June 4th 2008

Courageous was the Word of the Day, and Rose was courageous indeed. In her 4th project of advanced manual The Entertaining Speaker she had to give a dramatic talk with vivid imagery, dialogues, filled with either own or third party experiences. She described in most colorful words the cheerful, generous, hilarious character of her best friend who wanted to conquer a new linguistic horizon in Manchester where she ended up brutally murdered. One could hear a needle drop on the floor when Rose set the punch line... But that is what Toastmasters is all about; to become a versatile, multi-faceted speaker, sometimes an entertaining speaker, and sad stories do entertain a lot. A great, courageous speech about a most difficult topic. - Brenda was the Toastmaster of the Day, and with habitual ease she let through a session witnessed once again by 5 guests, all of whom acknowledged in the end the great level our club has reached. Adela ran the extemporaneous Table Topics session and assumed that everybody in the crowd had seen Al Gore's Academy Award winning documentary. But only guest Dimitri from Russia had actually seen it. No problem in a spontanious session. Adela made Christian, Dimitri and David comment on different perspectives regarding the value and impact of Al Gore's work. Apart from Rose's speech, we had the pleasure to listen to Birgitte's dream of a pollution free automotive world and to Kai's tenth project, the inspiring speech "The best investment of your life!" which according to Kai was investing into your own family. Evaluations by Florian, David and Edith and the President's address by Xavi rounded up yet another highly entertaining night.
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Epilogue - We never mention them, but Raisa as the Timer of the night and Joan as our Ah-Counter did a fabulous job...