October 17th Meeting

Eagles,

Tonight, we “Got Our Eagle On” with 22 members, 5 guests, and 3 very interesting speeches, with Yours Truly as the Toastmaster…..Please allow me to elucidate.

Tom Corrigan opened up the evening with a humorous story about a restaurant with “no atmosphere”. Robin Corrigan led a Table Topics, bearing gifts of pencils. Jaime Fisher, one of our guests, stole the show with her table topic about “knocking on wood”. She earned her pencil indeed! Steph Centorino, a member soon to be guest, also joined in the fun with a table topic about “going the extra mile”.

Kate Kelly, Speaker #1, encouraged us to “use the phone, when in doubt”. Sandy Centorino, Speaker #2, gave a motivational speech to “Show up, Step up and Speak up” as Eagles. Deb Haggett gave a persuasive speech about an online alternative to an expensive college education.

Special thanks to our functionaries……Robin Corrigan, Joseph Oddie, and Paula Erardi were our speech evaluators. Chris Gaffney our timer, Joseph Oddie our Grammarian, Val Hamilton as our Timer, and……Deb Haggett as our General Evaluator!

Special Programming Note: Amy Demas will be competing in the Division round in the evaluation contest. The contest will take place on 10/27 at Eversource at 107 Selden St, Berlin CT. Contest starts at 6:30. Please consider attending an entertaining evening and root for Amy!

Our next meeting is in 3 weeks (first Monday of November…..Election Day Eve) on November 7^th. Please log onto www.eagletoastmasters.com and sign up for something!

Tony Centorino

Eagle Secretary

October 3rd Meeting

Eagles,

October 3^rd was a lightly attended meeting with a heavy mix of our more seasoned Eagles, and two of our newer members. Our meeting showcased the strength of our club….We started the evening with two planned speakers (Tony and Chris) and ended up with four as Amy and Deb pulled speeches out of their hip pockets!

-          Chris gave a poignant speech about “The Most Important Person You’ll Never See”……he gave us a very unique perspective on 911 operators.

-          Deb gave a speech about how one can earn a college degree without the big expense.

-          Amy taught us about how to write a stellar resume.

-          Yours truly took another run at “The Book”

Ute led Table Topics about Fall/Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday). Paula served as our Grammarian and Ah Counter…..As usual, she was on her game and kept us on our toes. Ian served as General Evaluator, and evaluated Chris’s speech. Sandy, Amy, and I all served as evaluators. Deb provided our humor and Sandy our quote of the day.

A special shout out to the Newbies….Maryanne and Joe. Ian conducted a round robin evaluation of my speech, which gave them an opportunity to critique my speech. They provided the kind of fresh perspective rarely offered by our seasoned members.  

Please know that every Eagle is qualified to sign up as an evaluator. In many ways it’s easier than signing up for a speech…..you simply give a mini speech based on the evaluation criteria that you complete during the break. Please think about this as you sign up for the next meeting!

A couple of programming notes…..

The Area B 24 Contest will take place on Thursday October 11^th at the Lucy Robbins Library in Newington at 6:00 PM. Amy will be competing in the Evaluator Competition, and I will compete in the Humorous Speech Competition. Please consider attending and supporting our club. Contests are a lot of fun to watch!

Our next Eagle Meeting is on 10/17 at 7:15….Virtually every role is available, including Toastmaster. Please considering signing up for something!

Tony

Eagle Secretary