Condiments, Condiments, Condiments!

The theme for this past Saturday's meeting was... Condiments!  A very fitting theme since we also had our annual Top of Texas barbecue that day.  Sandra, the meeting's Toastmaster, fulfilled her Facebook promise to let us know how condiments apply to speeches.  She explained that condiments are a type of seasoning and, as they make our food colorful and exciting, they also "add flavor" to our speeches.

DeAnna gave her first speech from the Special Occasion Speeches manual, "The Lady of the Hour."  She toasted Sandra's ability to create a meeting out of nothing while they lounged on a yacht before returning home on a super sonic jet.  Ken gave his seventh speech titled "The Deficit We Have in Our Understanding of the Federal Deficit."  A tongue twisting title for a speech that explained the federal deficit to fellow Toastmasters in layman's terms.  I was awed to hear it would take 32 years to count to one billion and 55,696 years to count to 17 trillion, the amount of the federal deficit.

After the morning meeting, we got together for the annual Top of Texas barbecue.  We mingled, ate some great food topped with condiments, and had an all around wonderful time.  Check out more pictures from the barbecue on our Facebook page!

Submitted by Lina Choun