Humorous Contest Dress Rehearsal

This past Tuesday’s meeting was a change of pace for our Toastmasters club. In addition to the meeting being in a different physical location (Sierra Madre Conference Room on the 16th Floor), we welcomed guests from the Public Works Pioneers Clubs. Dominic Buenaventura and Ivan Gerson joined us to solicit feedback for a presentation to be entered in the Humorous Speech Contest held at the Glendale Public Library on November 11.

Dominic’s speech took a funny look at driving in Los Angeles. Very physical in delivery and complete with siren and motor vehicle sounds, the speech started out with a big bang of laughter. Props like a “shaver” and mirror helped set up punch lines that wove his tale wonderfully. Upon completion the group gave him a number of useful tips to help tighten up an already excellent presentation. I’d definitely like to find out how he did in the contest.

The meeting started with invocation and pledge of allegiance; our word of the day was Moniker which was used by Joe Simpson (Vice President of Public Relations) prior to his eighth speech presentation; Our Table Topics Master, Paul Burke used Tuesday’s election for inspiration. Members had to nominate speakers to talk about something relation to the voting process.

Kathy Hendry (Sergeant at Arms) talked about making choices during Metro’s Open Enrollment period that start last Monday; Cynthia Jimerson and our guest (and Table Topics winner) talked about the pros and cons of Proposition 85; and Gayle Anderson urged us to vote early and vote often.

Note: Plans for the Toastmasters @ Metro’s Holiday Party are in the works and we’d like to urge all members (past and present) to plan on attending to share in the spirit of the season. See you on next Tuesday!