Meeting 1036 "Lest We Forget"

With Anzac Day approaching, the theme was "Lest We Forget." 

Gail opened the meeting in the absence of President Christiane and handed control to Toastmaster of the evening, Chris.  Chris had prepared some interesting information about the Anzacs, which he shared throughout the meeting.

Gail

Chris

Stephen proposed a toast to "Anzacs - Lest we Forget." (We were delighted to have Stephen back with us again after his recent injuries.)

Stephen

Blake gave us a word that was first coined in circa 1200 - "Silence." It was fitting because a minute's silence is always observed on Anzac Day.

Round Robin Master Carmy asked, "What is your first memory of Anzac Day?"

Blake

Carmy

Darryl presented his speech "A Little Bit Sharper." and gave us some tools for memorising speeches, such as repetition, journey method, and story list.
He was evaluated by Trevor.

Darryl

Trevor

John T gave an entertaining tongue in cheek "election speech" titled  "Vote 1 Joe Blow for a Fair Go."

He was evaluated by Paul.

John T

Paul

Eileen used emotive body language in her speech "My Mother's Love." She was evaluated by Leanne.

Eileen

Leanne

All the speeches were projects from the new Pathways programme

Leesa was Time Keeper.

Raffle Master Gail enticed us with a bag of Anzac memorabilia which also included chocolate. It was later won by Eileen.

Leesa

Gail

A delicious supper was provided by Stephen. It was a good time to catch up with one another...

Darryl & Stephen

Monica, Leesa, Leanne

but whatever were Chris and Carmy doing??

Chris & Carmy

After the break, Table Topic Master Blake had some hypothetical questions for Stephen, Darryl, Carmy, Paul, Leesa, Marlene, Leanne and Jonathon.

 TT Master Blake

Stephen - "Dinner with Trump"

Darryl - "Zombie Apocalypse"

Carmy - "Superhero Powers"

Paul - "Choose band"

Leanne - "Music or Lanuages"

Leesa - "Plane crash"

Jonathon - "Ninja Tuirtles"

The Table Topic speakers were evaluated by Trevor and Casey.

Trevor

Casey

Marlene conducted a mini educational session on how to be Table Topics Master. Her main points were,
1. Keep the topics brief and easy to understand.
2. Prepare extra copies for the time keeper, and evaluators.
3. Call on members who don't have a major role on the programme.
4. Give the topic before nominating the speaker.

Grammarian Jonathon reported that there were no "ums & ahs" in the Round Robin, but there were 10 in the evaluations and 3 in the rest of the meeting. He commended various members on their use of  word puns, rhyming words, triads, short sharp sentences and vivid word pictures.

Marlene conducted a Listening Quiz, and Monica presented a General Evaluation of the entire meeting.

Monica

The evenings awards went to Jonathon (Best Evaluation,) Jonathon & Leanne - tie (Best Table Topic)  and Eileen (Best Speech and Most Improved.)

Award winners 23 April 2019

Special Congratulations to our charter member John S, who has now been a member of our club for 45 years.  This is an early photo of John. We will celebrate our club's birthday in August.

John S - circa 1979

There will be 3 weeks till next meeting 14th May, because there were 5 Tuesdays in April.