Meeting 1060 "Music."

We were delighted to have some visitors at our online meeting. We were joined by Dagmara and Julian from the UK, and Philomena who had visited previously when we were able to meet in person at The Full Moon Hotel, and Hazel, who is joining our club and will be inducted next meeting. Yay!

Julian

Philomena

Hazel

 President Gail congratulated John T on completing another level in Pathways.

Toastmaster Trish kept the meeting flowing and had some wonderful quotes about Music. A favourite  quote was "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." Plato.

Trish

Jakob proposed a toast to the Gympie Music Muster. He explained that Gympie was his home town and the Muster has been a huge musical event for the past 40 years.

Jakob

Gokul

 Word Master Gokul introduced the word "Fiddle," which as well as a musical instrument, it can mean "to touch or fidget something in a nervous way, or to cheat, defraud, or falsify. (figures, data or records.)"

JP

We are One

Round Robin Master JP presented us with the words of a popular Australian song "We are One, We are Many" with the invitation to either sing it or to tell what the words brought to mind.

Our first prepared speech was presented by Chris D. It was his first speech, the Icebreaker Speech and he told how he had emigrated to Australia from Malta. 

The speech was evaluated by Casey.

Chris D

Casey

Peter also presented an Icebreaker speech. It was his first speech in the Pathways programme, although he has already given speeches under the old system. Peter managed to convey information about himself as he compared the old manuals with the new Pathways and made us laugh.

Leesa evaluated Peter's speech.

Peter

Leesa

Leanne's speech "Discovery" was a Pathways project, "Understanding your Leadership Style." She even broke into song during the speech.

It was evaluated by Monica.

Leanne

Monica

 Carmy speech was titled "Leading the Bus Team" and spoke about taking Autistic children on the school bus.

Trevor evaluated Carmy's speech.

Carmy

Trevor

Dan conducted the Table Topics session and called on Jonathon, Christiane, Darryl, Trevor, Gokul  and Jacob to deliver a 1 - 2 minute impromptu speech.                                                                                        

Dan

 Time keeper Liz UK

The topics (parphrased) were:

"What musical artist, dead or alive would you like to see?"
"What music or song makes you happy?"
"What music or song would your friends say describes you?"
"Who would you get to sing the soundtrack of your life"
"What music or song reminds you of your childhood?"
"What music or song makes you want to dance?"

The Table Topics were  evaluated by John T and Gail.

John T

Gail

Jonathon gave us some helpful tips on how to structure a speech or presentation.

Jonathon

Jonathon's Tips

Christiane mounted her Soapbox and told how she feels about the law requiring bike riders to wear a safety helmet.

Liz reviewed a book she has enjoyed, "My Cousin Rachel" by Daphne du Maurier which she said was "enchanting and disarming."
                                                          

Christiane

Liz

Vaughan found out who had been paying attention with his Listening Quiz.

Grammarian Marlene commented on the clever use of alliteration and the "ums" and "aahs" during the meeting.

Vaughan

Marlene

Screen Master Darryl had some observations and commendations for those presenting on screen.

Annette gave a general evaluation of the entire meeting. One of her suggestions was for those conducting the Table Topics session to take note of who had answered a table topic in recent meetings, because some members hadn't had a topic for some time.

Darryl

Annette

A poll was taken for the award winners for the evening. The results were...
Best Table Topics: Jakob and Jonathon (tie.)
Best Evaluation: Casey
Most Improved: Chris D
Best Speech: Peter (not in the photo, he'd already left.)

Next meeting will be on Tuesday 9th June. Visitors will be welcome. Just email us for the online link.