There is one way to get everyone's attention - with a theme containing the word "Quirky" our inner quirks could be let loose.
An added quirk was that many roles for the evening were selected upon arrival by drawing your assignment from a cup.
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| Annette |
Welcome back to our President Annette, who then welcomed guests Kevin and Trevor. Badges were then presented to new Members Casey, Eileen and Lee-Anne.
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| Jonathon |
The Toastmasters role was drawn by Jonathon, who called on Christiane to "fill in the gaps" on the program with the names of Members. A Toast was presented by Steve, to "Johnny Cash".
Lee-Anne was Wordmaster and gave "Genius" and it's definition. Throughout the night each Member who stood in front of the lectern was labelled "Genius". The word was used often.
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Ice Breakers by Casey and Steve were evaluated by Liz and Monica.
Casey and Steve
Evaluators Liz and Nikki
Third Speech was by Paul and evaluated by Monica.
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| Monica and Paul |
The Raffle presented by Leesa was not non-alcoholic (after Leesa read the label) but a delightful mixer drink.
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| Leesa |
Stephen drew the Table Topics assignment and provided Country Music related topics to 9 lucky Toastmasters.
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| Stephen |
Paul explained "Ring of Fire", Trevor described how "he became a genius", John relived his brush with fame and Troy Cassar-Daley, Liz described her win of a Line Dancing contest, Nikki got the wrong party theme (Country, not Zombie), Steve told us of his music lessons in Tamworth, Christaine confessed her failed song writing attempts, Leesa tried to impersonate Chad Morgan but was lost for words (and voice), and Peter gave a Vote of Thanks for the Gympie Muster.
Well done all.
Evaluators Carmy, Annette and Kirsty provided good points for all Table Topics Speakers.
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| Carmy, Annette and Kirsty |
In Kirsty's book review she explained how she was enjoying reading one of her text books as it was not the usual stuffy read but quite quirky.
Leesa gave some helpful tips.
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| Leesa |
Show and Tell was an interesting segment by Peter. He brought along a motor made by his neighbor out of bits and pieces. After lighting a candle, the apparatus came to life. Note to Peter: candles can make metal HOT!
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| Peter |
John was on his Soap Box about the ethics and cheating of the Australian Cricket Team.
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| John |
Joke presenter was visiting Toastmaster Trevor. Marlene corrected and congratulated us on grammar usage, followed by Peter with a quote. Peter was also the lucky raffle winner.
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| Trevor, Marlene and Peter |
Eileen conducted the Listening Quiz with confidence.
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| Eileen |
Keeping time throughout the night was Sharyn with Lights, Bells but no Whistles.
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Sharyn
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General Evaluator by Christiane provided helpful suggestions for improvement and comments to assist at future meetings.
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| Christiane |
Awards: Best Speech - a tie by Casey and Paul
Best Evaluator - Annette
Best Table Topic - John
Most Improved - a tie by Casey and Eileen
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Award winners
John, Paul, Casey, Eileen, Annette |
Great summary of a quirky night!
ReplyDeleteAnd hopefully every member is prepared for the next meetings with no preparation necessary...