November 5, 2009

Past President George Nichol chats with guest Sharon Darcy.

Speechcraft Coordinator Jane Stoltz presents certificates to Sylvia, Matt and Vanessa.




Date: Thursday November 5, 2009 – Speechcraft Graduation #2
Theme: Homonyms
Call meeting to order (7:15): Marie McCutcheon Chairperson: Jane Stoltz
Loyal Toast & Timer: Diane Bender completed #1 Special Occasions manual with a toast to Speechcrafters who were graduating. Grammarian – word of the day: Keith Stoltz challenged everyone with the word Highfalutin . It means pompous or pretentious and it was used six times.
Literary Corner: Richard Boertien
Vocal Variety Speeches Vanessa, Syliva & Matt. Speech by Toastmaster Keith McCluskie
Evaluator: Jessica Kelly Table Topics Master: George Nichol, winner was Rich boerting
Quizmaster: Brent Jemmett
Graduation Ceremony
We welcome Richard Boertien as one of our recent speechcrafters who has joined toastmasters!

Last night's meeting theme was Homonyms and everyone joined in with the fun!
Speechcraft speakers Sylvia spoke about Pushing Each Other Buttons a vivid description on communication differences between men & women. Vanessa spoke about No Thank you a humorous interaction on telemarketers. Matt spoke about Lost in the Woods, a descriptive story on one of his great danes and his line of the evening My highfalutin compass was not worth a dam.
Our word for the evening was highfalutin meaning pompous and pretentious.
Keith McCluskie spoke about “Who Are You” a humourous take on introducing oneself to people and how to remember one's name. Example: Mike the Muscle Man or Ann, Ann with the Frying Pan.
George Nichol got everyone involved with completing a story on the two head monster and using homonyms throughout the table topics session.
It was a great evening.
Jane Stoltz
VP Education
Linguists of Listowel