April Showers

Cindy, our Toastmaster for last Saturday, quickly moved us into our meeting with the theme “April Showers Bring May Flowers”. Our Grammarian, Eileen, was so well prepared and her enthusiasm was so enjoyable! She outdid herself by researching beforehand and choosing verdant (green with vegetation) as the Word of the Day to fit the meeting theme. She was right on when she complimented Dudley for using the word piscatory.

Table Topics questions continued on with the theme. We heard a lot about the Perfect Storm in the answers! I especially liked it that Marshall, as Table Topicsmaster, chose members who did not have much opportunity to speak in another role during the meeting.

I get a great feeling seeing club members get past their heebie-jeebies when they speak in front of our group. I get to share in their enthusiasm when they take on a new role or experience. I learn so much from them as they share their experiences through their speeches.

We got to take a walk down memory lane when Anne gave her speech about movies and moments we remember from them. Her speech which included a monologue from the Hoover Dam tour guide in Vegas Vacation had us in stitches.

Then we got to go deep-sea fishing with Lina as she talked about her experience of hooking 5 sharks in one trip! She talked us through the reeling in with her body language and colorful descriptions. And, when you’re asked if you want to take a shark’s head home with you, it may not mean exactly what you think.

We had ribbons to award at the end: Best Table Topics - Ana, Best Speech - Anne, and Best Evaluator - Jeff

Here’s a puzzle for those of you who were at the meeting: Which Toastmaster had their shirt on backwards at the meeting?

Sandra