5 Feb

Speakeasy Toastmasters Mallow

Notes for 5th February, 2004

On Thursday night last, Jerry Mulcahy took us with him on a trip out into the beautiful Black valley countryside where he explained we could find peace and quiet away from the stresses of our day to day lives. In a speech entitled ‘Simplicity’, Jerry suggested that we all need to look at our lifestyles and stop, relax, and enjoy the simple things of life, such as a walk in the evening in a quiet country place. Jerry’s wonderful speech was evaluated by Jeremiah Ronayne. The final speech of the evening was delivered by Michael Sexton simply entitled ‘The Dance’. I think all of us present were taken back in our minds to the time when we went to our first few dances or discos, and we were able to sympathise with Michael on the horrors but sometimes joy of those occasions. We are waiting for Michael to return with a follow up speech to describe what happened after the walk home, after all he left us hanging with the final words of the speech ‘would you like to come in’….
Toastmaster Anne Buckley took charge of the Topics session which followed and we all enjoyed a very diverse range of topics which included the pros and cons of Irish speaking schools, favourite forms of exercise, images that shaped us, and things we shouldn’t do! The response as always was very interesting, informative and entertaining, and as Sister Bernadette from Charleville demonstrated, there is always room for a song to enhance a topic. Well done to Anne Buckley on a very successful Topics session.

Please join us at our next meeting, on Thursday, 5th February. The meeting will start at 8:00 pm and we ask everyone to be at The Hibernian Hotel (Chapel Lane) at 7:50 pm.

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