“Could have been the awesome king’s cake, might
have been the beads.
Could have been the two speeches or the three
Tabletopics,
I don't know, but this is the fun we had.”
(Thanks Irish Rovers for the lyrics, my granddaughter
Susan B for baking the cake and Lingo Advanced Toastmasters for a great
meeting).
As
Toastmaster, I (Edith B) passed on the information I learned about the meaning
of the Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday – “During Lent, Christians give up certain vices
or fast to show their faith in God”*). colours (purple - justice, green -
faith, and gold - power), and the other festivities held during Mardi Gras
although none of us have actually attended the official event in New Orleans.
Dave C came close, thus his abundance of beads. Estella M got right into the
theme.
Kerrianne K-M speaking from the “Speaking to inform” Advanced Manual
told us about “The Transparent Egg” a fact-finding report on the safety of
eggs, opening with a very graphic video involving chickens. Cherry C’s speech
“To be or not to be” Pathways Project - Strategic Relationships gave
comparative aspects of two events in her life. She incorporated the
evaluation and feedback received from her Icebreaker speech. Cherry won
best speaker.
In Tabletopics we heard about 1) Cherry’s wish to
overindulge in dark chocolate (70%) - I think we could taste it with her vivid
description, 2) Kerrianne’s dress up party - I think we could visualize the
toga, and 3) Seann H’s participation at parades, he is an “active
parade....watcher.” He won best tabletopics as well as best evaluator.
Our business meeting, chaired by VP Ed Dan Mc,
mainly involved discussion on our upcoming speech contest (March 19) and
filling roles for the Area 51 contest (March 20).
Surprise! Cherry took the “baby” (a chocolate
lamb) from the King’s cake, indicating she should host the next event. Good
thing as she is facilitating Lingo’s upcoming workshop - “Acing the Interview”
on April 2 (see below for further details). Kerrianne is facilitating a
Pecha Kucha style event on May 7. Watch for more info on these
exciting events from Lingo Advanced Communicators by visiting our website: https://lingo.toastmastersclubs.org/.
*Learn more about Mardi Gras
Read more:
https://metro.co.uk/2018/02/12/mardi-gras-mean-celebrated-7305667/?ito=cbshare
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