offered to continue the cooperation of clubs during Rotary’s charitable actions.