Fantastic show tonight

Dear Eagle Toastmasters,

Another night, another meeting and we put together another fantastic show tonight. Friday night we had almost an empty roster except for 3 speaking slots filled, and by Monday afternoon we had a full roster with even a backup speaker.... Yes, this is incredible and this is something very special about our club - stepping in when needed. We had 18 members tonight including our guests Susan and Michelle, and we had Steve sign up as a new member. Welcome Steve to our club/family.

Andrew as table topics master not only lightened the mood but was also very creative with the material he offered as topics. Everyone felt at ease and as a matter of fact Andrew did not have to force anyone to step forward as he had members voluntarily step forward and had a go at it. Yes we all had belly full of laughs.... Thanks and great job Andrew.

Our streak of meetings with icebreaker speeches is still going strong (hope it does not end anytime soon..?) and today Hyunsoo gave her first speech titled "the places i have been", narrating us how she landed in Wallingford after her stops in Seoul (birth place), Canada, Long Island (New York), England and Chicago, in sequential order. Her speech was well written and her soft & soothing voice had the attention of the whole room.

I grabbed the opportunity of an open speaking slot and, for a change, gave a speech on how my pain, anger and sorrow remained the same even after 18 years of the loss of a family member very dear to me. I hope, by sharing this with all of you tonight, my pain, anger and sorrow subside... Really hope and thank you all for the kind words.....

Rachel brings in passion to everything she does. Rachel imposturing as the division lead for the Juice Product Association called on all the fellow colleagues on how important it is for their division to get their act together in time to disseminate facts vs myth about the arsenic levels present in food, especially pertaining to apple juices. For a moment I thought she moved to a new job - excellent job, Rachel.

Ute shared the 4 core values of Toastmasters: 1. Dignity 2. Dedication to excellence 3. Service to the member and 4. Respect for the individual. Thanks for sharing this and I hope we maintain these core values at our club.

In short, we had a fantastic show tonight. Thanks to everyone for stepping forward and making this happen.

Goodnight and note that our next meeting is on Sept 10th.

Chandra