'Out of the Frying Pan’

Speak Easy Toastmasters meeting on December 9th 2010 was another in which guests and members enjoyed themselves. There was a very festival atmosphere created by the Toastmasters.

Joining President Margaret O’ Regan at the top table was Tony O’ Regan, Toastmaster who chaired the meeting and Mary Moynihan who was Topicsmaster.

First to the lectern was Cait Murray with a speech entitled ‘Pause for Thoughts’.
Cait provided the group with expert advice on the use of punctuation including the coma, the apostrophe and the exclamation mark. She concluded by informing the group to take our time when using punctuation and to always have a notebook at hand.

Following Cait was Liam Flynn with a speech entitled ‘Out of the Frying Pan’. Liam provided the group with an insight into the dangers and side effects of using teflon. Teflon has many uses including providing a non stick coating in frying pans, the lining of gortex coats, take away pizza boxes to mention but a few.

Liam was followed by Marie Corbett with a speech entitled ‘The love of the land’. Maura’s speech brought history to life from the period 1880-1906 in Wexford. She gave the group an insight into some of the activities associated with the Land League at that time.

Next it was the turn of Jean Sayers with her speech entitled ‘Think Fire, Think Safety’. Her speech focused on Fire Safety in the Home. She advised the group to adhere to certain rules including the importance of installing and maintaining smoke detectors in the home.

Jean was following by Pat Sexton with an interpretative reading from a poem written by Joseph O Connor entitled ‘Baby Come Back Ode to the Celtic Tiger’.
Pat captured the emotions and thoughts within the poem with his use of vocal variety, facial expressions and gestures. The choice of poem was very suitable for the occasion.

The topic session for the evening was conducted by Topicsmaster Mary Moynihan. Mary’s topics caused great amusement and were very seasonal.

Anne Buckley, conducted the General Evaluation Session and conducted the part of the meeting in which speakers received feedback from their assigned evaluators who were Sean Corcoran, Joe Hassett, Jerry Mulcahy, Ray Ryan and Marie Fitzpatrick. The Sergeants at Arms for the meeting were Liam Flynn and Jerry Mulcahy.

Speak Easy Toastmasters will hold their next meeting at the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow, January 13th 2011 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