Meeting 948 "Winter"

The weather matched the theme of the evening. It was a cold night, but there was a warm welcome for our guests Louise, Annette, Brian, Cass and Michael.

Toastmaster Jim had prepared plenty of quotes and facts about winter and kept us entertained.

Jim

Paul also chose a quote to introduce his Toast to Winter - one from Edith Sitwell.

"Winter is the time for comfort,

for good food and warmth,

for the touch of a friend's hand 

and a talk beside the fire;

it is the time for home."

~Edith Sitwell

Word Master Reza chose the word "Hibernate." The first person to use it was our guest Cass.

Reza

Reza was also Round Robin Master and asked us all to describe the winter holiday of our dreams.


John T presented an uplifting speech "Empathy - Join the Revolution" and gave us some points on how to develop empathy.

John T

Rosanne's speech "Memories of Winter" was a delightful account of some of her father's experiences and escapades in Denmark before he emigrated to Australia.

Roseanne

Jean S presented her second speech, "Not so secret weapon." Jean used the projector to illustrate her speech.

Jean S

Sharyn and Dave read some poems about winter while Jean was setting up.

Maureen had Table Topics for Darryl, Nick, Paul and Steve.
They were, "A Time when you were Caught in Bad in Weather"
"Which do you like best - Summer or Winter?"
"How does the weather affect your attitude?"
and "Do you depend on a weather report, and how do you get it?"

Darryl

Nick

Paul

Steve

Maureen also provided the raffle (as well as supper) The raffle was a bottle each of red and white wine.It was won by Steve.

Maureen

Evaluators of the speeches and table topics were Dave, Peter , Liz and John S.

Dave

Peter

Liz

John S

Tammy's Listening Quiz resulted in some fines. 

Tammy

Lisa was Time Keeper (for the first time), and Marlene was Grammarian. Sharyn conducted the General Evaluation.

Lisa

Sharyn

Award winners of the evening were John S (Best Evaluation,) Jean S (Personal Best,) Jim (Best Contribution,)  John T (Best Speech,) and Steve (Best Table Topic.)

Award Winners 28/7/15

Next meeting will be on the 11th August (the night before Exhibitiion Wednesday,) with the theme "Show Time."

Don't forget to bring your CL Manual and get someone to evaluate your role.