The Christmas Goose

Speakeasy toastmasters had their Christmas party night on Thursday 22nd December which was a very enjoyable night. With the food and decorations it created a very warm Christmas atmosphere.

The first talk was given by Bill Martin called solstice in which he outlined why we should celebrate at this time of year and plan the rest of the new year by drawing up our own mission statement and keep it that we can look it up every now and again to refresh ourselves. We should put in mood lifters in it to make it easier to keep. We should remember that there is always a path to go forward we should become inspired instead of being frightened.

The second speech was given by Mary Moynihan in which Mary acted out the story of the Christmas goose. In this she painted out very vivid pictures of being sent by a neighbor to buy a goose for Christmas we found out that it was not dishonest for country people to pull the wool over town people’s eyes and that people will go to any length to sell an old goose to someone innocent like Mary.

The third talk was given by Liam Flynn and its objective was to uplift the spirit which it did. In this talk Liam out lined all that toastmasters has done for him. He likened it to getting on a train and going into a carriage of people and going on a journey together they have all got different backgrounds but they are all going on the same journey only in toastmasters every one helps one another .This was a story from the heart how toastmasters gave him the confidence to speak his mind with confidence.

The final speech was given by Margaret O Regan; this was a very witty speech in which she outlined her big plans to write a great speech. Margaret outlined all the hurdles that you have to jump to get that speech.

The topics for the night were given by Mary Buckley and they ranged from men cooking to getting a gift for Mrs. Clause. The meeting was then addressed by Brendan Doherty area governor area 50 he was advertising the summer conference in Wexford next May entitled Words of Wisdom conference.