Speechfest 31st July

There were five Tuesdays this month, so we had a Speechfest on the 5th Tuesday. We welcomed guests Andrew and Gabriella, whom we had met at the Einbunpin Festival.

Carmy proposed the Toast and  Peter introduced the meeting theme, "Coffee."

Carmy

Peter

Wordmaster Eileen chose the word "Instant."

Eileen

Round Robin MasterJohn invited us to tell of a positive experience involving coffee.

 There was a wide variety of speeches. Blake told of his first love at the age of 12 - which turned out to be a red BMW car!

Trevor gave us some shocking facts about Cancer.

Blake

Trevor

 Leanne presented her Pathways Icebreaker, and shared some important parts of her life, including her love of travelling. (Sorry, didn't get a photo.)

Marlene repeated one of her previous speeches, about a trip to the vet.

Monica took us back to the past with her speech about the Gayndah Commune.

Monica

Speech Evaluators were Gail, John, Leesa and Marlene.

Gail

John

 

Leesa

Annette presented an information session about meeting roles and stressed the importance of keeping within the allotted time as it affects everyone else on the programme.

Darryl

 Darryl had some constructive suggestions in his General Evaluation.

Gail's raffle (a bag of goodies, including coffee, chocolate and puzzle book,) was won by Monica.

Annette presented the evening's awards to Peter (Most Improved,) Marlene (Best Speech,) and John (Best Evaluation.)

Award winners 31st July 2018

Next meeting Tuesday 14th August.

The following meeting on the 28th will be a Table Topics and Humorous Speech contest. Contestants needed. Give it a go!