WEDDING WITH A DIFFERENCE

Sorry about the delay in this post, but first I forgot and then I ran out of time! Just as well our meeting participants were not in the same boat or the "Wedding event" would not have gone ahead as planned.
The meeting on 22nd August was well attended by 13 members and a guest Isaac , back for his third look.

What would you do with a chance..............

" Describe an occasion when you took the chance of a lifetime ".
This  was the question posed to contestants in today's Pania Table Topics Contest.

Contestants: Barbara, Jen & Darryl

"SMILE FOR THE CAMERA or THE EXCREMENT WILL HIT THE ROAD!!"

What an excellent meeting Pania had yesterday will run by Jen, our Toastmaster of the day, with a full and interesting programme based around the Chinese lucky number of EIGHT( it was the 8th of the 8th). Jen even arranged a lucky number raffle (no money required) and the winner enjoyed(in fact shared with us all) a box of chocolates. Mmmm......

"MEETING WITH A DIFFERENCE!"

Pania's meeting on 11st August was a meeting with a ' difference'.
Two reasons 1. Craig and Jan were unavailable.
                     2. Our programmed speakers were either unwell or had work commitments.
So what happened?? Luckily our Toastmaster was Wendy and she make improvising look easy.
Did you know that all horses had birthdays on the 1st of August? (in the Southern Hemisphere anyway, in the North it's the 1st January) Wendy does and she used that as her theme for the programme, which was up to her usual high standard.

"CHANGEOVER FOR AN ICEBREAKER"

While numbers were slow to build up, with a few latecomers, we ended up with 12 members and a young guest at Pania's meeting today. Hannah, who is Barbara's eldest Grand daughter, said she enjoyed the meeting, as I am sure that the other members that attended did also.
Graeme was our Toastmaster for the day and he handled the meeting with his usual professionalism, covering the several programme changes that were required and getting us through a full meeting to finish at 1.01pm.

"Macbeth brought to life!"

Today's meeting heard an assignment we rarely hear - a monodrama. Main thing for the speaker to achieve is NOT to look at the audience! This is something most Toastmasters have a problem with as we are always taught to maintain eye contact with the audience.
But Mike's assignment, The Monodrama, called for us to 'overhear' words by the speaker. Mike chose two soliloquies from 'Macbeth',  and performed them very well. (He just needed a kilt!) Noel had difficulty finding a recommendation for Mike, who we, suspect, has now found another talent!

The Silent Language of a Hairy Tale

Well, the heavens had opened for over 24 hours, but the sun came out about 1 hour before our meeting today and this allowed 13 members and a guest to enjoy an excellent fare and not get wet getting in and out!