Thursday's meeting was a blast, with the largest attendance all year, thanks to numerous visitors. Our new Area Governor, Jon Clemence brought three guests, and we had two other District officers that attended in coaching capacities. In addition, we had a visitor that had been a Toastmaster in the past and was thinking about rejoining.
Don Lyman gave an original story from the advanced storytelling manual which had a moral for us to guess. He related the story in first person, from the perspective of two elk (wapiti) calves that early became orphans. Then they had to search for their purpose through experiences in the forest.
Several attendees participated in table topics, and the best speaker was awarded to one of our guests (Jennifer), who had two special charities she would contribute to if she had a million dollars. She related personal experience in her family of “Prune Belly Syndrome” which many had never heard of, but which typically was associated with Cystic Fibrosis, which another member had experience with. All in all, some compelling questions and answers.
Jon Clemence announced that Area Humorous and Table Topic Speech contests were coming up in October, so our club will have a speech contest on September 24th.
Thanks to all who attended. We hope to see you on August 19th.
As a reminder, because of Labor Day, we will switch our regular meetings to the 2nd & 4th Thursdays during September.
Regards,
Dan Pratt
