Written by Svetlana
Another energizing rendezvous of like-minded people at Bloomsbury Speakers Toastmasters Club celebrating the charisma – took place on 27 July!
One half-milestone – No.5 – speech and three advanced speeches were on the agenda!
Emma S. surprised us with still another facet of her personality and life of a surfer. We experienced ups and downs of a very spiritual journey through motion pictures, which she created with her speech and body language.
Svetlana R. presented her new speech project as advanced double-interpretive reading of her translation of a humourous short story “About Cat Basia” by Alexey Berezin.
Rufina D. took everybody through a personal experience of wrong choice of Maid of Honour (turned into Maid of Horror) and its consequences and concluded with some valuable advice.
With Helen H. we literally immersed ourselves in the exotic childhood horror tales of West Indies with all the scary ghosts and spirits told with masterful imagery and colourful language.
The whole evening was beautifully summarised by the Grammarian Alefiya from the point of view of the language use and then by our phenomenal last minute serendipity GE Damian Chapman! Normally, we have our GEs booked several months in advance but 27 July was that special day when we were destined to discover Damian.
There were a few more discoveries during the Table Topics session – our guests Peter and Jake’s impromptu answers sounded like very well prepared speeches- both uplifting and insightful. All guests did well giving it a courageous go in standing up and facing the audience.
Our evaluators Robert W., Paul F., Zita M., Swarajit D. and Bronia K. added that special value to the evening providing commendations and recommendations in the form of brilliant speeches.
President Helen H., Toastmaster of the evening Egor S. Timekeeper Peter F., Sergeant and Arms Zita M. and our Table Topics Master Tracey A. produced a wonderful and unique evening of intellectual and emotional entertainment and personal growth for all of us.
Best speech award was voted in favour of Helen H. Best evaluator award went to Paul F. Best table topic award went to our guest Jake.
Next meeting
Our next regular meeting is on Monday, 10th of August upstairs at The Clerk and Well, 156 Clerkenwell Rd, London EC1R 5DU. Doors open at 6:30pm.
