24 April

Speakeasy Toastmasters Club.
10Year Anniversary Celebration Evening.
Members and friends of the Speakeasy Toastmasters Club, Mallow will celebrate 10 very successful years with a Celebration Evening in The Hibernian Hotel, Mallow on Saturday 26’th April. The evening will consist of Dinner, a short selection of memorable speeches and a 60’s/70’s disco.
It will be a marvelous opportunity for present and former members from the Speakeasy Club and members of other Toastmasters Clubs in the Division to meet and renew friendships.
Meeting of Wednesday 16’th.
Members and guests attending the meeting of Wednesday 16’th of April experienced, once again, what can only described as a feast of typical toastmasters entertainment as seven highly entertaining and informative speeches were delivered on the night.
President, Pat Sexton welcomed the 40 members and guests and introduced John Dillon was Toastmaster for the evening John explained his role and introduced his fellow officers for the evening, Topicsmaster Mary Buckley, Timekeeper, Ann Buckley, General Evaluator, Jeremiah Roynane and Sgt’s at Arms, Kay Quirke and Elaine O’Donovan.
The first speaker of the evening was Deirdre Linehan with a Stage 2 speech entitled “It’s A Fat Thing”. “We are all consumers and we must all eat to live but have you thought of the facts about what you eat?” began Deirdre, as she wet on to explain to us about the fat content of various foodstuffs.” She explained where to find the nutritional value of foodstuffs using items from a typical basked and more importantly, how to convert figure out the true fat content of an item when only the weight of fat is given and that is, one gram of fat is nine calories.
Michael Walsh evaluated Dierdre’s speech..
Then it was the turn of John Holmes with a Stage 3 Speech entitled “Always Look On The Bright Side”. “Let me take you back to the era of the seventies”, began John who went on to tell us of an incident that happened to him when he was going to college. It was a potentially embarrassing situation, going around the school with a handbag, but the end result was ok.
John’s speech was evaluated by Kay Quirke.
After John it was the turn of Micheál Dineen with a Stage 4 Speech intriguing title of “Let Your Body Do The Talking”.” Communication is not just about what you say, if fact is it far more to do with how you say it”, said Micheál as he went on to tell us the importance of body language as you speak to someone. Examples of non-verbal communications include, eye contact, facial gestures, body motion, body posture and vocal tone.
Micheál then went on to give us some examples of body posture and the different kind of handshakes and what they may mean.
Pat Duggan evaluated Micheál’s speech.
“Who is Paul Kane?” was the title of Angela Sheehan’s Stage 7 Speech. Angela told us of the time she lived in Canada and one day going to an art gallery in Ottawa and seeing works by a painter named Paul Kane. She discovered that he was born in Mallow on Sept. 10’th 1810. He painted many pictures of the native Indians. Angela read 3 excerpts from the book “Wanderings of an Artist”.
Sean Corcoran evaluated Angela’s speech.
The next meeting of The Speakeasy Toastmasters Club is on Thursday 1’st May at the usual venue in The Hibernian Hotel at 8pm sharp
For further information on the Club contact Sean on 086 6054784 or Pat 087 2364240 or visit the Club’s Website at www.clix.to/speakeasy. Email, speakeasymallow@eircom.net

17 April

Speakeasy Toastmasters Club.
At the Speakeasy Toastmasters meeting in The Hibernian Hotel (Chapel Lane) on April the Guest Speaker, was Eugene O’Connell with a speech entitled “The Last of the Bonesetters” in which he told the story of the Bonesetter and their place in Irish History and the other various roles that they played in Irish Society. Eugene was doing a Stage 7 Speech from “The Communication and Leadership Manual” the objectives of which were “to bring together and apply the communication skills that he has learned in the preceding projects”
Michael Donegan evaluated Eugene’s speech.
The final speech of the evening was by Barry Mc’Carthy and was entitled “The breath of life”. It speech was from the “Speaking to Inform” manual in which Barry spoke about the importance of first aid at the scene of an accident. Barry also gave a very comprehensive demonstration on the correct way to perform CPR using a mannequin.
Joan Lenihan evaluated Barry’s speech.
After the speeches Topicsmaster Kay Quirke entertained us with here topics. “New Time” was the topic she asked Mary Stack who had to speak for two minutes without any preparation. “Your favourite TV programme as a child” was asked of Eileen Corkery. Jerry Mulcahy was asked “Have you kissed the blarney stone”. “Rural Electrification” was what Jerry Mulcahy spoke for two minutes on. “The long finger” for Joan Lenihan and “what would be the qualities of a Rose of Tralee escort?” for Barry Mc’Carthy. Other Toastmasters provided Hilarious “add on’s” which is where members join in a particular topic for a period of one minute.
General Evaluator, Jerry Mulcahy conducted the evaluation session and awarded ribbons to Mary Buckler for “Best Speaker”, Joan Lenihan for “Best Speaker” and John Murphy for “Best Topic”.
Congratulations to Club members, Eileen Corkery and Pat Sexton who came third in the Division A Final of the International Speech and Evaluation Contests, respectively that were held in The Southcourt Hotel in Limerick last Saturday night. A large contingent of Speakeasy members was present to support Eileen and Pat both of whom gave brilliant performances on the night.

10’th Anniversary Celebration
Calling all ex Speakeasy Toastmasters. Plans are well under way for a celebration night consisting of a meal, a short selection of memorable speeches from the last ten years and dance which will take place in The Hibernian Hotel on Saturday 26’th of April at 8.30pm sharp. Tickets are €25 each and can be obtained from any Club member.
This will be an ideal opportunity for members past and present to meet, relax and have some fun.

The next meeting of The Speakeasy Toastmasters Club is on Thursday 1’st of May.

For further information on the Club contact Sean on 086 6054784 or Pat 087 2364240 or visit the Club’s Website at www.clix.to/speakeasy. Email, speakeasymallow@eircom.net