Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
TM Marie led us in fantasticated topics...
* TM Jose transported us dreamily into owning his (and our) first car, when we were in awe of our newly-found autonomy and wanted to sleep in the car. He Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM BeckyJo captivates her audience when she embellishes and that's why she had a hard time telling the truth as a child. Right, good excuse!
* TM Gail likes our local comedians, ie Beckyjo and Christine, but emulated her humor after Victor Borge's phonetic punctuation which got her kicked out of class.
* TM Christine recently broke into Auschwitz concentration camp and blended into a non-English speaking tourist tour group to see everything first hand.
* TM Randolph credits Toastmasters for not interrupting others and making good use of pauses. He's got a lot more friends now!
* TM David reminisced about after-dinner talks with family when growing up, and recalled when someone said Jesus was buried in their back yard....
Along came two great fantasticated speeches...
* TM Pam revealed that pelagic means living in the open sea, whether you're an albatross, a sardine or a large tuna, and diffusiophoresis is when things go from concentrates to equilibrium, for example, dishwasher detergent. Do your research, people, instead of relying on TikTok!
* TM Aleta found a fork in her road as she sang "There she was just walking down the street, singing du-wa-di-di-di-di-dum-di-di-du, and she has applied BeckyJo's mantra "Go With God or don't go" to all her choices, decisions, losses, as well as her fantasticated Cheshire cat. She Won Best Speaker Award.
As far as evaluations...
* TM David praised TM Pam's great setup of visual aids and suggested more gestures and pauses. Why? Because.... we're emotional people who like to fantasticate...
* TM Christine was riveted by TM Aleta's speech for attaining her goal of connecting with her audience. It will be a fantasticated church sermon. She Won Best Evaluator Award.
The Word of the Day was
FANTASTICATE, verb
to make or render fantastic
Example: In Toastmasters we learn to fantasticate - instead of obfuscate or prevaricate - our speaking skills.
Here's the link to the recording...
See you next week!
Ana I.
Recap Writer
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