PROGRAMMES
MEETING 4th MARCH 2010
Past President
Vivian Hodgson
Past President
Vivian Hodgson
Immediate Past President Vivian Hodgson opened the meeting promptly at 7-45pm welcoming everyone with a special greeting to a guests Jo Greenhow and Nick Fardon. With the preliminaries sorted out, Vivian then took on the role of Chairman for the evening.
Vivian quickly went through the programme advising a change due to two members being unable to attend. The first speaker of the evening was Beryl Smithson who was the only ice-breaker speech of the evening. Beryl had brought an object to talk about, it turned out to be several objects as the audience were shown KEYS, she gave an amusing talk with regard to the problems that are caused by keys, when they are lost and even when they are found.
Beryl Smithson Malcolm Bobbitt
Malcolm Bobbitt reviewed the key speech, giving Beryl praise on her contribution to the evening, commenting on how noisy keys are.
Wendy Brown
The first main speech of the evening was by Wendy Brown, her task was ‘The use of notes’, in this assignment the speaker has to give the Reviewer a copy of their notes prior to giving the speech, this allows them to see how well they coped with their notes. Wendy talked about Piers and Pom-Poms, where she gave an excellent history and development through to the demise of many seaside piers.
Reg Cooper
Reg Cooper was the reviewer and he gave Wendy a good report in all areas of giving a speech. She had good delivery, excellent use of notes, good gestures, introduced humour and overall a very interesting speech. He gave her a Pass asking her to move on to her next assignment.
Steve Dryden Phil Wilson
Steve Dryden was next to the lectern with coincidently another speech to assignment ‘Use of notes’ where the same disciplines applied, Steve’s speech was about the ‘Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme’. Steve gave an account of how the scheme was initiated through to his own involvement with young people taking the award. Some of his escapades were very humorous.
Phil Wilson was the reviewer for Steve’s speech, he said he had enjoyed the information gleaned about the DOE scheme, even though Steve had ran a little over time he was quite happy to give him a pass as he had fulfilled all of the criteria required for this assignment.
Davidson Bell
The next item on the programme was in the advanced category, an item not used very often in the Club, but does require a certain amount of oratory skill, it is reading aloud to an audience’. Davidson Bell was the member to undertake this assignment. He chose the best seller ‘The Rules of Life’ by Richard Templar, the chapter he chose was No. 26 ‘Have a Sense of Humour’. Davidson read from the chosen chapter with ease and clarity, involving the audience in the dialogue.
Peter Hodgson
Peter Hodgson was the reviewer for Davidson’s reading, he said that it was very well done and the Scottish burr added sincerity to the interpretation he gave. He did suggest that the use of a repeated hand gesture would have to be curtailed, he was probably not aware, as many people they don’t realise they do it to emphasise a point. Overall, Peter felt that the reading had been well carried out and gave him a pass.
After a short interval in the hotel bar, it was time for the ‘Topics Session’, this is were the speaker literally has no time to think before they have to give a three minute mini-speech. Vic Emmerson was the Topics Chairman for this evening. His theme was ‘Personality to inanimate objects’.
Vic Emmerson
Topics Chairman
Vivian Hodgson was first with her topic ‘Match her personality to food on board ship, she aligned herself with the food served on board luxury cruise ships.
Malcolm Bobbitt Beryl Smithson Reg Cooper
Malcolm Bobbitt was give ‘What car matches your personality. He had no trouble in talking about a Ferrari. Strange for Malcolm as he usually favours French cars.
Beryl Smithson was asked which animal would match her personality, she felt that it would have to be the cat family, ranging from the small kitten to the larger tiger.
Which bird matches his personality was given to Reg Cooper, he hovered a bit but them come down on the side of the Buzzard.
Peter Hodgson Steve Dryden Phil Wilson
Peter Hodgson was asked which fish would match his personality, he though it was rather difficult but concluded the salmon was probably the one for him.
What ship was given to seafarer Steve Dryden, Steve tried a few different ones before finally coming down on the side of the old Clyde side ‘Puffer’, made famous in the ‘Para-handy’ novels
The last Topicee was Phil Wilson who was give which Air Plane would be most closely associated with him. Phil thought the old Tiger Moth was nearer to his personality.
Following the Topics it was time for a brisk Business Session, this was quickly despatched by Vivian.
As there was no General Evaluator to review the evening, Vivian decided to ask everyone attending the meeting what they thought of the way it had gone. There were very good comments from all, including the fun and laughter generated, we must be pitching it right.
After looking forward to the next meeting, which will be the ‘Tall Story’ Competition, Vivian closed the meeting wishing everyone a safe journey home.
Madge, Etta & Eve
Friends of the Club
Friends of the Club
Vivian conclude the evening by looking forward and closing the meeting.
Dates for 2010 Season
| 2010 | |||
| 18th March | |||
| 1st April | |||
| 15th April | |||
| 29th April | |||
| 6th May AGM |