September 6th review

September 6th review:

Today was the business meeting, and humorous speech contest. The business meeting was run by our president, Brian. We discussed dues, which will be $45 to be paid by the first of October. Our treasurer, Laurie, reminded us that she needs to know whether you will be renewing membership before October. For our Public Relations report, the Vice President said that the facebook page has almost reached 1,000 people in the last month, and the blog has received 286 views in the last two months. We proposed to host a speech contest in the spring, which was approved. Details for the speech contest will be worked out as we move closer to the date it will happen.
After our business meeting, we had our special meeting of a speech contest. Lori was the Toastmaster for the contest, assisted by Dave for instructions. We had two timers: Lee and Anjanette who helped make sure the time was correct for the speeches. Everyone had an evaluation sheet where they scored the speeches on four categories such as humor and content. Each area was scored out of ten, and totaled at the end. Our two contest speakers were Dave and Brian, speaking from 5 to 7 minutes.
Dave told his fish tales speech where he hooked us on his adventures of fishing across the country and overseas. He told us how when he caught his first fish, he threw his pole in the water. His grandfather rescued the pole for him, so he could reel in the fish, and from then on, he was as hooked as that fish was. As a suggestion for the audience, Lee mentioned that if he wore a fishing hat, he would be more convincing. Dave joked that he had planned to wear hip waders, but that wasn't acceptable attire for work.
Brian was the second speaker with his speech Confessions of a Funeral Director. He dug deep to tell us about how his first funeral was not the quick easy funeral most directors start off with. After making it to the chapel safely in a procession he thought the hard part was over, and then he saw a pair of feet levitating into the room, which ended up being a woman who did not have her oxygen, and emergency services came to help. After that, he told us of how resurrection of the dead seemed to happen with the EMT's and the experience of having casket divers. Lee suggested that the next time he gives that speech, he wear a black coat and top hat.
Both speeches qualified for time, and between the two speeches, Brian won the humorous speech contest. Good luck in Florence next week!

Have a good week