Sample Speech in Introducing a Guest Speaker

INTRODUCTORY SPEECH A Glance of the Biography of Hon. Chevylle Villanueva Fariñas Tonight, this task of introducing our guest of honor and speaker is a great privilege. I know this one is difficult but the thought that she is a woman of virtue and simplicity, I feel elated to introduce her to everyone tonight. After all, she a living inspiration to the young once – O-N-C-E and the young ones – O-N-E-S…, I mean our parents and our school children If one takes a closer look at the alchemy of the achieving person, two distinct virtues pop up, besides perseverance and hard work. These are: pioneering spirit and willingness. Our guest of honor and speaker today is the living idiom of a woman who happened to be born at the right time and at the right place. Coupled with an impressive background, it was not therefore surprising that she became a devoted public servant in the Local Government of the City of Laoag – especially in her own Barangay 16 of the city. When asked about her… Who she is may not be a surprise. After all, she had become the person she is now because of the virtues and values that was developed and nurtured in her during her education at the Maryknoll College in

Manila, now known as the Mirriam College. Many may be said by others about our guest of honor and speaker, accounts of tales of stories, true and untrue, but what remains to be good and true is the fact that this woman of the hour is a woman incomparable to her genuine intentions to fulfill her chosen vocation – as a devoted and dedicated public servant – not necessarily the rich people, but more to her fellow Laoageño who needed much help and attention. She had lived a very simple life ever since and is known to be undemanding despite her position and stature in life. You cannot seem to agree, much less reconcile with the thought of a pedigreed woman spending hours in her office such as the Chairperson of the Laoag City Tourism and Social Concerns Council, and willing to witness and come to the aid of those who needed her expertise when she had to Chair the Council of Women. And with her position in the government, not only that she brings hope or enlightenment, but most importantly tries to lead every Laoageño to their best, especially, she is the Chairman of the Steering Committees on the Search for the Cleanest and Greenest Day Care Center in the city and the Search for the Cleanest and Greenest Barangay, that lead to the road of recovery and comfort among the winners of these categories. As a matter of fact, she had been elected to become the Deputy Governor of the Federation

of Council of Women in the Philippines which made her even more expert in handling and implementing programs for the women sector in our city. Our guest of honor and speaker was born in Laoag City and is married to who else but the very able and successful Laoag City Mayor, the Hon. Michael V. Farinas. With their marriage, they were blessed with _______ children. Their marriage lead even more of the woman of the hour to become what she is today as an approachable and magnificent woman in the government. As a matter of fact, with her marriage to her husband who undeniably is also a man of service made her to dream and live on with her aspirations in life – both a dedicated parent – a great mother to her children and a loving wife to her husband. Having said all these had made this woman of virtues to be elected as the Barangay Captain of Barangay 16 San Jacinto, Laoag City eventually paving her election as the President of the Association of Barangay Captains in Laoag City. And now, my friends, ladies and gentlemen, I feel very proud to present to you the ex-officio member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod… the embodiment of a miracle-worker.

Please help me welcome Honorable Chevylle Villanueva Farinas.

CLOSING REMARKS by Mrs. SERAFINA C. PAULINO This induction program of our Parents and Teachers Association is one wonderful occasion where we in the school administration and faculty feel foremost your overwhelming support for our mission and vision as a school community. Anyway, we would like to thank you for the trust that you have placed in us as your children’s second parents. In this regard, we now hope to encounter an all-out support and cooperation between parents and teacher to ensure that your children have success here in school. I hope that as we go ahead of our lives, we will encounter parents like you more often. Thank you for allowing me to see firsthand the great things that can be accomplished in the life of a child when parents and the teacher work together for the best interest of the child. In the outset, I would also like to convey my sincerest appreciation for our guest of honor and speaker… Hon. Chevylle Villanueva Fariñas, you are a personification of wonder and miraclework. You have come with the parents and teachers association’s humble invitation and with that, what else can we say but you are a woman of concern… not only for us parents – women like us especially, but most to become an inspiration for our school children… Thank you and Mabuhay ka, Ma’am! Good day everyone and join us in our First Friday Mass tomorrow at the Saint Joseph Parish at 8:30 in the morning.