18 March

Speakeasy Toastmasters Mallow
Two break the ice
It’s always a very special occasion when a member delivers their first speech at a Toastmasters meeting. Last Thursday night was doubly special when two members ‘broke the ice’ and treated the members and guests to two wonderful speeches. First to speak was Denise O’ Callaghan, with a speech entitled ‘Here at last’ who took the scenic route to Speakeasy meetings; originating in Kinsale, and on to Mallow via Rockchapel and Tralee. She described her attendance at Toastmasters meeting as either total commitment or total madness, and whichever it is, we hope that it keeps driving her to the meetings. Denise’s speech was evaluated by Mary Stack. ‘Birthday wishes’ was the title of the second ‘Icebreaker’ of the night, and was delivered by Paula Lane, and evaluated by Tony O’ Regan. This was another very entertaining speech and described Paula’s first encounter with Speakeasy when she sorted out the heating problems. We look forward to hearing much more about Paula’s many travels in future speeches. Gerry Kelleher delivered the next speech, ‘Never too late’, in which he described how those who are responsible for children might abuse their position of authority and offer humiliation and discouragement, instead of praise and encouragement. As Gerry demonstrated though, it’s never too late to do something about it. Gerry’s speech was evaluated by Joan Linehan.
Division A International Speech and Evaluation contests; April 24th.

The club will host a Tall Tales contest at our next meeting which is on Thursday, 1st April which will start at 8:00 pm. This promises to be a very entertaining night and as usual guests are very welcome to attend. We ask everyone to be at The Hibernian Hotel (Chapel Lane) at 7:50 pm.