Dear Members, Friends and Guests:
Aptly led by Contest Master Pam and persnickety Chief Judge Kip, we enjoyed our Humorous Speech Contest:
- I, Ana, related the true sea (mis)adventures of Captain Wacky and The Motley Crew, who were on first-name basis with the Fort Lauderdale Coast Guard. I placed Third.
- TM BeckyJo reminisced about the panic of Y2K and catering a multitudinous World-Ending Party where To Beet Or Not To Beet became the ultimate question. She placed Second.
- TM Tom reflected on his coal miner grandpa, who stemmed from Pittsburgh, Kansas (why do multiple cities have the same names? To confuse foreigners, no doubt) and had to send telegrams to his wife to please hang up the phone and get the $100 chocolate cake recipe going in the oven, once and for all.
- Gondolier TM Paolo regaled us with the song “Volare…. Ooooh… Cantare…. Oh-Oh-Oh-O” while he gesticulated his way through a 5 to 7 minute body language demonstration of a few inimitable Italian gestures. Ma che cosa??? (learned in utero by Italian babies)…. Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu…..” He Won First Place. Go, Paolo! You will represent our Club well.
- TM Aleta vividly pictured tough love from one of our Toastmasters pioneers, VH, who passed down invaluable lessons, was at times a mentor, at times a demontor and at times a tormentor. She is fondly remembered by those who survived and stopped using unnecessary fillers.
While ballots were counted, recounted and inspected for hanging chads, TM Carmine introduced rainy Table Topics….
- TM Marie turned Italian in front of our very eyes and gesticulated her way through the concept that into each life some rain must fall. She Won Best Table Topics Award.
- DTM Mary Helen grew up in a farm with a shallow well where she enjoyed outdoor showering with rainwater and invented the trendy GlamCamping.
- TM Jeff thinks moderation is key – his newly planted lawn got too much rain and now he’s had to switch careers to mushroom farmer.
- TM Lois loves the fact that the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plains and feels fragant and loving when she watches spring flowers thriving.
- DTM Jim D. aka Wichita Lineman revealed that Wichita has Dimpled Car Sales and tiny houses have 4-car garages to protect autos from the inevitable pelting hale.
Here’s the link to the recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NA6ykeBcfo
See you next week!
Ana I.
Recap Writer
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