So this is Christmas …
What a great evening to close off the 2011 year at Maidenhead Speakers Club. The evening was well organised by Toastmaster Anita Li. We enjoyed speeches that informed, entertained and paid tribute to some of our long standing club members.
Chris Boden gave a fascinating speech on ‘The Olympic Iceberg’ and shared how his project team demolished unsightly pylons and created a whole new underground structure which has become an architectural work of art for the London 2012 Olympics.
Eric Elliott gave an excellent speech on ‘Mastering the Toast’ when he gave a sincere and heartfelt toast to club members Joyce & Norman Rhodes in recognition of all their work at Toastmasters over the years. Norman was instrumental in setting up Maidenhead Speakers Club in March 1983.
Mell Sheppard and Julie Farrell combined their Toastmaster talents to bring us a very fresh and entertaining speech on friendship. This particular speech will raise a few smiles during the festive season as the girls have been asked to speak in front of the Rotary group of Burnham!
Table Topics Master Gerard Pillai continued the Christmas theme with great ease and teased some great responses from members about Christmas presents, particular Christmas likes, memorable Christmas days, dinners and places where you might go if you couldn’t be home at Christmas. Richard Davies won the table topics ribbon with his story about a Tommy gun with a missile, an excited 10 year old and an unfortunate incident with grandma on Christmas morning! There’s a rumour that grandma now goes elsewhere for Christmas.
Ribbons were awarded to;
Richard Davies for Best Table Topics
Mell Sheppard & Julie Farrell – Best Speakers
Justin Mc Carthy – Best Evaluator
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year when it comes and remember next meeting is:
Monday 9 January 2012 at 7.30pm
Mary Fraser, Club President
