Did you know that Alfred Hitchcock was in prison at 5 years old? How to tie a Windsor knot? How to pass exams without opening a textbook? Just a few of the interesting and educational subjects thrown up by tonight’s toastmasters meeting.
September is a time for new beginnings. Kids are going back to school, the weather is starting – or continuing – to turn cold, and Dublin toastmasters are thinking again about public speaking again after the summer hibernation.
Vox Populi has been officially on hiatus for the summer, and I for one was missing my fix of laughing and clapping, not to mention a bit of craic over a pint!
El Presidente Paul introduced the 2012/2013 year of toastmastering with the theme of A Fresh Start. He gave a welcome to all our guests, including new Dutch friends Josine and Daniel who contributed to the topics session. A big Vox welcome to our newest member Scarlett Belle – the first baby to visit Vox Populi, and all the way from Australia!
Tonight’s Toastmaster Maria introduced the meeting and topics master Jeremy kicked off a very topical topics session with summer 2012, first day of school, Electric Picnic, Prince Harry, chat up lines and the Olympics all featuring with entertaining results.
Speeches covered Beijing stories of spiders on sticks, Hitchcock’s use of sound and tension, the power of dreams and the history of neckties – did you know 4.5 million are sold around each Father’s day?
Vital Statistics
- Word of the day: verbosity
- Poetmaster: Eilish Joyce, A Smile, anon
- Best topic: Gina Galligan on chat up lines
- Best evaluation: Frank Sherwin
Merrilyn, VPPR