Speak Easy Toastmasters recent meeting was opened by the Club President, Margaret O’ Regan. Toastmaster Bridie O Connell chaired the meeting.
Speaker No 1 Cait Murray delivered a stage 7 project from the basic manual.
In her speech entitled ‘Dog Days’ Cait informed the group how the bond between humans and dogs originated. The strongest instinct in dogs is the pack instinct. This led them to find the pack leader in human beings. Dogs originated from wolves. It was a very informative and interesting speech. Cait’s speech was evaluated by Ann Buckley.
Cait was followed by Liam Flynn who did a project from the Interpretative Reading manual. Liam read John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s inaugural address of 1961. In his introduction Liam informed the group that John F Kennedy was the youngest man ever to be elected President of the United States as well as being the first President of the United States to visit Ireland. The famous line from the speech is as thought provoking in today’s world as it was back in 1961- ‘"Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country ". Liam’s speech was evaluated by Michael Cronin.
The third speaker of the night was Bridget Breen, who delivered a stage 4 project from the basic manual. Bridget vividly described to the group in her speech entitled ‘That is one off my bucket list’ her experience of hand gliding. Bridget had dreamt about flying but said that her hand gliding experience was 10 times better. It was one of her life long ambitious. She encouraged all the thrill seekers in the audience to go hand gliding. Bridget’s speech was evaluated by Noel O’ Connor.
The final speaker for the night was Sean Corcoran. Sean did a project from the Interpretative Reading Manual. Sean read ‘A letter from a Matchmaker’ by John B Keane in the form of a soliloquy. In his introduction Sean explained that the Matchmaker Dickie Mick Dickie was writing to his brother Jack in America. The group was highly entertained by the humourous letter. The sincerity of Dickie Mick Dickie was borne out through Sean’s excellent delivery. Sean’s speech was evaluated by Jean Sayers.
The topic sessions for the evening were conducted by Topicsmaster Joe Hassett. Joe’s topics were both varied and topical
Timekeeper Mary Buckley reminded speakers/people contributing to topics when their allocated times were up while grammarian/ah counter Angela Sheehan encouraged the use of the word ‘obdurate’ meaning stubborn or hard hearted during the course of the meeting.
Loretta Barry, conducted the General Evaluation Session. The Sergeant at Arms for the meeting was Liam Flynn.
Speak Easy Toastmasters will hold their next meeting at the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow, November 11th at 7:50PM. Non-members are more than welcome to attend and will not be asked to speak. Further details about the Club are available on our website, www.speakeasytoastmasters.com
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