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COMPEtItION BuIlDs COuRAgE By: Heather Kaspar

We had and OUTSTANDING turn out for our Bid Calling there and be the best we can be &
& Ringman Competitions at Convention. Congrats to our we are all courageous enough to
winners & ALL competitors. do it.

Competing puts competitors in a The truth
very vulnerable situation. Many i s … s o m e
of us aren’t so much focused runs are
on winning that buckle. By all Record 31 better than
means, we want it, but it’s about contestants o t h e r s .
more than that. competed for When you
have those runs where you walk
Competing puts us in a situation State Champion! off the stage & you KNOW you
we are not normally put in, in our left it all out there…everything
day-to-day auction life. It puts us & it is totally left in the judges
through the fire. We think about hands…hold onto it. Remember it
the psychology of the sale. We & strive for that feeling. Then take
think about our rhythm & our the judges critiques & LEARN. It
pitch…our composure. We think may be the most intense form of
about the message we want to come across & we do all education an auctioneer can get.
of this in front of our peers & in front of some of the best
auctioneers in the industry. One thing is for certain. Competing will only make you
better. I encourage any auctioneer that has the intention
We sit amongst the other competitors & their rituals of captivating and encouraging a crowd in anyway, to
resonate with us. It doesn’t matter if they are pacing, strongly consider competing in the Texas Lone Star Open
selling to the wall, sitting alone and away from everyone at the Fort Worth Stockyards in November.
calming their nerves. We get it. We all want to go out

lEADERshIP AWARDs presented at TAA 60th Anniversary Convention

montie Davis Lance Swigert
TAA Past President, Bylaws Incoming President & Online
Outgoing President, Cindy Chairman & Personal Mentor Education & TAA Web/Technical
Soltis-Stroud presented 3 Support
leadership awards during todd Kercheval
the closing banquet May 9 TAA lobbyist and legislative
counsel.
at the TAA 60th Anniversary
Convention in Frisco, TX.

She stated that many people
stepped up and made a
difference and helped her
and TAA during the past
year, but she wanted to
especially recognize:

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