Summary of Rangiora Toastmasters meeting 22 January 2007
What a night it was – sorry to those who missed it! New member, Ray Willmott, presented his Icebreaker speech with great proficiency. With his well constructed speech he told us of his life’s journey that began in England, through to the excitement of business and fox hunting in Australia, and retirement in Canterbury – a full circle from one Avon River to another Avon River, at opposite ends of the world. What a speech, and it was only the first one! We can’t wait for more. Ray’s speech was expertly reviewed by Dave Young.
Erika Currie presented her 10th speech, the final one towards the Competent Toastmaster Certificate, which is the first step in the Toastmaster journey. Norma McLaren reviewed Erika’s speech in the professional manner we have come to expect from this accomplished and enthusiastic club member.
Toastmaster for the night, Patricia Dodds, managed the meeting and, in the absence of a Table Topics Master, filled that role as well. Table Topics was a continuous story and she started it by telling us about driving a new, unfamiliar car in the dark and not finding the light switch - and then left fellow toastmasters to finish the story for her – great fun.
It was great to see
Sergeant at Arms, Gerry, brought us to order; Corran made us laugh; Neil was Grammarian; Olivia the Bard, and Ellie had her work cut out with the two roles of General Evaluator and Table Topics Evaluator.
As usual, it was “the best night of the week” again. Well done, everybody. Erika.
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