"FEELING AT HOME WITH THE WALTZ!"

FEELING AT HOME WITH THE WALTZ.

Graeme was the Toastmaster for the day, with a well-organized and run meeting.

Jen was the Grammarian and introduced her word of the day – Rejoice.

Jen also asked that each speaker explain their roles for the benefit of guest Nikki. (Everyone did)

Craig introduced Patrick, who gave a speech titled “We Feel at Home in New Zealand”. He told us about a recent trip back to the Netherlands. He had very good gestures, vocal variety, humour and a good speaking rate. He spoke a little bit of Maori, but admitted that he doesn’t really understand the language.

In his introduction, Craig gave us some information about Patrick and explained that this was a Pathways project and gave the objectives. In his evaluation he explained that under Pathways the evaluator is required to look for improvements from the previous projects. He gave good commendations and recommended that Patrick start the presentation with the Maori quote and to use more pauses to reduce the ums and errs.

The next speaker was Marc who was introduced by Linda, who gave some background information about Marc. Linda told us that Marc’s presentation was about ballroom dancing, but didn’t give the objectives or title.

Marc told us about going to dancing lessons and learning ten new dances. He also gave an excellent demonstration of waltz steps. 1-2-3, 1-2-3. He had a good speaking rate, good eye contact, used visual aids well and had good light humour.

In her evaluation, Linda commended Marc for his demonstrations and visual aids etc. and recommended that Marc have less reliance on notes on the lectern and use gestures more to reduce hand clasping.

General Business. – Marc was announced as the Pania Club Toastmaster Of The Year.

Table Topics. – Noel was the last minute Table Topics Master. He didn’t know until he walked in the door. He used cards with a career written on each. Each speaker chose a card and spoke about the career. Because of time constraints, the Table Topics were limited to one minute each

Graeme – Baker. Spoke about cream cakes and his problem with them.

Jen – Dentist. Would hate to be a dentist and thinks it is a creepy job.

Darryl – Librarian and Politician. He picked up two cards and combined the roles.

Darryl was also the Table Topics Evaluator. He thanked Noel for stepping into the role and gave good evaluations of Graeme and Jen, and evaluated himself by role playing his dual Table Topic.

Best Table Topics – Jen.

Grammarian’s report. Jen reported on the use of the word Rejoice and other words and phrases used during the meeting.

Timekeeper’s report. Paula gave a competent report. Quite softly spoken on this occasion. Recommendation – Speak a little louder to make sure everyone can hear what’s being said.

Best Speaker – Patrick.

Best Evaluator – Craig.