Andrew Dlugan - Face the Wind - Toastmasters Speech Contest

Andrew,
On positive, great clear positive diction. I understood everything!
I can see this well-rehearsed, but somewhere along the way, your authenticity got diluted. I wasn't wowed, drawn it.. A little too deliberate and little spontaneity. Felt you were acting and rather than speaking.
Still great promise as a speaker. Let go a little more and enjoy it and audience will engage.

I thought the speaker was power and vivid. The speech was interesting, I like the way he uses his body language to convey the story.

The delivery was engaging at first however the speech was getting too long it needed a few more punch lines to make explosive like a bomb.

The speaker showed confidence and collected. I would suggest to relax a bit more in his next speech.

The speaker is talented and like the Maple Japanese tree it only needs to face more the wind. congrats!

Mr. Dlugan, you definitely haven't won this contest. If you'd won I am really suprised. Similies were awful. Delivery is like over-acting. No logic. Pathetic body language. Most of all, you didn't sound like a guy who was giving genuine message. Whole speech including delivery looked fake to me. I was laughing at the people who were laughing. Only good thing was language and no fillers... I am sorry it's not the toastmasters kinda' feedback. But, that's what I felt.

Dear Andrew, listening to your speech I was almost blown away! I especially appreciated the example of miscarriages, and Maximus. I thought that your use of words was exquisite--comparing yardwork to toastmastes, and maple tree to a wrestler.
Some way I think you might improve would be to "prune" your examples--open with the wresting of the tree, then open up to audience through personal experience, and USE your voice as if it was the wind! Lastly give us key ways to face the wind.
Well done!