2009-09-27: Baseball and the Meaning of Life!    

Our guest, Accredited Speaker, Wayne Choate prefaced the meeting with a short introduction to Toastmasters Accredited Speaker Program which captured our interest.

Jeff Harman was Toastmaster of the day with his theme: "BASEBALL and the Meaning of Life!". We all know how he loves the game. Jeff's quotes and anecdotes kept the meeting moving on track. Grammarian Ingrid Smith had "game" on her mind as an appropriate word-of-the-day.

Bill Moon's Table Topics had us all participating as we each had our turn at bat and swung away at our chance to hit one out of the park using our topic, but it was Mike O'Brien who hit a home-run when the dust settled.

The day's speakers were: Sioux Hart, founder of our sister club in Clearwater, Florida, Cliff Noble, Sue Zenger, Mick Coventry who startled us with his impish opening: "foranoccasion", Lee Cambique who won Most-Improved, and Carol Worthey who led us through the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, with musical accompaniment.

A great meeting that masterly finished a little early (always a sign of a great Toastmaster). The Renaissance continues...