Food was on the brain of our toastmaster Mark on his first night in the role. He wanted to know what would each participant would choose for their last meal as a means of introduction, with answers ranging from lasagne
Read moreMemories, 24 April 2013
Do you remember what you did last night? Beulah didn’t, which caused a bit of a row between herself and Mark during the first of several innovative role plays introduced by tonight’s topicsmaster Maria. The night’s theme was ‘memories’, which
Read moreHow to Feed an Elephant, 17 April 2013
If your friend wanted to leave their steady job as a dentist to join the circus, how would you try to stop them? Topicsmaster Paul gave this role play to Jeremy and Dan last Wednesday night and the crowd much
Read moreHow do you eat yours? 3 April 2013
At a toastmasters meeting, anything can happen. Speakers don’t turn up, topics contestants have ‘brain freeze’, technology refuses to work. All in an evening’s work mastering the toast! At last Wednesday’s meeting most things went smoothly. Topicsmaster Rosie got the
Read moreHeigh Ho! 27 March 2013
Ready, steady.. talk! It was time for quick fire speaking in the Central Hotel last Wednesday as topicsmaster Christine introduced Voxers to a different kind of topics session. Timer Jill recorded 57 individual speeches of around 30 seconds each as
Read moreMay the Force Be with You, 20 March 2013
Who’s your alter ego? The theme of this evening’s meeting certainly led the audience to learn a thing or two about their fellow club members! Maria, our dynamic Toastmaster for the evening, set those taking roles in the meeting the challenge of revealing what
Read moreGal-Where? 27 February 2013
What puts a smile on your face? Topicsmaster Jill gave the Vox crowd last Wednesday night plenty of chances to answer this question as we watched Donal bring out his inner Basil Fawlty as a straight talking waiter, Deirdre described the horrors
Read moreRyan’s Invite, 20 February 2013
There was a feeling of anticipation in Larry’s this week as Vox celebrity Maria squared up to our irresistable topicsmaster Frank. His role play challenge to Maria was to get out of a wedding invite with Paul in order to accept a
Read moreFlogging a Dead Horse, 16 January 2013
It was the perfect week to pony up a few equine jokes, and no better man than Dan O to start off tonight’s topics session with a toss of his mane and a flick of his tail! First time topicsmaster Brian ensured
Read moreNew Year Resolutions, 9 January 2013
Do people still make new year resolutions? I was pondering this as I headed towards the first Vox meeting for 2013. That question was answered as I walked into a room already filling with faces, many of them unfamiliar. I
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