Oct 13 meeting: "Great Literature"

Hunter Allen and Mike Witt were inducted as members tonight.

It may not have been the best of times, but hopefully it wasn't the worst of times either, as Jodie Sanders made her debut appearance as Toastmaster. A shortage of warm bodies meant that we had some doubling of roles, but Saraí Garcia and Gary Chiu were outstanding as Timer/Listener and Grammarian/AH Counter, respectively. A big, BIG thank you to both of them for doing two jobs, one at very short notice.

We had three excellent, and quite different, speeches. Mike Witt's ice breaker "How's Your Dash" struck a serious and emotional note. Will Higgins made a model awards presentation specialty speech. Tom Brents' "Caught with the Net" was humorous with an underlying poignancy. Then Mack Mercer, Pat Quick and Tammy Bailey put on an evaluation clinic. (We need to look into getting some of these evaluations on video!)

Theresa Eller put Gary, Saraí, Hunter and our visitor Tyra on the spot with some downright Shakespearean table topics, but they rose to the occasion with tales of star-crossed love, betrayal, a bad kindergarten experience, and equivocation!

Jodie Sanders