Brian has fun with “My Favourite actor/actress is” theme at our weekly Toastmaster meeting. He skillfully chaired the meeting as he told each member why they resembled a famous actor or actress. The Toastmaster members were transformed into everyone from Mr. Bean to Judge Judy.
George did the call to order by telling us that the Linguists of Listowel Murder Mystery crew was his pick for best actors and actresses. George also gave a toast to Queen Victoria and to Canada. Jane presented two words for language enricher. Effusive: which is an adjective meaning excessively demonstrative. Topsy-Turvy: This means in utter confusion or disorder. Sheryl read an article for literary corner. Keith presented an Education Module called “Creating the Best Club Climate”.
Ken had fun with table topics. Half the members were the producers and the other half were the actors/actresses. There was no clear winner although Audrey did get picked many times. Keith presented speech number one from the Interpretive Reading manual. Jane presented a speech about Josh Groban and then played one of his pieces on the piano. Marie evaluated Keith’s interpretive reading and there was a round table evaluation for Jane. Audrey kept us listening and guessing for quizmaster. Linda P summed up the evening as General Evaluator.
Be sure to attend our next meeting on June 1st with the theme “The places you will see and visit during the holidays. Same Place – Same Time.
Keith
Friday, May 26, 2006
May 25, 2006
Brian has fun with “My Favourite actor/actress is” theme at our weekly Toastmaster meeting. He skillfully chaired the meeting as he told each member why they resembled a famous actor or actress. The Toastmaster members were transformed into everyone from Mr. Bean to Judge Judy.
George did the call to order by telling us that the Linguists of Listowel Murder Mystery crew was his pick for best actors and actresses. George also gave a toast to Queen Victoria and to Canada. Jane presented two words for language enricher. Effusive: which is an adjective meaning excessively demonstrative. Topsy-Turvy: This means in utter confusion or disorder. Sheryl read an article for literary corner. Keith presented an Education Module called “Creating the Best Club Climate”.
Ken had fun with table topics. Half the members were the producers and the other half were the actors/actresses. There was no clear winner although Audrey did get picked many times. Keith presented speech number one from the Interpretive Reading manual. Jane presented a speech about Josh Groban and then played one of his pieces on the piano. Marie evaluated Keith’s interpretive reading and there was a round table evaluation for Jane. Audrey kept us listening and guessing for quizmaster. Linda P summed up the evening as General Evaluator.
Be sure to attend our next meeting on June 1st with the theme “The places you will see and visit during the holidays. Same Place – Same Time.
Keith
George did the call to order by telling us that the Linguists of Listowel Murder Mystery crew was his pick for best actors and actresses. George also gave a toast to Queen Victoria and to Canada. Jane presented two words for language enricher. Effusive: which is an adjective meaning excessively demonstrative. Topsy-Turvy: This means in utter confusion or disorder. Sheryl read an article for literary corner. Keith presented an Education Module called “Creating the Best Club Climate”.
Ken had fun with table topics. Half the members were the producers and the other half were the actors/actresses. There was no clear winner although Audrey did get picked many times. Keith presented speech number one from the Interpretive Reading manual. Jane presented a speech about Josh Groban and then played one of his pieces on the piano. Marie evaluated Keith’s interpretive reading and there was a round table evaluation for Jane. Audrey kept us listening and guessing for quizmaster. Linda P summed up the evening as General Evaluator.
Be sure to attend our next meeting on June 1st with the theme “The places you will see and visit during the holidays. Same Place – Same Time.
Keith
Friday, May 19, 2006
May 18, 2006
It was Book Review time at the weekly Toastmaster meeting in Listowel. It was an evening full of laughter and fun. It was a night where we used the language enricher word a record number of times. It was a night where we gained a new member. Thank you David W for joining our exciting club. Nicole was our guest for our meeting.
Sheryl started the meeting with a complimentary welcome to Brian, the chair for the meeting. Brian kept the meeting running smoothly as he introduced each member as a character from a book. Brian told us his favourite book is called “Hitchhiking Through the Galaxy”.
Gary toasted Canada by reminding everyone about our freedoms that we have. Freedoms to read any book we like. George was language enricher. His word was “Shilly Shalley”. It is a verb which means; to act in an undecided manner or to hesitate. The word was used 11 times during the meeting. One person used it three times in table topics.
Jane entertained everyone with tongue twisters. She had everyone in the room read one tongue twister. Keith presented the “Going Beyond the Club” Educational Module. Everyone had fun with Audrey’s table topics. She had each member take a book and do a one minute book review. Keith won this round of table topics.
Brian wrapped up the meeting with another humorous story. Please attend our next meeting on Thursday May 25th starting at 7:14 pm. The theme is “My favourite actor/actress is……..
Sheryl started the meeting with a complimentary welcome to Brian, the chair for the meeting. Brian kept the meeting running smoothly as he introduced each member as a character from a book. Brian told us his favourite book is called “Hitchhiking Through the Galaxy”.
Gary toasted Canada by reminding everyone about our freedoms that we have. Freedoms to read any book we like. George was language enricher. His word was “Shilly Shalley”. It is a verb which means; to act in an undecided manner or to hesitate. The word was used 11 times during the meeting. One person used it three times in table topics.
Jane entertained everyone with tongue twisters. She had everyone in the room read one tongue twister. Keith presented the “Going Beyond the Club” Educational Module. Everyone had fun with Audrey’s table topics. She had each member take a book and do a one minute book review. Keith won this round of table topics.
Brian wrapped up the meeting with another humorous story. Please attend our next meeting on Thursday May 25th starting at 7:14 pm. The theme is “My favourite actor/actress is……..
Monday, May 15, 2006
May 11, 2006
Toastmaster had a fun time with the Mother's Day theme at our weekly meeting. Linda P skillfully and humorously had everyone laughing all night long. Linda told us her favourite motherly sayings.
Gary introduced Dave W, our guest for the evening. George provided us with a toast to mothers and to Canada. Gary provided the word “Slugabed” for language enricher. A slugabed is someone who stays in bed longer than they should. Audrey read a story called “How we Kept Mother’s Day”.
Brian provided his point of view on why Listowel needs a Recreational Centre and Gary provide the counter point of view on why Listowel does not need a Recreational Centre. Newest member Sheryl presented a 6 minute impromptu speech. Sheryl did an outstanding job considering she has not presented her ice breaker speech yet. Ken gave a glowing evaluation of Sheryl’s speech.
Jane presented table topics. She asked all members to pick up a garage sale item from the churches garage sale table. The members had to explain why they were giving this gift to their mother or spouse. Ken won table topics with his memorable “one boot in the grave” story. The evening ended with Keith as quizmaster and Audrey as General Evaluator.
Plan on attending the next meeting on May 18th with the theme of “Book Reviews”
Keith
Gary introduced Dave W, our guest for the evening. George provided us with a toast to mothers and to Canada. Gary provided the word “Slugabed” for language enricher. A slugabed is someone who stays in bed longer than they should. Audrey read a story called “How we Kept Mother’s Day”.
Brian provided his point of view on why Listowel needs a Recreational Centre and Gary provide the counter point of view on why Listowel does not need a Recreational Centre. Newest member Sheryl presented a 6 minute impromptu speech. Sheryl did an outstanding job considering she has not presented her ice breaker speech yet. Ken gave a glowing evaluation of Sheryl’s speech.
Jane presented table topics. She asked all members to pick up a garage sale item from the churches garage sale table. The members had to explain why they were giving this gift to their mother or spouse. Ken won table topics with his memorable “one boot in the grave” story. The evening ended with Keith as quizmaster and Audrey as General Evaluator.
Plan on attending the next meeting on May 18th with the theme of “Book Reviews”
Keith
May 4, 2006
Hello Everyone:
We have our new 2006-2007 executive as follows:
President: Brian
VP of Membership: Gary
VP of Public Relations: Diane B
VP of Education: Marie
Secretary: Audrey
Treasurer: Allan
Sergeant of Arms: Sheryl
Congratulations to All!
P.S. Linda P - please send in this important information into International Toastmasters.
Next Week's meeting needs some roles filled!
Let's try to get all positions filled on Monday evening by 7:15 p.m. sharp!
There's a TM $1.00 gift certificate to everyone who committs by the Monday evening deadline!
You must be present at the meeting to claim your prize! Sorry, no
rainchecks.
May 11th Meeting
Theme: Mother's Day
Call to Order: ______________
Chair: Linda P
Toast/Timer: ______________
Language Enricher:_________
Literary Corner: Audrey
Speaker #1: ______________
Speaker #2: ______________
Educational Module: ________
Point of View: _____________
Counter Point of View: ______
Evaluator #1: _____________
Evaluator#2: _____________
Table Topics: ____________
Quizmaster: _____________
General Evaluator: _________
Business Meeting:
Anything for the Good of Toastmasters:
Regrets: Allan, Diane B, Marie
Linguists Meeting Dates, Themes, Important Dates Etc......
Thurs May 18th: Book Reviews
Thurs May 25th: My favourite actor/actress is.....
Thurs June 1st: Oh the places you will see and visit during the holidays.....
Thurs June 8th: Movie Reviews
Thurs June 15: Father's Day
Thurs June 22: Canada Day Celebrations
Thurs June 29: Graduation Ceremonies - Potluck Installation of Officers Meeting Fri June 30: Has everyone sent in their paperwork for CL, CTM, ATM-B, ATM-S, ATM-G, DTM into International Toastmasters?
Thurs July 13th: Audrey's Place - Listowel Fair Day Parade Thurs July 27th: Felix's Place - Palmerston Thurs Aug 10th: Tall Tales Contest - St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Listowel Thurs Aug 24th: Gary's Place - Listowel Thurs Sept 7th: Back to School Regular Toastmaster Meeting
Remember: New Officer Training Days sometime in June
Jane
VP of Education
Linguists of Listowel
Toastmaster Club
We have our new 2006-2007 executive as follows:
President: Brian
VP of Membership: Gary
VP of Public Relations: Diane B
VP of Education: Marie
Secretary: Audrey
Treasurer: Allan
Sergeant of Arms: Sheryl
Congratulations to All!
P.S. Linda P - please send in this important information into International Toastmasters.
Next Week's meeting needs some roles filled!
Let's try to get all positions filled on Monday evening by 7:15 p.m. sharp!
There's a TM $1.00 gift certificate to everyone who committs by the Monday evening deadline!
You must be present at the meeting to claim your prize! Sorry, no
rainchecks.
May 11th Meeting
Theme: Mother's Day
Call to Order: ______________
Chair: Linda P
Toast/Timer: ______________
Language Enricher:_________
Literary Corner: Audrey
Speaker #1: ______________
Speaker #2: ______________
Educational Module: ________
Point of View: _____________
Counter Point of View: ______
Evaluator #1: _____________
Evaluator#2: _____________
Table Topics: ____________
Quizmaster: _____________
General Evaluator: _________
Business Meeting:
Anything for the Good of Toastmasters:
Regrets: Allan, Diane B, Marie
Linguists Meeting Dates, Themes, Important Dates Etc......
Thurs May 18th: Book Reviews
Thurs May 25th: My favourite actor/actress is.....
Thurs June 1st: Oh the places you will see and visit during the holidays.....
Thurs June 8th: Movie Reviews
Thurs June 15: Father's Day
Thurs June 22: Canada Day Celebrations
Thurs June 29: Graduation Ceremonies - Potluck Installation of Officers Meeting Fri June 30: Has everyone sent in their paperwork for CL, CTM, ATM-B, ATM-S, ATM-G, DTM into International Toastmasters?
Thurs July 13th: Audrey's Place - Listowel Fair Day Parade Thurs July 27th: Felix's Place - Palmerston Thurs Aug 10th: Tall Tales Contest - St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Listowel Thurs Aug 24th: Gary's Place - Listowel Thurs Sept 7th: Back to School Regular Toastmaster Meeting
Remember: New Officer Training Days sometime in June
Jane
VP of Education
Linguists of Listowel
Toastmaster Club
Saturday, April 22, 2006
April 20, 2006
Newest member Sheryl opened the meeting with a nice introduction to Marie, our chair for the evening. Our theme was “Spring has Sprung”. Marie used this theme throughout the meeting by explaining what type of spring each member was.
Ezra presented the Toast to Canada. He told us how nice it was to live in Canada and enjoy the beautiful spring weather. Especially today, since the temperature was a sunny and warm 22 degrees. Brian presented the word Empathy for language enricher. Audrey read two poems for literary corner. Her poems were called “Natures Call” and “I wander lonely as a Cloud”. Linda P presented an off the cuff speech called “My intimating Yard”. Keith presented a workshop called “Developing a Mission” from the Leadership Excellence Series. This was the last project that Keith had to do to achieve his silver.
Jane presented a challenging round of table topics where four members would work together to create a story. It was unofficial, but the one team of men won this round of table topics.
The meeting ended with a business meeting run by Jane. These are the nominations for the upcoming elections. President: Diane B, Brian, George. VP of Education; Marie. Treasurer: Allan. Secretary; Audrey, Linda P. Memberships; George, Gary. VP of Public Relations; Diane. Sergeant at Arms; Sheryl, Linda P. Please contact John P to add your name to this list.
Please attend our next meeting on April 27th at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Listowel starting at 7:14 pm. The theme is “Backwards Meeting”.
Keith
Ezra presented the Toast to Canada. He told us how nice it was to live in Canada and enjoy the beautiful spring weather. Especially today, since the temperature was a sunny and warm 22 degrees. Brian presented the word Empathy for language enricher. Audrey read two poems for literary corner. Her poems were called “Natures Call” and “I wander lonely as a Cloud”. Linda P presented an off the cuff speech called “My intimating Yard”. Keith presented a workshop called “Developing a Mission” from the Leadership Excellence Series. This was the last project that Keith had to do to achieve his silver.
Jane presented a challenging round of table topics where four members would work together to create a story. It was unofficial, but the one team of men won this round of table topics.
The meeting ended with a business meeting run by Jane. These are the nominations for the upcoming elections. President: Diane B, Brian, George. VP of Education; Marie. Treasurer: Allan. Secretary; Audrey, Linda P. Memberships; George, Gary. VP of Public Relations; Diane. Sergeant at Arms; Sheryl, Linda P. Please contact John P to add your name to this list.
Please attend our next meeting on April 27th at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Listowel starting at 7:14 pm. The theme is “Backwards Meeting”.
Keith
April 13, 2006
There was a fun Easter egg hunt as the Linguists of Listowel gathered for their weekly meeting. Heidy opened the meeting with a very funny story on an Easter egg hunt. She skillfully chaired the meeting. Linda M provided the Toast to Canada. Linda used to live in London, England and told us how lucky Canadians are to live in a country where there is a feeling of security.
Brian explained the difference between the words Affluent meaning wealthy and Effluent which means waste or sewage. He encouraged us to use both words during our meeting. Jane read us an Easter story about painting eggs with love.
Marie presented an off the cuff speech called “When did I turn into my mother”. This very humorous story was very entertaining. Keith presented an Educational Workshop called “Visionary Leader” from the Leadership Excellence Series. Jane presented the Point of View. Her point was that there should be a national holiday every year for an Easter egg hunt. Jane is still a kid at heart. Harvey presented the counter point of view.
Heidy presented a fun round of table topics. She made the members used a unique accent to read a story. Brian won this round of table topics. Linda P was second with her cowboy accent. It was a very humorous round of table topics. Brian gave everyone some very value grow and glow points as he presented his general evaluation of the meeting.
Keith
Brian explained the difference between the words Affluent meaning wealthy and Effluent which means waste or sewage. He encouraged us to use both words during our meeting. Jane read us an Easter story about painting eggs with love.
Marie presented an off the cuff speech called “When did I turn into my mother”. This very humorous story was very entertaining. Keith presented an Educational Workshop called “Visionary Leader” from the Leadership Excellence Series. Jane presented the Point of View. Her point was that there should be a national holiday every year for an Easter egg hunt. Jane is still a kid at heart. Harvey presented the counter point of view.
Heidy presented a fun round of table topics. She made the members used a unique accent to read a story. Brian won this round of table topics. Linda P was second with her cowboy accent. It was a very humorous round of table topics. Brian gave everyone some very value grow and glow points as he presented his general evaluation of the meeting.
Keith
Saturday, April 08, 2006
April 6, 2006
If only I had know..... was the theme for the weekly Toastmaster meeting on April 6th. We had one of the largest meetings of the year with everyone ready for a fun and educational evening. There were several guests at our meeting. Diane R from Toast of the Valley, Vermont and Cherlyn O from Gowanstown grace us with their presence.
Audrey opened the meeting with the call to order. She told us that we should not have any regrets and we should not concern ourselves with "If I had only know". Jane was the chair for the evening. Jane kept the meeting flowing with quotes and introducing each member as a famous person.
Diane B presented the Toast. She toasted the health and safety for all Canadians. Heidy was the language enricher. She taught us the differences between "resident" and "residence"; "constituent" and "constituency. George read a motivating story from Inspire the Body and Soul Life Lessons. He told us how to make each day a master piece. Diane R presented speech number five from the Story Telling manual. Her title was Bring History to Life. Brian presented speech number five from the Speaking To Inform manual. Both speeches were very enlighting and entertaining. The speeches were evaluated by Audrey and Keith respectively.
Linda M presented a mini humourous speech as she outlined how we were going to run table topics. Each member needed to help Linda solve a household problem that she was encountering. Audrey won table topics by telling Linda how to solve her garage door opening problem. Everyone laughed a dozen times as we heard the solutions.
Gary presented a very informative general evaluation for the evening. Overall, the meeting was very sucessful. We had a large crowd, we had guests and we had lots of fun and laughter.
Please attend our next meeting on April 13th. The theme is Easter Egg Hunt. Same place. Same time.
Keith
Audrey opened the meeting with the call to order. She told us that we should not have any regrets and we should not concern ourselves with "If I had only know". Jane was the chair for the evening. Jane kept the meeting flowing with quotes and introducing each member as a famous person.
Diane B presented the Toast. She toasted the health and safety for all Canadians. Heidy was the language enricher. She taught us the differences between "resident" and "residence"; "constituent" and "constituency. George read a motivating story from Inspire the Body and Soul Life Lessons. He told us how to make each day a master piece. Diane R presented speech number five from the Story Telling manual. Her title was Bring History to Life. Brian presented speech number five from the Speaking To Inform manual. Both speeches were very enlighting and entertaining. The speeches were evaluated by Audrey and Keith respectively.
Linda M presented a mini humourous speech as she outlined how we were going to run table topics. Each member needed to help Linda solve a household problem that she was encountering. Audrey won table topics by telling Linda how to solve her garage door opening problem. Everyone laughed a dozen times as we heard the solutions.
Gary presented a very informative general evaluation for the evening. Overall, the meeting was very sucessful. We had a large crowd, we had guests and we had lots of fun and laughter.
Please attend our next meeting on April 13th. The theme is Easter Egg Hunt. Same place. Same time.
Keith
Monday, March 27, 2006
March 23, 2006
March 23rd Meeting, Theme- Apologies Excepted
Although there was only a handful of members at this meeting we did cover some ground. Marie chaired, Felix read an article about corporate Toastmaster Clubs. George came prepared to time and give us the Loyal Toast. Linda Piper presented Table Topics which put us in a tag team of skits. Ezra and Jim were present. Brian gave an off the cuff speech of how he perceived the commentators and certain events in the recent Winter Olympics. It was humourous as usual but he really should partake in a game of curling before he tries to understand the terms used in this sport. His speech was evaluated by round table.
We ended the meeting brain storming how we can retain current members that are not coming out to our meetings and to increase our membership. We all agreed that we need new life to our meetings. This could be accomplished with new members and a variety of formats to our meetings. One suggestion was to send out a survey. A gavel club was discussed.
Lights, Camera Action is the theme for our next meeting. Sounds like fun, please plan to attend.
See you all next Thursday March 30, 2006.
Enjoy your week!
Marie
Although there was only a handful of members at this meeting we did cover some ground. Marie chaired, Felix read an article about corporate Toastmaster Clubs. George came prepared to time and give us the Loyal Toast. Linda Piper presented Table Topics which put us in a tag team of skits. Ezra and Jim were present. Brian gave an off the cuff speech of how he perceived the commentators and certain events in the recent Winter Olympics. It was humourous as usual but he really should partake in a game of curling before he tries to understand the terms used in this sport. His speech was evaluated by round table.
We ended the meeting brain storming how we can retain current members that are not coming out to our meetings and to increase our membership. We all agreed that we need new life to our meetings. This could be accomplished with new members and a variety of formats to our meetings. One suggestion was to send out a survey. A gavel club was discussed.
Lights, Camera Action is the theme for our next meeting. Sounds like fun, please plan to attend.
See you all next Thursday March 30, 2006.
Enjoy your week!
Marie
Monday, March 20, 2006
Linguists of Listowel
Linguists of Listowel
March 9, 2006
The Linguists of Listowel gathered at St Paul's Lutheran Church. The theme for the meeting was the "Luck of the Irish". It was an extremely foggy evening and members that did arrive said they were very lucky because the fog made driving very treacherous. George called the meeting to order at 7:15. He had a good Irish Joke and passed control over to Chairman Gary. Gary always has a joke to share and volunteers at every opportunity. He is keen to improve his speaking skills. Diane presented the loyal toast to Canada. She mentioned that Listowel has an Irish heritage and that everyone has a chance over the next two weeks to participate in Paddyfest celebrations. Our Irish ancestors came to Canada to find a better life in a country filled with freedom and opporunity for all. Paddyfest is about people celebrating Irish customs and raising money for a good cause. Idiosyncrasy was the word for language enricher. Keith presented Literary Corner. It was an interesting story called "A Dog's Diary". Jane gave an advanced manual speech about MSG. There are many hidden names for MSG and it can cause many people to feel very sick. There was a round table evaluation for her presentation. Keith had everyone participate in table topics. He had been to a Maddog theatre improv session and used some of the ideas he had learned to help people become more comfortable speaking in front of an audience. Eye contact is extremely important and challenging. Gary had a few quotes as quizmaster to check how well everyone was listening. There will be a murder mystery presentation at the Listowel legion March 16, 2006 at 7 pm. Guests are welcome. Diane
March 9, 2006
The Linguists of Listowel gathered at St Paul's Lutheran Church. The theme for the meeting was the "Luck of the Irish". It was an extremely foggy evening and members that did arrive said they were very lucky because the fog made driving very treacherous. George called the meeting to order at 7:15. He had a good Irish Joke and passed control over to Chairman Gary. Gary always has a joke to share and volunteers at every opportunity. He is keen to improve his speaking skills. Diane presented the loyal toast to Canada. She mentioned that Listowel has an Irish heritage and that everyone has a chance over the next two weeks to participate in Paddyfest celebrations. Our Irish ancestors came to Canada to find a better life in a country filled with freedom and opporunity for all. Paddyfest is about people celebrating Irish customs and raising money for a good cause. Idiosyncrasy was the word for language enricher. Keith presented Literary Corner. It was an interesting story called "A Dog's Diary". Jane gave an advanced manual speech about MSG. There are many hidden names for MSG and it can cause many people to feel very sick. There was a round table evaluation for her presentation. Keith had everyone participate in table topics. He had been to a Maddog theatre improv session and used some of the ideas he had learned to help people become more comfortable speaking in front of an audience. Eye contact is extremely important and challenging. Gary had a few quotes as quizmaster to check how well everyone was listening. There will be a murder mystery presentation at the Listowel legion March 16, 2006 at 7 pm. Guests are welcome. Diane
Friday, February 17, 2006
February 16, 2006
The Linguists of Listowel held their International Speech and Evaluation Contest at St Paul’s Lutheran Church. It was an exciting evening as the members of the Linguists showcased their best talents.
The Evaluation contest was chaired by Marie. Marie was assisted by Brenda as Chief Judge and Audrey as Sergeant of Arms. Our target speaker was Mark J from the Energetics Toastmaster Club in Waterloo. He presented a very enthusiastic speech called “My Least Favourite Season”. His least favourite season is RSP season. Mark kept us laughing as he made a complicated subject very easy to understand. We look forward to seeing Mark in future Humorous Speech Contests.
The contestants for the Evaluation contest were; Jane, Allan and John. Each contestant presented a well balanced evaluation that was clear and concise. After much deliberation, the judges placed Allan in first and Jane in second place. Allan and Jane will represent the Linguists of Listowel at the Area 18 contest.
The International Speech contest was chaired by Jane. Jane was assisted by Audrey who was Chief Judge and Sergeant of Arms. The contestants and their speech titles were: Allan-My Dog Wally; Gary-Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life; Brenda-When Things Go Wrong; Marie-For Your Enjoyment Only; Keith-Why Wait….Just Do it.
All the speeches were excellent. Anyone of the contestants would have been able to compete successfully at Area or at a Division contest. The judges put Gary in third place, Marie in second place and Keith in first place. Marie and Keith go on to the Area 18 contest. George and Linda P also helped in making the contest a success.
The Area 18 Contest will be held on Thursday March 2, 2006 at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave North, Listowel starting at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome.
Our next meeting is on February 23, 2006 at St Pauls Lutheran Church starting at 7:14 pm. The theme of the meeting is “Homonyms”. It is guaranteed to be a meeting full of fun and laughter. Everyone is invited. See you there.
The Evaluation contest was chaired by Marie. Marie was assisted by Brenda as Chief Judge and Audrey as Sergeant of Arms. Our target speaker was Mark J from the Energetics Toastmaster Club in Waterloo. He presented a very enthusiastic speech called “My Least Favourite Season”. His least favourite season is RSP season. Mark kept us laughing as he made a complicated subject very easy to understand. We look forward to seeing Mark in future Humorous Speech Contests.
The contestants for the Evaluation contest were; Jane, Allan and John. Each contestant presented a well balanced evaluation that was clear and concise. After much deliberation, the judges placed Allan in first and Jane in second place. Allan and Jane will represent the Linguists of Listowel at the Area 18 contest.
The International Speech contest was chaired by Jane. Jane was assisted by Audrey who was Chief Judge and Sergeant of Arms. The contestants and their speech titles were: Allan-My Dog Wally; Gary-Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life; Brenda-When Things Go Wrong; Marie-For Your Enjoyment Only; Keith-Why Wait….Just Do it.
All the speeches were excellent. Anyone of the contestants would have been able to compete successfully at Area or at a Division contest. The judges put Gary in third place, Marie in second place and Keith in first place. Marie and Keith go on to the Area 18 contest. George and Linda P also helped in making the contest a success.
The Area 18 Contest will be held on Thursday March 2, 2006 at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave North, Listowel starting at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome.
Our next meeting is on February 23, 2006 at St Pauls Lutheran Church starting at 7:14 pm. The theme of the meeting is “Homonyms”. It is guaranteed to be a meeting full of fun and laughter. Everyone is invited. See you there.
Monday, February 13, 2006
February 9, 2006
It was a fun Valentines meeting on Thursday February 9, 2006 as Toastmaster met for their weekly meeting. Linda P started the meeting with a humourous story about Chairperson Gary. Gary did an excellent job as chair. He skillfully told Valentine stories about each member. He kept us laughing with the details, jokes and stories.
Heidy presented a Toast to Canada and reminded everyone on the importance of freedom of speech. Heidy had recently attended a public meeting where she was ready to hand out Toastmaster cards inviting the politicians to a Toastmaster meeting. Heidy had a great idea to offer a training course for politicians especially since the municipal elections are happening this year.
George’s new word was “boondoggle” which means “any unnecessary or useless labour”. Jane read a story about Super Wrench for literary corner. Allan presented a very educational speech called “Are you Prepared”. Are you prepared if the power goes off for one or more days? He taught us five important steps that we should do to be prepared in case of a power failure. Heidy Schmidt did an outstanding job in evaluating Allan.
Audrey presented a timely Educational Workshop called “Evaluate to Motivate”. She gave out an excellent handout that covered the 10 behaviors of an effective evaluator. A round table evaluation gave Audrey many valuable glow points and grows points. Devin and Nicole stepped up to conduct Table Topics. It was a fun round with Audrey receiving the most votes. Keith recapped the evening as the General Evaluator.
Be sure to attend the next meeting on Thursday February 16th at 7:14 pm. This is the date of our International and Evaluation contest. Please plan to attend this fun evening. Everyone is invited. The contest will be held at St Pauls Lutheran Church at 505 Wallace Ave N, Listowel.
Keith
Heidy presented a Toast to Canada and reminded everyone on the importance of freedom of speech. Heidy had recently attended a public meeting where she was ready to hand out Toastmaster cards inviting the politicians to a Toastmaster meeting. Heidy had a great idea to offer a training course for politicians especially since the municipal elections are happening this year.
George’s new word was “boondoggle” which means “any unnecessary or useless labour”. Jane read a story about Super Wrench for literary corner. Allan presented a very educational speech called “Are you Prepared”. Are you prepared if the power goes off for one or more days? He taught us five important steps that we should do to be prepared in case of a power failure. Heidy Schmidt did an outstanding job in evaluating Allan.
Audrey presented a timely Educational Workshop called “Evaluate to Motivate”. She gave out an excellent handout that covered the 10 behaviors of an effective evaluator. A round table evaluation gave Audrey many valuable glow points and grows points. Devin and Nicole stepped up to conduct Table Topics. It was a fun round with Audrey receiving the most votes. Keith recapped the evening as the General Evaluator.
Be sure to attend the next meeting on Thursday February 16th at 7:14 pm. This is the date of our International and Evaluation contest. Please plan to attend this fun evening. Everyone is invited. The contest will be held at St Pauls Lutheran Church at 505 Wallace Ave N, Listowel.
Keith
Friday, January 27, 2006
January 26, 2006
Winter Vacations was a great theme for our meeting on Jan 26 (the day after the snow storm closed schools & some highways)
George started us off with his airport security check joke – do you know why knitting needles are prohibited on flights? -- Old lady may knit an Af….. Oops, you know what!
Chair John followed up with another plane joke with hunters trying to get their 2 moose home – funny thing, same thing happened previous year!
Marie’s Toast to Canada concentrated on our natural beauty with snow & ice on limbs (tree that is)
Surfacing from Monday’s Election, Audrey proposed ‘truthiness’ meaning perceived to be true, as our challenge for use this meeting.
First Speaker Jane gave us a fascinating demonstration on Quilting. The equipment & precision necessary interested us all.
Then second Speaker Keith helped us imagine a winter vacation in New Zealand—that would be in August – no snowmobiling & he’ll be broke for a long while IF he, Jane & Melissa go to meet up with Cameron (son).
Allan had a mischievous time setting up our two minute Table Topics (with little prep!) We had to speak on our holiday in unexpected locations remembering Opening, Body & Conclusion (& truthiness).
Diane & John gave smooth helpful evaluations of the speeches & Brenda wound up with the General Evaluation. Oh Marie described her frustrations with the stopwatch hilariously, & we’ll need to buy another before Contests night.
After Snack we had an Exec meeting. In order to earn any Distinguished Club status, Linguists needs more members out & completing projects.
How to accomplish this is the rub.
Brenda
George started us off with his airport security check joke – do you know why knitting needles are prohibited on flights? -- Old lady may knit an Af….. Oops, you know what!
Chair John followed up with another plane joke with hunters trying to get their 2 moose home – funny thing, same thing happened previous year!
Marie’s Toast to Canada concentrated on our natural beauty with snow & ice on limbs (tree that is)
Surfacing from Monday’s Election, Audrey proposed ‘truthiness’ meaning perceived to be true, as our challenge for use this meeting.
First Speaker Jane gave us a fascinating demonstration on Quilting. The equipment & precision necessary interested us all.
Then second Speaker Keith helped us imagine a winter vacation in New Zealand—that would be in August – no snowmobiling & he’ll be broke for a long while IF he, Jane & Melissa go to meet up with Cameron (son).
Allan had a mischievous time setting up our two minute Table Topics (with little prep!) We had to speak on our holiday in unexpected locations remembering Opening, Body & Conclusion (& truthiness).
Diane & John gave smooth helpful evaluations of the speeches & Brenda wound up with the General Evaluation. Oh Marie described her frustrations with the stopwatch hilariously, & we’ll need to buy another before Contests night.
After Snack we had an Exec meeting. In order to earn any Distinguished Club status, Linguists needs more members out & completing projects.
How to accomplish this is the rub.
Brenda
Sunday, January 22, 2006
January 19, 2006
The Linguist of Listowel had a night of 100 laughs as we gathered to celebrate the theme of "Flu Remedies". Marie skillfully chaired the meeting and kept everyone laughing as she incorporated each fu remedy into the introduction of the next person. Diane presented a Canadian toast where she instrusted everyone to pick up a car load of people and take them to vote. Allan gave us the new word "Prostration" which means to be utterly defeated or physically exhausted.
Keith presented speech number five from the Special Occasion Speeches manual. His speech was called Mr Scrouge. Brenda presented speech number seven from the CTM manual. She did an excellent job in telling us about Afghanistan where her son in law is stationed with our Canadian Forces. Ezra Steckly evaluated Keith's speech and Jane evaluated Brenda's speech.
George provided the entertaining topics for Table Topics. Each person had to pick a slip of paper from the envelope and explain what their occupation was, what they were sick with and what home remedy they would use. There was lots of laughter as everyone had a chance to explain why their home remedy worked. Gary received the most votes as he told us why he could not miss work as a waitress at Al Jerkys. He did say waitress.
Gary was also involved as the quizmaster. He kept us guessing with "who said that". Gary replayed some of the funnier quotes from the evening. Audrey did a splended job as General Evaluator. The evening ended with Marie giving us some final laughs on flu remedies. Everyone then enjoyed Allan's muffins.
Bring your friends to next weeks meeting with the theme "Suggested Winter Vacations" on Thursday January 26th at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave, Listowel at 7:14 pm.
Keith
Keith presented speech number five from the Special Occasion Speeches manual. His speech was called Mr Scrouge. Brenda presented speech number seven from the CTM manual. She did an excellent job in telling us about Afghanistan where her son in law is stationed with our Canadian Forces. Ezra Steckly evaluated Keith's speech and Jane evaluated Brenda's speech.
George provided the entertaining topics for Table Topics. Each person had to pick a slip of paper from the envelope and explain what their occupation was, what they were sick with and what home remedy they would use. There was lots of laughter as everyone had a chance to explain why their home remedy worked. Gary received the most votes as he told us why he could not miss work as a waitress at Al Jerkys. He did say waitress.
Gary was also involved as the quizmaster. He kept us guessing with "who said that". Gary replayed some of the funnier quotes from the evening. Audrey did a splended job as General Evaluator. The evening ended with Marie giving us some final laughs on flu remedies. Everyone then enjoyed Allan's muffins.
Bring your friends to next weeks meeting with the theme "Suggested Winter Vacations" on Thursday January 26th at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave, Listowel at 7:14 pm.
Keith
Monday, January 16, 2006
January 12, 2006
It was a very interesting evening, Jan 12 with Small Claims Court as our theme. Gary started us off with a couple appropriate court jokes & John kept our attention with more. (John admitted to being the best doctor in the country, while under oath) As Language Enricher John challenged us with ‘notwithstanding’ which means nevertheless or although. I still can’t get its sense.
Audrey read us a provocative poem titled ‘In Touch’ by Fran McRae.
Brenda delivered the Education Module “The Leader as a Coach.”
It had some great tips for Team Leaders besides mouthing praise & encouragement. With team members not meeting expectations, the Coach must meet, & work, to improve the members’ & the team’s performance.
Table Topics was full of laughs as members defended themselves for some infraction such as being angry, grumpy, wrong, not ready…
We, being only 7, had 2 rounds of 1 minute each. George, Gary & Audrey starred.
Ken gave us a glowing evaluation of the meeting. He offered an interesting & helpful tip for Call to Order: sound the gavel at proposed Starting Time, then announce when the meeting will really start, perhaps in 5 minutes. This allows members to use extra time wisely.
Finally we circled George’s ‘treats’ & talked or listened to Federal elections issues as several TMs had attended the All Candidates meeting the previous night.
As I started, it was a very interesting night.
Brenda
Audrey read us a provocative poem titled ‘In Touch’ by Fran McRae.
Brenda delivered the Education Module “The Leader as a Coach.”
It had some great tips for Team Leaders besides mouthing praise & encouragement. With team members not meeting expectations, the Coach must meet, & work, to improve the members’ & the team’s performance.
Table Topics was full of laughs as members defended themselves for some infraction such as being angry, grumpy, wrong, not ready…
We, being only 7, had 2 rounds of 1 minute each. George, Gary & Audrey starred.
Ken gave us a glowing evaluation of the meeting. He offered an interesting & helpful tip for Call to Order: sound the gavel at proposed Starting Time, then announce when the meeting will really start, perhaps in 5 minutes. This allows members to use extra time wisely.
Finally we circled George’s ‘treats’ & talked or listened to Federal elections issues as several TMs had attended the All Candidates meeting the previous night.
As I started, it was a very interesting night.
Brenda
Saturday, January 07, 2006
January 5, 2006
A great group gathered for a fun night with Toastmasters on Thursday night. Jane chaired a fun meeting with a theme of New Years Resolutions. Jane had a funny resolution for each member that was at the meeting.
George gave a tribute to Canada reminding us all that we live in a country where we can celebrate the holiday season. Diane Bender encouraged us to use the word wheedle. This is a verb which means the use of soft words to flatter someone. There was a lot of wheedling during our fun filled meeting.
Allan tried something new for literary corner. He enlightened us with a question and answer weather trivia quiz. It was a fun quiz where Allan practiced his reading skills and with audience participation. Very well done Allan!
Brenda presented speech number four from the CTM manual. Her humorous speech was called "Lost things - Things Found". We all could identify with Brenda on things that get lost during the busy holiday season. (I still cannot find the Christmas gift that I hid for my spouse).
George presented the induction ceremony for Gary. We all welcomed Gary to our club. Audrey was in charge of Table Topics. We all had fun speaking for two minutes on a proverb which we were given. Gary won table topics.
John evaluated Brenda's speech. John presented an award winning evaluation for Brenda with many glow points and grow points. Gary was Quiz Master. He complimented us on the quality of our quotes. Gary included quotes from everyone including himself. Keith finished the evening as General Evaluator.
Our next meeting is on January 13th with the theme of Small Claims Court. It will be another exciting meeting. Everyone is invited so bring a friend. If you miss one meeting, you miss a lot.
Keith
George gave a tribute to Canada reminding us all that we live in a country where we can celebrate the holiday season. Diane Bender encouraged us to use the word wheedle. This is a verb which means the use of soft words to flatter someone. There was a lot of wheedling during our fun filled meeting.
Allan tried something new for literary corner. He enlightened us with a question and answer weather trivia quiz. It was a fun quiz where Allan practiced his reading skills and with audience participation. Very well done Allan!
Brenda presented speech number four from the CTM manual. Her humorous speech was called "Lost things - Things Found". We all could identify with Brenda on things that get lost during the busy holiday season. (I still cannot find the Christmas gift that I hid for my spouse).
George presented the induction ceremony for Gary. We all welcomed Gary to our club. Audrey was in charge of Table Topics. We all had fun speaking for two minutes on a proverb which we were given. Gary won table topics.
John evaluated Brenda's speech. John presented an award winning evaluation for Brenda with many glow points and grow points. Gary was Quiz Master. He complimented us on the quality of our quotes. Gary included quotes from everyone including himself. Keith finished the evening as General Evaluator.
Our next meeting is on January 13th with the theme of Small Claims Court. It will be another exciting meeting. Everyone is invited so bring a friend. If you miss one meeting, you miss a lot.
Keith
Friday, October 21, 2005
October 20, 2005
A fun and humourous night of "Unusual Words" was held at St Pauls Lutheran Church as Toastmasters gathered for their weekly meeting. Diane started the meeting with a humourous story about Chairperson John. She mentioned that John takes his naturopathic beverages when he goes hunting.
Newest member Gary presented the loyal toast. Gary showed us more than his good sense of humour as he made us proud to be Canadian. Brian’s new word for the day was “halcyon” which means peaceful, joyful. Our Toastmaster meetings are a halcyon experience.
Allan read an article from the Canadian Farm Manager magazine. The article asked us if we will be ready when opportunity knocks. How will you position yourself to take advantage of the new technologies in agriculture?
Heidy presented a new idea for Toastmasters. She suggested that after a speech is given, another member should give a two minute summary on what they heard. To practice, she divided the group between men and ladies. The ladies had to debate on the advantages of one ply. The men had to debate on the disadvantages of one ply. Heidy then presented a two minute summary on what she heard. The debate was won by the men and the victory was best summed up by Gary who said it was truly a halcyon experience.
Marie chaired a fun table topics session. Each member had to take an unusual word and tell the other members what the word meant. There was lots of laughter as members tried to guess on the meanings. The winner of table topics was Heidy. Honourable mention goes to George who tried to give us the meaning of the word Eiram. It is actually not a word but Marie spelled backwards.
Linda M was quizmaster. She sharpened hers and our listening skills as the members tried to guess who said what.
Audrey did an excellent job as General Evaluator. She gave us many good points on the evening and motivated us with some grow points.
The next meeting is on Thursday October 27th. The theme is Spooky Ghost Stories. Everyone is invited, even if you are not a member.
Newest member Gary presented the loyal toast. Gary showed us more than his good sense of humour as he made us proud to be Canadian. Brian’s new word for the day was “halcyon” which means peaceful, joyful. Our Toastmaster meetings are a halcyon experience.
Allan read an article from the Canadian Farm Manager magazine. The article asked us if we will be ready when opportunity knocks. How will you position yourself to take advantage of the new technologies in agriculture?
Heidy presented a new idea for Toastmasters. She suggested that after a speech is given, another member should give a two minute summary on what they heard. To practice, she divided the group between men and ladies. The ladies had to debate on the advantages of one ply. The men had to debate on the disadvantages of one ply. Heidy then presented a two minute summary on what she heard. The debate was won by the men and the victory was best summed up by Gary who said it was truly a halcyon experience.
Marie chaired a fun table topics session. Each member had to take an unusual word and tell the other members what the word meant. There was lots of laughter as members tried to guess on the meanings. The winner of table topics was Heidy. Honourable mention goes to George who tried to give us the meaning of the word Eiram. It is actually not a word but Marie spelled backwards.
Linda M was quizmaster. She sharpened hers and our listening skills as the members tried to guess who said what.
Audrey did an excellent job as General Evaluator. She gave us many good points on the evening and motivated us with some grow points.
The next meeting is on Thursday October 27th. The theme is Spooky Ghost Stories. Everyone is invited, even if you are not a member.
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Meeting - October 13, 2005
Theme: 'not entirely accurate' (16 members were present)
Brian had a lot of fun as Chairman for this meeting. He had checked Google for 'dirt' on all members on the agenda.
Our Loyal Toast maker, George (also a bogus DDS in Germany) started us off.
He was followed by Jane (also a bogus, this time an MD who sat on a Crime Board in New England). Our word of the night was 'badinage' which means friendly banter or playful talk.
Audrey (an International Clown who amuses kids) read us an amusing article by a daughter-in-law who was obsessed with raising horses, who described her city-raised mother-in-law's reactions to visiting the ranch. (Does it sound familiar?)
Next Allan gave his 4th speech (Project #9 in the CTM manual) entitled 'Move to Action'. Oh Allan is secretly a 'Prayer Warrior' & a member of the Hard Rock Band 'Monkey Shines'. His speech reminded us that it is up to the public (to stand up for their rights) to report threats to our security because the authorities cannot investigate what they don't know about. Granted we must feel that the authorities listen & act.
Allan gave his personal experience of having 'shot' from careless, irresponsible goose hunters, ping his new truck. Allan's treatment of his subject was both humourous & sincere. He quoted from the Charter of Rights.
Before Break (thanks to Heidy for refreshments), Keith (no dirt on Google!) led us in a fun Table Topics. Linda F. won with her correction for the OPP report that she was caught shaving while driving. She was doing something other than shaving her legs while driving, but she could understand the misinterpretation.
John (also a Texas reporter who caught the Challenger or Discoverer Explosion over Texas on film) evaluated Allan's speech suggesting 'longer pauses' & 'more gestures' to make the speech even more effective.
Heidy filled the role of Quizmaster. In her secret life, Heidy makes UFO Art & 'has a fetish site?'
Finally Harvey ( USA Real Estate Agent on the run, plus a player in Babes in Thailand) summed up our meeting.
FOR THE GOOD OF TM
John gave a report of the Exec meeting Oct 6th.
Heidy moved that Jane purchase for the Club, a flip chart & white board on easel unit, including markers, brush, paper & the material for a carrying bag which Heidy's Mom will sew, to a maximum amount of $300.00
Jane seconded this motion. All in favour, therefore motion carried.
It was also agreed that a light bulb be purchased for the overhead projector.
Next Exec meeting is Nov 3rd.
Marie handed out Murder Mystery scripts. (Class of '54 -- Return of Rock N Roley)
First practice is after meeting Oct 20.
I think that roles are filled but 'understudies' are welcome.
Keith & John are organizing a TM Variety Night for Thurs Nov 10th 7:14 to 8:30pm.
This event is in partnership with the Lutheran Church to earn support for the Kashmir Quake Relief efforts.
Oct 21 is both the Western Division Contest night in Stratford starting 7pm sharp
& the North Perth Listowel Library Fundraiser - time?
Brian had a lot of fun as Chairman for this meeting. He had checked Google for 'dirt' on all members on the agenda.
Our Loyal Toast maker, George (also a bogus DDS in Germany) started us off.
He was followed by Jane (also a bogus, this time an MD who sat on a Crime Board in New England). Our word of the night was 'badinage' which means friendly banter or playful talk.
Audrey (an International Clown who amuses kids) read us an amusing article by a daughter-in-law who was obsessed with raising horses, who described her city-raised mother-in-law's reactions to visiting the ranch. (Does it sound familiar?)
Next Allan gave his 4th speech (Project #9 in the CTM manual) entitled 'Move to Action'. Oh Allan is secretly a 'Prayer Warrior' & a member of the Hard Rock Band 'Monkey Shines'. His speech reminded us that it is up to the public (to stand up for their rights) to report threats to our security because the authorities cannot investigate what they don't know about. Granted we must feel that the authorities listen & act.
Allan gave his personal experience of having 'shot' from careless, irresponsible goose hunters, ping his new truck. Allan's treatment of his subject was both humourous & sincere. He quoted from the Charter of Rights.
Before Break (thanks to Heidy for refreshments), Keith (no dirt on Google!) led us in a fun Table Topics. Linda F. won with her correction for the OPP report that she was caught shaving while driving. She was doing something other than shaving her legs while driving, but she could understand the misinterpretation.
John (also a Texas reporter who caught the Challenger or Discoverer Explosion over Texas on film) evaluated Allan's speech suggesting 'longer pauses' & 'more gestures' to make the speech even more effective.
Heidy filled the role of Quizmaster. In her secret life, Heidy makes UFO Art & 'has a fetish site?'
Finally Harvey ( USA Real Estate Agent on the run, plus a player in Babes in Thailand) summed up our meeting.
FOR THE GOOD OF TM
John gave a report of the Exec meeting Oct 6th.
Heidy moved that Jane purchase for the Club, a flip chart & white board on easel unit, including markers, brush, paper & the material for a carrying bag which Heidy's Mom will sew, to a maximum amount of $300.00
Jane seconded this motion. All in favour, therefore motion carried.
It was also agreed that a light bulb be purchased for the overhead projector.
Next Exec meeting is Nov 3rd.
Marie handed out Murder Mystery scripts. (Class of '54 -- Return of Rock N Roley)
First practice is after meeting Oct 20.
I think that roles are filled but 'understudies' are welcome.
Keith & John are organizing a TM Variety Night for Thurs Nov 10th 7:14 to 8:30pm.
This event is in partnership with the Lutheran Church to earn support for the Kashmir Quake Relief efforts.
Oct 21 is both the Western Division Contest night in Stratford starting 7pm sharp
& the North Perth Listowel Library Fundraiser - time?
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Linguists of Listowel
Meeting - Thursday October 6, 2005
Theme: Please Pass the Turkey
This proved to be another fun filled meeting with the theme "Please Pass the Turkey." Audrey O stepped in as chairperson, and had lots of turkey stories as she introduced each participant.
George N in his loyal toast had us remembering all we have to be thankful for as did Marie M in her poem. Language Enricher, Keith S introduced the word ingratiate" meaning " to bring oneself into favour with" and used it to "butter up" Audrey, our chairperson. Keith won table topics with his redition of coping with Thanksgiving , so must have got Audrey's vote. Allan M had lots of fun with table topics as we described how we copr with Thanksgiving. Heidy S presented her humorous speech "No Fool". She will be representing Top Drawer Advanced Club in the Division Humorous Contest, competing against Keith S, winner of our Area 18. Linda P was second in the Area Contest, and Jane S placed second in the Table Topics Contact.
Way to Go! Linguists of Listowel
Theme: Please Pass the Turkey
This proved to be another fun filled meeting with the theme "Please Pass the Turkey." Audrey O stepped in as chairperson, and had lots of turkey stories as she introduced each participant.
George N in his loyal toast had us remembering all we have to be thankful for as did Marie M in her poem. Language Enricher, Keith S introduced the word ingratiate" meaning " to bring oneself into favour with" and used it to "butter up" Audrey, our chairperson. Keith won table topics with his redition of coping with Thanksgiving , so must have got Audrey's vote. Allan M had lots of fun with table topics as we described how we copr with Thanksgiving. Heidy S presented her humorous speech "No Fool". She will be representing Top Drawer Advanced Club in the Division Humorous Contest, competing against Keith S, winner of our Area 18. Linda P was second in the Area Contest, and Jane S placed second in the Table Topics Contact.
Way to Go! Linguists of Listowel
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Meeting - September 29, 2005
Theme: Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest
Call to order by Linda D. at 7:19 p.m. Quite a few guests present for our contest tonight as well as members from 2 other Toastmasters Clubs in the area. Harvey chaired the meeting and had every guest introduce themselves. Audrey explained the rules and purpose of the humorous contest. Harvey announced all contestants as follows for the Humorous Speech Contest:
Contestant & Speech Title
Marie - Piles and Pylons – a review of the extensive road construction being done in and surrounding the Listowel area this summer – well done Marie
Linda P - Saved by the Bell – a very humorous speech about her grand kids visiting her and how the “sound of the bell” was such a huge relief!
George - Why is the plowing match called the plowing match? – lots of humour and reminder the plowing match is a whole lot more than plowing – well done George
Keith - I love cats – hilariously funny, a story how he lost the battle with the dreaded cat…great job Keith
Heidy - Making lots of money from a nuisance – hey great job Heidy…it never occurred to me that a speech about flies could be so funny…..well done and we all liked the costume too
Brian - I’ve had it- A hilarious speech about telemarketers, thank you Brian for helping us all to see some humour in regards to telemarketers.
The second phase of our contest tonight was the Humorous Table Topics portion. We had 5 contestants in all:
Contestant & Table Topics Speech – A Pencil and a Dream can take you anywhere
Brian, Jane, Keith, Diane, Marie a great job by everyone!
And the winners are…….(drum role)…….Linda P runner up and Keith 1st, way to go contestants for the humorous speech contest.
Table topics winners……..(drum role again)……3rd place was Diane, 2nd place was Jane and 1st place was Keith…..way to go contestants. Very entertaining and enjoyable evening.
Anything for the good of toastmasters – reminder – membership dues are due!
Meeting adjourned at 9:30p.m.
Linda D
Call to order by Linda D. at 7:19 p.m. Quite a few guests present for our contest tonight as well as members from 2 other Toastmasters Clubs in the area. Harvey chaired the meeting and had every guest introduce themselves. Audrey explained the rules and purpose of the humorous contest. Harvey announced all contestants as follows for the Humorous Speech Contest:
Contestant & Speech Title
Marie - Piles and Pylons – a review of the extensive road construction being done in and surrounding the Listowel area this summer – well done Marie
Linda P - Saved by the Bell – a very humorous speech about her grand kids visiting her and how the “sound of the bell” was such a huge relief!
George - Why is the plowing match called the plowing match? – lots of humour and reminder the plowing match is a whole lot more than plowing – well done George
Keith - I love cats – hilariously funny, a story how he lost the battle with the dreaded cat…great job Keith
Heidy - Making lots of money from a nuisance – hey great job Heidy…it never occurred to me that a speech about flies could be so funny…..well done and we all liked the costume too
Brian - I’ve had it- A hilarious speech about telemarketers, thank you Brian for helping us all to see some humour in regards to telemarketers.
The second phase of our contest tonight was the Humorous Table Topics portion. We had 5 contestants in all:
Contestant & Table Topics Speech – A Pencil and a Dream can take you anywhere
Brian, Jane, Keith, Diane, Marie a great job by everyone!
And the winners are…….(drum role)…….Linda P runner up and Keith 1st, way to go contestants for the humorous speech contest.
Table topics winners……..(drum role again)……3rd place was Diane, 2nd place was Jane and 1st place was Keith…..way to go contestants. Very entertaining and enjoyable evening.
Anything for the good of toastmasters – reminder – membership dues are due!
Meeting adjourned at 9:30p.m.
Linda D
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