--Dear Members, Guests and Friends,TM Aleta had us wondering about special June days. We discovered that...* DTM Jim D. favors banana splits with bacon so that he covers all the food groups in one fell swoop. He Won Best Table Topics Award.* TM Jim G.'s aunt was a certain Norma Jean of world notoriety who drew Jim to her bosom and he certainly liked it hot!* TM BeckyJo played tennis in Stanley Park, Vancouver, with a cuuuuute instructor who almost created a pickle between her parents and that's how pickle ball was born.* TM Tom wants flags to be disposed of with respect but meanwhile can't get TM Jim G.'s aunt out of his mind.* TM Marie has filed a petition in Court to have owners of tattered flags be fined and possibly thrown in prison and taught how to preserve flags in good condition.* DTM Mary Helen is fascinated to this day by the movie career of TM Jim G's aunt, eospecially after her movies were adapted for the small screen.* TM Randolph thinks there's a lot in a name and all his children have been conscienciously named because names are not to be taken lightly, in case you run into trademark/copyright issues and have to become "the person formerly known as xxx"In the prepared speeches...* TM Tom educated us about the daring and brave Irish, Germans, Italians who built the bridges in New York and dug the Erie Canal. We eat fruit from a tree we did not plant, for sure!* TM Jim G. displayed the US's manifest destiny from sea to shining sea in the progression of our flag, especially influenced by the pliancy of a certain mustached Tafty Taft. He Won Best Speaker Award.And then came the evaluations...* TM BeckyJo loved TM Tom's speech and asked him to contextualize it to an often geographically-clueless audience, and to bring sensory images to word pictures, such as the waves crashing against the pilons of the Erie Canal. She Won Best Evaluator Award.* DTM Mary Helen praised TM Jim G. for his expert display of visual aids on the flag at a time of year when we feel patriotic and for transmitting his warmth to the audience so flawlessly.The Word of the DAy wasPLIANT, adj.Able to bend without breaking; flexibleToo easily influenced or controlled by other peopleExample: Palm trees are famous for being pliant to hurricane strength winds - except when they land on top of the house roof!Here's the link to the recording:See you next week!Ana I.Temporarily voiceless Recap Writer
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Memorable June Days, the Irish in America and Flag Day - a pliant morning at EarlyBirds!
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