Meeting 1131 "Music"

 "Groovy" was the word chosen by our Wordmaster Helen, and it proved to be a groovy meeting. Club President Paul welcomed everyone, including our new member Michael and guest Will.

Control was then handed to Gokul as Toastmaster of the evening, who used a burst of bright music to introduce the theme he had chosen - "Music."  John proposed a toast "To Music."

    Gokul

John

Helen explained that she loved the songs from "The Sound of Music," and had everyone singing "Do Re Me."

Helen

Round Robin Master Marlene invited everyone to tell what their favourite music was. The responses were varied - including Classical, Rock & Roll, Country & Western, Blue Grass, Bollywood and others.

Gail W presented her Icebreaker speech, "Seen and Heard." She told of some past experiences and the reason she had decided to join Toastmasters.

Paul's amusing speech  "Confessions of a Lapsed Toastmaster " was about his procrastination in preparing a speech.

Gail W

Paul

Narelle's speech about body language had everyone in fits of laughter.

Narelle's audience

The speech evaluators were Tony, Dan and Jonathon. 

Tony

Dan

Jonathon

 

The raffle, supplied by Narelle was a box crammed with goodies and was very popular. It was won by Gokul.

Narelle's Raffle 

Supper, provided by Peter and Gail W was a good time to catch up.

Supper Time

Catching up

Trish conducted the Table Topics session, with topics for Liz, Michael, Tony, Gail H, Helen, Peter and Rosie. She finally revealed that she had chosen the topics with the help of Chat GPT.

Trish

The topics were:

1. What type of music don't you like and why?

2. If you could learn to play a musical instrument, which one would you choose and why?

3.Who is your favourite singer or band?

4. How does music influence your mood and energise or relax you?

5. Do you have a particular song that has sentimental value?

6. What was a memorable concert that you have attended?

7. What is your all time favourite song and why?

Liz

Rosie

 

The Table Topics were evaluated by Peter and Arun.

Peter

Arun

Timekeeper Rosie announced that the meeting was running right on time.

Michael Dan & Rosie

Hazel gave a comprehensive General Evaluation of the entire meeting.

Hazel

The evening's awards were presented to Tony - Best Table Topic, Tony and Jonathan (Tie) - Best Evaluation, Narelle and Gail W (tie) - Best Speech and Gail W - Most Improved.

Award Winners 27 June

There will no meeting on the 11th July as we will be attending our Changeover Dinner. 

Next Regular Meeting will be on the 25th July.