The Knowledge Club Toastmasters at Division D Speech Contest

Toastmasters District 14, Division D held their Humorous Speech and Evaluation Speech Contest on Saturday, September 14, 2011 at Cobb EMC. Keith Ivey represented the Knowledge Club Toastmasters of Marietta with his speech entitled "Follow your Dreams and the Funny Will Follow".

 

Keith Ivey delivers his humorous speech:  "Follow your Dreams and the Funny Will Follow"

Contest Chair:                  Rachel Vigil
Contest Master:               Josh DeMuth
Chief Judge:                     Lina Surianto
Target Speaker:               Maria Hull
Ballot Counters:               Carl Stiflter, Jo Kelly, Margaret Edinburgh

Backup Ballot Counter:   Nikki Anschel
Sergeants At Arms:         Jason Groves, Stan Loth
Timers:                            Shani Brown, Georgia Vanis

Crowd gathers at Cobb EMC before contest

Area D Contestants for Speech Evaluation

Roxanne Rush awarded 1st Place Evaluation Speech by Division D Governor Abdul Wahab Memon

2^nd Place Humorous Speech– Jatika Manigault

John Matthews is awarded 1st Place for his Humorous Speech

John Matthews and Abdul Wahab Memon

Abdul Wahab Memon with Mike Sena - 3rd Place Winner Speech Evaluation

Abdul Wahab Memon with Scott Lehmann - 2nd Place Winner Speech Evaluation

Winners for the District D Contest.

Humorous Speech

1^st Place – John Matthews

2^nd Place – Jatika Manigault

3^rd Place – Megan Hill

Evaluation

1^st Place – Roxanne Rush  

2^nd Place – Scott Lehmann  

3^rd  Place -  Mike Sena   

A Flair of Renaissance - Knowledge Club Toastmasters Club Meeting August 27, 2011

Here is a recap of last Tuesday's (August 23, 2011) meeting of the Knowledge Club Toastmasters of Marietta, GA.

What a wonderful cultural awakening we experienced last night with Quincy's theme - A Flair of Renaissance. He did an excellent job as a first time Toastmaster.


The meeting started a few minutes after 7:00pm as we had some late arrivals and guests. Below are the roles that were undertaken by the following toastmasters:

Toastmaster:: Quincy 

Sergeant at Arms:	Quincy
Joke of the evening:	Tonie
Word of the day: Truncate	Sandi
Table Topics Master:	Danielle
Grammarian:	Shafik
General Evaluator:	Sandi
ah counter:	Shafik
Timer:	Shannan
Speaker #1:  Winston Agbebiyi  "You and Me:Making This World Even Better" Speaker #2:  Greg Palmer "Baseball"
Evaluator #1	Keith
Evaluator #2	Rogers

                           

Best Table Topics award - Kim

Keith and Rogers tie for the Best Evaluator Award

Best Speech went to Winston

During our breaktime

Greg Palmer

THE RENAISSANCE

The theme of the evening was a Flair of Renaissance presented by Toastmaster Quincy. He discussed the notable events, famous persons and the artistic, cultural and scientific achievements of this period of history. 

Notable Persons of the Renaissance

Michaelangelo

 Francis Bacon

  Joan of Arc

Shakespeare

  Leonardo Da Vinci

        

Notable Events

·         New World Discovery – Christopher Columbus

·         Protestant Reformation – Martin Luther (95 thesis)

·         Printing Press -  Bibles translated out of Latin to common folks

·         Copernicus Revolution broke 2000 years of solar system theory

Art/Music/Inventions

Telescope – Galileo
Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo

David by Donatello

Whiskey in Scotland

First golf ball invented

Blood transfusion

Mona Lisa painted

Life in the 1500's, something interesting to ponder. Those were not the "good old days"!

• Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake."
• Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and were still smelling pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the b.o.
• Baths equaled a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
• Houses had thatched roofs. Thick straw, piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the pets... dogs, cats and other small animals, mice, rats, bugs lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."
• There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. So, they found if they made beds with big posts and hung a sheet over the top, it addressed that problem. Hence those beautiful big 4 poster beds with canopies. I wonder if this is where we get the saying "Good night and don't let the bed bugs bite"...
• Sometimes they could obtain pork and would feel really special when that happened. When company came over, they would bring out some bacon and hang it to show it off. It was a sign of wealth and that a man "could really bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."
• Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food. This happened most often with tomatoes, so they stopped eating tomatoes...for 400 years.

Area 34 Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest

The Knowledge Club shines from speakers to members at the area contest on Saturday.

We had 11 members total representing our club. 

The contest was a huge success.  Everything flowed effortlessly.

And guess what,... we have winners.

Keith Ivey came in 1^st Place in the Humorous Speech Contest

Julian Smart-Rimple came in 2^nd Place in the Evaluation Contest.

Congratulations to both of you. 

The July 19th Meeting of the Knowledge Club Toastmaster of Marietta

Hello fellow Toastmasters. Last week, we had a great fun filled evening with incredible speeches. We are looking forward to tomorrow's as well and we hope you are too. The meeting was called to order by our sergeant at arms Quincy and with Keith as our toast master

The following were the roles taken by different members

Joke Master: Jeni 

Word of the Day-  raconteur- a skillfull story teller

Table Topics: Rogers 

Speakers:

• Renee - The sweetest thing I know
• Quincy - Do it yourself; Tips for maximizing the speed of your PC
• Keith - Follow your passion- then what?

Evaluators:

• Julian 
• Shane 
• Trushar 

Timer: Tonie assisted

Ah Counter: Angeline 

Gramarian: Tonie 

Announcements: The area contest date is August 13th and the division contest is sept 10th.

Meeting was adjourned at 20:44.

We look forward to seeing you all in another spectacular meeting tomorrow. 

Upcoming July 19th Meeting

Good morning, Knowledge Club!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood (sing with me if you want:))

First, many thanks to Shafik, Julian, Rogers, Archana and Tonie for taking on important meeting functions for our next meeting.

Second, we still need members to take on the following important tasks:

1. Humorist (I'm working on a set of really bad jokes so, if you want to avoid "death by bad humor", sign up to be the Humorist:)

2. Evaluators #3 & #4 - Next to humor, table topics and speaking, evaluations are the most important part of Toastmasters. And we only learn to do it by doing it. So . . . let's do it!

3. Ah counter - Ah, umm, ugh, uha . . . sign up and . . . uh, ah . . . count my ahs!

4. Timer - Time is running out to sign up to time so, tick tock!

The theme for our next meeting is the title of one of my favorite songs. It was written by Peter Allen.

Here are the lyrics:

Once before I go

I want you to know
That I would do it all again
I'm sure I'd make the same mistakes
But I could make it through
The pains and joys and aches
I knew back then
I'd do it all
I'd do it all again

Before I go
I want you to know
That I look back with no regrets
And when our luck was wearing thin
And we were down and out
And still came back to win against all bets
Now when I look back
I still have no regrets

And it's so hard to say good-byes
When there's so much that's left
Unspoken in your eyes
But unless I spread my wings again
I'm afraid I'll never soar
So hang on to the memories
And hold me close once more

Once more
Just once before I go
I want you to know
That I have loved you all along
And even when we're far apart
I only need to feel you're living in my heart
And I'll be strong
Love you just the way
I've loved you all along

And it's so hard to say good-byes
When there's so much that's left
Unspoken in your eyes
But unless I spread my wings again
I'm afraid I'll never soar
So kiss me for the last time
And hold me close once more

Once more
Just once before I go
I want you to know
That I have loved you all along
And even when we're far apart
I only need to feel you're living in my heart
And I'll be strong

You are the light that shines on me
You always were and you'll always be
So I had to let you know
Just this once
Just this once
Before I go

So, the theme is "Just Once Before I Go." The context is this: What legacy do we want to leave for those who follow?

Later . . .

Keith

Keith Ivey
714-322-0901