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| Helen |
President Helen welcomed our 6 guests - Robert, Madonna, Nick, Sophie, Madeline, and Steve. Then switching to her role of Toastmaster of the evening, she explained that August is the month when horses in Australia have their official birthday, so she had chosen "The Beauty of Horses" as the theme for the meeting.
Russell proposed a toast to "Spring," which was appropriate because it was a very warm evening.
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| Russell |
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| Paul |
Word Master Paul presented a challenge: to use horse related idioms. This was combined with a new segment introduced by Christiane - Stress Reliever. A rolled-up newspaper was handed around and each person used it to thump the table in front of them as they told what annoyed them. This caused much laughter as everyone including guests told of their pet hate, while using a horse idiom, such "horsing around," "high horse," "putting the cart before the horse," etc.
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| Christiane |
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| Shaun using Stress Reliever |
Amy presented her Ice Breaker speech, "My Reality Slap" telling of a moving personal experience.
It was evaluated by Marlene.
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| Amy |
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| Marlene |
The second speaker was Peter, who used Van Gogh's painting "The Good Samaritan" to illustrate his speech. It was impossible to take a clear photo of Peter as he took on the actions of each character in the story.
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| Peter |
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| Van Gogh's painting |
Shaun evaluated Peter's speech. George was a Timekeeper.
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| Shaun |
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| George |
John T's speech, titled "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." was evaluated by Arun.
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| John T |
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| Arun |
Speech 4 was by Gail H, titled "Start them Young," and was an entertaining journey into the past.
It was evaluated by Paul.
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| Gail H |
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| Paul |
In the absence of a Raffle Master, Christiane raffled Twenty Dollars. It was won by Gail H.
After a delicious supper, supplied by Gail W, John T and Marlene, the meeting continued with a Table Topics session presented by Gail W.
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| Gail W |
Her Table Topics were:
1. What are your favourite physical features of a horse and why? (Russell.)
2. What is a common activity that people do with horses. (Madonna)
3. What is your favourite breed of horse and why? (Shaun.)
4. What is your favourite horse from history? (Helen.)
5. What is a memorable experience you have had with horses. (Peter.)
6. What are the reasons that people find horses good companions. (Robert.)
7. What do you find attractive about a horse? (Marlene.)
8. What would you say if your partner wanted to have a horse? (Arun.)
There were some very funny answers.
The Table Topics were evaluated by Christiane and Trish.
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| Christiane |
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| Trish |
Russell presented a "Who am I?" segment, with a series if hints until several people guessed that it was Sigmund Freud.
Narelle conducted a General Evaluation of the entire meeting.
Award winners for the evening were Peter (Best Speech,) Amy (Most Improved,) and Shaun (Best Table Topic and Best Evaluation.)
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| Award winners 27th Aug 2024 |
Next meeting on the 10th September will be a Table Topics and Humorous Speech contest meeting.
We are very sorry to say goodbye to Shaun who is relocating. He has contributed greatly to our club and will be missed.
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Shaun
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Such an emotional meeting:
ReplyDeletejubilant because of 6 guests
we heard a heart-warming personal story from Amy
laughed at Peter's re-enactments (falling to the ground, expanding the speaking area)
learned facts from John (how to efficiently place alliterations) and Gail's (how and when to teach business sessions) speeches
not to forget the teachings and snippets of wisdom from all the evaluators
to sadly say Good-Bye to Shaun (for the meantime) --> All the best!