Meeting 1080 - Poetry

 This Meeting was suddenly promoted to a Zoom only, following Covid restrictions being in place. 

As Toastmasters we are adaptable and Leanne's good management skills saw 11 Members on line as well as one very well behaved guest cat.

Dan welcomed all and read the Mission Statement then Leanne introduced the Toastmaster Monica.

In line with the theme, Monica read a poem by Pam Ayres to start proceedings. Throughout the Meeting Monica included a variety of poems, including the very humourous "Oh I wish I'd looked after me Teeth".

Monica

Dan toasted "New Members and Guests" followed by the Word by Tony, superfluous, meaning more than enough.

Tony

Round Robin by Liz allowed our poetic skills to come to the fore - by reciting either a poem, haiku or limerick of choice. 

Liz

Tony stepped in as Timer for the evening and did an amazing job considering his busy other roles.

Speeches:

John was using the "Engage your Audience with Humor" series and his topic was "Let's change the Anthem". It was evaluated by Marlene.

Marlene

John

Leanne spoke from the "Vocal Variety" series on the topic "They Should Have asked my Husband" which was another Pam Ayres poem. This was evaluated by Gail.

Leanne

Gail

Darryl also used the "Vocal Variety" platform, his topic was "Green and Gold Malaria" and was also presented in the form of a poem by Rupert McCall. Dan was his Evaluator.

Dan

Darryl

Table Topics by Trish were also themed, and answered by Marlene, Tony, Liz, Gail, Leanne and Daniel.

Trish

The Table Topics Evaluators Tony and Leanne provided feedback which was helpful to all participants. 

Grammarian Gail observed that Zoom Meetings seem to diminish the use of gestures, and that we lose the full dimension resulting in presentations being a bit flat at times.

Paul presented the General Evaluation, and confirmed Gail's comments. He complimented all on being able to multi-task to keep the Meeting buoyant.

Paul

Best Speech: John, Best Evaluator: Dan, Best Table Topic: Tony; and Most Improved: Tony.