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| President Steve |
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| Toastmaster Liz |
It was Steve's first meeting as our new president.
The theme was "Up in the Air" and everyone was in high spirits. Toastmaster Liz had prepared snippets of information covering hot air balloons, aeroplanes, and space travel.
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| Kirsty W |
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| Karen |
Kirsty W spoke about planes that have gone missing and proposed a toast to the brave pilots who continue to go up in the air.
Karen had a challenge for us with her word "polymath," which is a person who knows a lot about a lot of subjects.
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| Darryl during Round Robin |
Tim's Round Robin topic was "What was your most memorable experience up in the air?" Some people got carried away with the topic.
There were two prepared speeches.
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| Christiane |
Christiane had recently performed a thorough research before buying a new heater, and in her speech, "This is a warm up," she explained how different types of heat work and why she bought a radiant heater.
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| Annette |
Annette T used a range of facial expressions, body language and vocal variety to tell about an encounter with the law in her speech, "Innocent"
The speech evaluators were Rose and Darryl.
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| Rose |
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| Darryl |
Leesa was Time Keeper.
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| Supper time - provided by Kirsty W |
Jim's Table Topics followed the theme. "Up in the Air." The lucky participants were Kirsty O, Karen, Nick, Tim, Steve, Dave Annette W, and Leesa.
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| Kirsty "Worst flight experience" |
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| TT Master Jim |
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| Karen " looking down from air" |
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| Nick "most exciting trip" |
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| Tim "sky diving" |
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| Steve "hot air ballon" |
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| Dave "magnificent men" |
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| Annette W "up in the air" |
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| Leesa "fly like a bird" |
The Table Topics were evaluated by Reza and Nick.
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| Reza |
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| Nick |
Grammarian Annette said the use of language during the meeting was exemplary but she had counted many um's and ah's - particularly during the Round Robin.
Kirsty O collected some fines with her Listening Quiz.
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| Kirsty O |
Steve told a joke about a plane missing an engine.
In the absence of a third scheduled speech, Dave delivered an impromptu review of a book he has enjoyed,
"The Invention of Nature," by Andrea Wulf. about German Naturalist Alexander Von Humboldt.
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| Dave |
Marlene's raffle, a bottle of wine and chocolates was won by Annette T.
Steve had some good points for improvement in his General Evaluation.
The award winners of the evening were Liz (Best Contribution,) Rose (Best Evuation,) Annette T (Best Speech,) Nick (Personal Best,) and Steve (Best Table Topic.)
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| Winners 26 July 2016 |
Next meeting 9th August. The theme will be "Trains."
You wouldn't believe it! This morning "Up in the Air" was the answer to a clue in a cryptic crossword I was working on. This afternoon, I picked up a book to read and the blurb on the back described the protagonist as a "polymath!"
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