The 5th Tuesday of the month is a good time to hold a Speechfest.
Sergeant at Arms Chris opened the meeting. VPE Christiane stood in for President Annette and welcomed everyone to the meeting. It was good to see Darryl back.
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| Chris |
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| Christiane |
Casey proposed the toast.
Toastmaster Blake was well prepared in spite of having to step into the role at short notice.
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| Casey |
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| Blake |
Word Master Carmy presented the word "Sunshine," which fitted well with the theme of "Brisbane" and was used many times during the evening.
Round Robin Master Marlene invited everyone to tell what they liked or didn't like about a suburb of Brisbane that was not their home suburb. Some that were mentioned were Gordon Park, Teneriffe, New Farm, Highgate Hill, Albany Creek, Bundamba, etc. Steve managed to use the word Sunshine several times by talking about Sunshine Train Station.
There were four prepared speeches. Eileen's speech was a fascinating explanation of the difference between Introverts and Extroverts - and those in between eg. extroverted introverts, and ambiverts. It was evaluated by Gail.
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| Eileen |
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| Gail |
There was much laughter when Paul told some funny stories about the different stages his children have gone through, and how they are growing up so fast.
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| Paul |
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| Audience reaction |
Paul's speech was evaluated by Marlene
Chris told how as a fire fighter, he teaches school children what to do in case of fire. He demonstrated how they should cover their face with their hands and roll on the floor or ground if their clothes catch on fire, and how to get down low below the smoke level where there is better visibility to escape a house fire.
Carmy evaluated Paul's speech.
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| Chris |
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| Carmy |
Karen's speech was a moving personal story about how her eyesight had been saved, thanks to the work of Fred Hollows and other doctors.
It was evaluated by Steve.
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| Karen |
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| Steve |
Casey's raffle was an assortment of goodies with a Brisbane theme. It was won by Steve.
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| Casey |
John conducted an Educational Session on the Distinguished Club Programme and explained what all the ribbons on our banner signify. This session completes his Advanced Leader Bronze project and is the third educational award he has earned this year. Congratulations John!
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| John |
Time keeper Christiane announced that the meeting was running ahead of time.
Jonathon gave a thorough General Evaluation of the entire evening, explaining what had been done well and what could be improved.
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| Christiane |
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| Jonathon |
Steve was presented with the "Best Evaluation" award and Karen and Chris tied for "Best Speech." Chris was also voted "Most Improved."
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| Award winners 29 May 2018 |
The meeting finished earlier than usual, which left some time to socialise before leaving.
Next meeting will be on the 12th June.
Our Change Over Dinner will be held on the 26th June. Please pay Blake next meeting if you are coming to the Changeover.
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