Pimlico State High School president Michael Morrison travelling for Rostrum Voice of Youth finals, Creative Generation Excellence Awards
A talented Townsville student will be representing the north at the Rostrum Voice of Youth finals and the Creative Generation Excellence Awards this month.
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A TALENTED Townsville student will represent the North at the Queensland finals for the state’s bright minds.
Pimlico school president Michael Morrison successfully made it through gruelling preliminary rounds to make it to the Queensland Rostrum Voice of Youth finals.
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Rostrum Voice of Youth is Australia’s premier public speaking competition for secondary students, and has operated since 1975.
Michael will travel to Brisbane to compete against other regional finalists on July 6.
“I’m surprised because I didn’t think I would be making it this far, so I see going there in itself just an added bonus,” he said.
Michael will deliver an eight-minute prepared speech as well as an impromptu speech on a provided topic with only 15 minutes to prepare and three to perform.
“My speech is ‘the last piece of the puzzle’,” he said.
“It’s about how, in life, people are driven by institutions like school and like uni that drive them into this space where they don’t consider all of the parts of the puzzle.
“At the end of the speech we are always searching for that last piece, that even successful people can decide nothing from still trying to get to that next level.”
If Michael wins at the Rostrum Voice of Youth state finals, he will head to Hobart on July 27 for the national leg of the competition.
Michael will also travel to Brisbane this week to compete in the MOST program for musically outstanding students, participating in the 2019 Creative Generation Excellence Awards in instrumental music.
An accomplished classical pianist, Michael will join nine other Pimlico students to participate in the event.
The Creative Generation Excellence Awards in instrumental music is a biennial event offering a residential extension program for up to 80 musically outstanding students from Queensland state secondary schools.
Originally published as Pimlico State High School president Michael Morrison travelling for Rostrum Voice of Youth finals, Creative Generation Excellence Awards
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