Despite the chill in the air, the atmosphere was cheerful and convivial as we gathered in the Caritas Centre once again.
We were delighted that Jason George chose to visit us again, and also welcomed Nolitha Gowana as a guest. This was followed by the induction of Belita von Steiger as a club member.
Placxedes Ndhlovu and Marlene van Wyk received wishes for a happy birthday on 24 May!
President Glenis reminded everyone of our AGM on 24 May, and that nominations were still open for our executive in 2011/2012. Another date to remember is our Installation Dinner on 10 June at The Victorian in Union Road, Walmer. This promises to be an entertaining evening.
Speakers and role-bearers were reminded to complete their record of assignments at the back of the CC or CL manual, and to give them to our VP Ed, Colleen, to sign.
Our Toastmaster for the evening, Tom Horne, took us smoothly through the evening. Topicmaster Alison Immelman chose “Doing it differently” as her theme, and promptly did just exactly that, by starting the Table Topics session with the President! Members were asked to explain how they would do everyday tasks, such as walking the dog, differently. The winner of the Best Table Topics award was, for the second consecutive meeting, Tom Horne.
Top Toastie award went to Marlene for doing so well as Area Governor and also for giving an excellent evaluation to Mark Barry immediately after he had spoken, as he had to leave early.
Belita thereafter took the plunge and “broke the ice” with her CC1 speech, “Why am I here?” Rhona Murchie (CC5) entertained us with a hilarious description of getting rid of spiders and other objectionable creatures for her daughter, Reinhardt Botha gave another masterful display of using Powerpoint with his CC8 speech and “Show me!” which opened with an invitation, “You show me yours and I’ll show you mine!” Mark Barry presented his CC9 (Persuade with Power) speech on “The uncut diamond” and Nicholas Mitchell bravely answered some rather hostile questions from “employees” after his AC24 advanced speech on “Office Flexibility”.
YOU BE THE JUDGE: When giving his evaluation of Reinhardt’s speech, Thomas Duthie idly wondered whether the C ontrast, R epetition, A lignment and P roximity Reinhardt had spoken about was an acrostic. Some English experts thought it was an acronym and it was also suggested that it was a mnemonic. This caused some heated debate!
Dictionary.com says an acronym is “ A word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words such as OPEC from Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries”
An acrostic is “ a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.”
A mnemonic something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
General Evaluator Michael Warren wrapped up the evening by reminding us yet again to be more careful of our use of time, as non-adherence to the allocated time can extend the meetings unnecessarily.
The meeting closed with a clap of thunder and soon after the heavens opened, but members very diligently cleared the tables and a few stayed on to tidy up the glasses, etc. Thank you very much!
GLENIS WHITEHEAD: PRESIDENT
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Marriages and Misquotes - 26 April 2011
It was a dark and windy night ….. but faithful members of the Algoa Club gathered in the cosy confines of the Caritas Club – on the evening before a public holiday!
We were thrilled to welcome guests Sister Lucia, Yvette Morgan and Barry Serfontein … especially when Barry indicated his keenness to fill in a membership application form. If there are no objections to his becoming a member, he will be inducted at our next meeting.
Our Area Governor, Marlene van Wyk, was away in the USA, visiting her daughter, so we will have to wait a while before we can congratulate her in person on being selected as the Area Governor of the Year.
Rhona Murchie, Quinton Jacobs, Angie Kivido, Placxedes Ndhlovu and Marlene were all wished a wonderful celebration for their respective birthdays in April and May.
President Glenis reminded everyone of our AGM on 24 May, and also to nominate members for our executive in 2011/2012 – we can’t run our club without one! Another date to remember is our Installation Dinner on 10 June – venue to be announced.
Our Toastmaster for the evening, Quinton Jacobs, entertained us with misquotes – quotes by famous people which were somehow altered in the re-telling. The Royal Wedding was the subject of our Table Topics, cleverly prepared by Chenielle Jefferies-Badenhorst. As we had all been invited to the wedding, it was incumbent on us to take a gift, and to explain why we had chosen that particular item. Quinton had the very clever idea of presenting them with a digital photograph frame, so that they could alternate pictures of Diana and Camilla, but it was Tom Horne who received the Best Table Topics award for giving them a White Pepper ….. from a trading store in South Africa!
Top Toastie award went to Chenielle for her preparation of the topics despite a punishing assignment schedule.
The speech by Angie Kivido (CC3) “Does usefulness fade?” brought home the plight of many old people who feel useless and neglected. Alison Immelman (CC5) revealed her passion when she told us all about “My secret love” – but it wasn’t George Clooney – it was ….. Cricket!!! Reinhardt Botha’s CC7 speech entertainingly convinced us that “You can all draw” – and should do so! Mimi Makupula presented her CC9 (Persuade with Power) speech on “Questions” and Marianah Lourens recounted some funny incidents that happen when you are “Blonde and old – eish!” (AC9).
General Evaluator Elaine Stewart-Coyne wrapped up the evening by reminding us to be more careful of our use of time as non-adherence to the allocated time can extend the meetings unnecessarily ……. So let’s tighten up and make sure that we don’t go over our allocated time, whether giving a speech, a toast, an evaluation, or fulfilling any other role in the meeting.
GLENIS WHITEHEAD: PRESIDENT
We were thrilled to welcome guests Sister Lucia, Yvette Morgan and Barry Serfontein … especially when Barry indicated his keenness to fill in a membership application form. If there are no objections to his becoming a member, he will be inducted at our next meeting.
Our Area Governor, Marlene van Wyk, was away in the USA, visiting her daughter, so we will have to wait a while before we can congratulate her in person on being selected as the Area Governor of the Year.
Rhona Murchie, Quinton Jacobs, Angie Kivido, Placxedes Ndhlovu and Marlene were all wished a wonderful celebration for their respective birthdays in April and May.
President Glenis reminded everyone of our AGM on 24 May, and also to nominate members for our executive in 2011/2012 – we can’t run our club without one! Another date to remember is our Installation Dinner on 10 June – venue to be announced.
Our Toastmaster for the evening, Quinton Jacobs, entertained us with misquotes – quotes by famous people which were somehow altered in the re-telling. The Royal Wedding was the subject of our Table Topics, cleverly prepared by Chenielle Jefferies-Badenhorst. As we had all been invited to the wedding, it was incumbent on us to take a gift, and to explain why we had chosen that particular item. Quinton had the very clever idea of presenting them with a digital photograph frame, so that they could alternate pictures of Diana and Camilla, but it was Tom Horne who received the Best Table Topics award for giving them a White Pepper ….. from a trading store in South Africa!
Top Toastie award went to Chenielle for her preparation of the topics despite a punishing assignment schedule.
The speech by Angie Kivido (CC3) “Does usefulness fade?” brought home the plight of many old people who feel useless and neglected. Alison Immelman (CC5) revealed her passion when she told us all about “My secret love” – but it wasn’t George Clooney – it was ….. Cricket!!! Reinhardt Botha’s CC7 speech entertainingly convinced us that “You can all draw” – and should do so! Mimi Makupula presented her CC9 (Persuade with Power) speech on “Questions” and Marianah Lourens recounted some funny incidents that happen when you are “Blonde and old – eish!” (AC9).
General Evaluator Elaine Stewart-Coyne wrapped up the evening by reminding us to be more careful of our use of time as non-adherence to the allocated time can extend the meetings unnecessarily ……. So let’s tighten up and make sure that we don’t go over our allocated time, whether giving a speech, a toast, an evaluation, or fulfilling any other role in the meeting.
GLENIS WHITEHEAD: PRESIDENT
Team Spirit - 22 March 2011
What a difference a few months make when one looks at how amply we are beginning to inhabit Caritas on the odd Tuesday evening. Hard to slide yourself under the door at 17:44 anymore – patrons at ‘the bistro’ will notice!
The meeting on 22nd March started at 17:55 due to a few technical issues and late arrivals. There were 20 members and a bumper harvest of 6 guests! Apologies were sent by Alison Immelman, Colleen Love, Joan van Aswegen and our trusty weatherman Quinton Jacobs is still away on ‘ice safari’.
Club President, Glenis Whitehead, took care of the business section and Placxedes Ndhlovu politely reminded members to pay their dues. Tom spoke about the Youth and Leadership programmes, graduations at Lawsonville, Collegiate and Westering and the high standard achieved all round.
Louise Solomons had the happy task of awarding our distinguished IT professor, Reinhardt Botha, his pin to acknowledge that he has completed 5 speeches from the Competent Communication Manual. Congratulations, Reinhardt! The meeting was then handed over to our Toastmaster for the evening, Elaine Stewart-Coyne.
Elaine’s theme for the evening was Team Spirit. After her introduction of the members who would be helping her for the evening, Leann Roos ‘opened the batting’ for Table Topics – “The Truth Behind Funny One-liners”, plus her word of the day ‘ZEST’.
It was a full programme with 5 speakers ranging from CC4 through to AC3. Chenielle Jefferies Badenhorst took the club on a virtual verbal tour of Venice at Carnival Time (CC4 & evaluated by Alan Hunter) followed by Reinhardt Botha’s thought-provoking speech on ‘Learning to Learn’ (CC6 & evaluated by Antoinette Baatjes). Mimi Makupula (CC8 & evaluated by Louise Solomons) shared her thoughts on ‘Quitting Gracefully’. Craig Stephenson (CC10 & evaluated by Denise Pudney) rounded off his accomplishments in completing his Competent Communicator Manual by giving us another perspective on the ‘Big, Bad World’. Congratulations Craig!
Backache!! Something we have all experienced to differing degrees. Gillian Nutt (AC3 & evaluated by Marianah Lourens), conducted a professional talk and demonstration on ‘The Development of the Backache’.
With the disasters in Japan still so fresh in our minds Rhona Murchie proposed a toast to ‘Rescuers and Caregivers’. With the meeting drawing closer to its conclusion, General Evaluator, Ricky Woods, gave a very positive summation of the evening’s speakers and officers.
A few statistics from the evening:-
• Word of the day (ZEST) was used 14 times
• Best Table Topic. Despite the club’s proposed banning to exile, Michael Warren still managed to outsmart us, deliver an excellent retort and retain the ‘Michael Warren Best Table Topic’ (MWBTT) award. I am preparing a motion that at the next meeting we consider detention without trial.
• Top Toastie Award went to Marianah Lourens for outstanding disaster management. Not only did she rescue our President, Tom and Reinhardt from the rubble of a collapsed table, she also replaced the glass of red wine!
The meeting closed at 20:10.
CHENIELLE JEFFERIES-BADENHORST
The meeting on 22nd March started at 17:55 due to a few technical issues and late arrivals. There were 20 members and a bumper harvest of 6 guests! Apologies were sent by Alison Immelman, Colleen Love, Joan van Aswegen and our trusty weatherman Quinton Jacobs is still away on ‘ice safari’.
Club President, Glenis Whitehead, took care of the business section and Placxedes Ndhlovu politely reminded members to pay their dues. Tom spoke about the Youth and Leadership programmes, graduations at Lawsonville, Collegiate and Westering and the high standard achieved all round.
Louise Solomons had the happy task of awarding our distinguished IT professor, Reinhardt Botha, his pin to acknowledge that he has completed 5 speeches from the Competent Communication Manual. Congratulations, Reinhardt! The meeting was then handed over to our Toastmaster for the evening, Elaine Stewart-Coyne.
Elaine’s theme for the evening was Team Spirit. After her introduction of the members who would be helping her for the evening, Leann Roos ‘opened the batting’ for Table Topics – “The Truth Behind Funny One-liners”, plus her word of the day ‘ZEST’.
It was a full programme with 5 speakers ranging from CC4 through to AC3. Chenielle Jefferies Badenhorst took the club on a virtual verbal tour of Venice at Carnival Time (CC4 & evaluated by Alan Hunter) followed by Reinhardt Botha’s thought-provoking speech on ‘Learning to Learn’ (CC6 & evaluated by Antoinette Baatjes). Mimi Makupula (CC8 & evaluated by Louise Solomons) shared her thoughts on ‘Quitting Gracefully’. Craig Stephenson (CC10 & evaluated by Denise Pudney) rounded off his accomplishments in completing his Competent Communicator Manual by giving us another perspective on the ‘Big, Bad World’. Congratulations Craig!
Backache!! Something we have all experienced to differing degrees. Gillian Nutt (AC3 & evaluated by Marianah Lourens), conducted a professional talk and demonstration on ‘The Development of the Backache’.
With the disasters in Japan still so fresh in our minds Rhona Murchie proposed a toast to ‘Rescuers and Caregivers’. With the meeting drawing closer to its conclusion, General Evaluator, Ricky Woods, gave a very positive summation of the evening’s speakers and officers.
A few statistics from the evening:-
• Word of the day (ZEST) was used 14 times
• Best Table Topic. Despite the club’s proposed banning to exile, Michael Warren still managed to outsmart us, deliver an excellent retort and retain the ‘Michael Warren Best Table Topic’ (MWBTT) award. I am preparing a motion that at the next meeting we consider detention without trial.
• Top Toastie Award went to Marianah Lourens for outstanding disaster management. Not only did she rescue our President, Tom and Reinhardt from the rubble of a collapsed table, she also replaced the glass of red wine!
The meeting closed at 20:10.
CHENIELLE JEFFERIES-BADENHORST
Words worth repeating - 22 February 2011
The meeting started with a warm welcome from President Glenis to all the members, and especially to our guests, namely Sister Lucia, Peter Peters and Derran Koch. Peter Peters has indicated that he will be joining our Club so we look forward to inducting him in the near future.
In the business section of the meeting a report was given by Colleen Love, about the Club Officer Training, which Glenis, Craig, Plaxcedes, Tom and she attended last Saturday morning. This was a very interesting morning as a presentation called “Just One” was given by Megan Judd from the Act Toastmasters Club. This was all about how just one SMS, just one email, just one smile, or just one kind word can make a difference to the people around us. This can be applied to both our private and business worlds.
The theme chosen by Toastmaster Louise Erasmus was “Quotes” which she used to introduce the various people performing duties on the programme. Some of the quotes used were “Happier the time, the quicker it goes”, “The most precious things in speech are pauses” and Louise introduced the Topicmaster, Rhona Murchie, with the quote “Let me entertain you”.
Toastmasters who present Table Topics come up with some really fascinating subjects. This time the participants were given the name of a celebrity and they had to tell us what they would like to say to that individual if they met them face to face. Some of the celebrities were Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Hitler and Beyonce. But most hilarity was caused when Sister Lucia got the Holy Father, the Pope, as her celebrity!!
Word of the day was “Perseverance” as in this day and age, people give up too easily and do not carry tasks to completion. This was presented by Marlene van Wyk, who was wearing two hats for the evening. The first hat was as a member of Algoa Club and the second was as the Area Governor.
The first speech of the evening was delivered by our Treasurer, Placxedes Ndhlovu, entitled “Smart advice……. use it!” This was a CC5 speech evaluated by Alison Immelman. Placxedes encouraged her audience to differentiate between good and bad advice. She shared the following points as good advice:
1) Be a buffalo who charges towards and embraces difficult situations
2) Organize the small to make way for the large.
3) When feeling sorry for yourself help someone else
4) Wear comfortable shoes
5) Take care of your body
Mimi Makupula was the second speaker with her CC7 speech entitled “The Revolution”. In this speech Mimi gave an account of the last six years of her life in 6 minutes. She described the different stages through which one goes after losing a loved one, i.e. denial, illusion, anger, depression and finally acceptance. For every situation in which we find ourselves we should ask, “What can I learn from this?” For every adversity there is a seed sown, which causes happiness.
Quinton Jacobs presented an educational on Selecting the Right Topic for all Occasions. He was very aptly introduced by Louise with the following quote, “You do not need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind blows”. This presentation was very informative, with Quinton demonstrating easy use of the projector and screen.
The Club Officer Roles presentation was done by President Glenis. In a manner which even the guests could understand, she explained the significance of the different roles. Toast of the Day to “ Our First Ice Breaker” was done by Debbie Stephenson and the evaluations by Alison Immelman and Denise Pudney were done in a constructive manner, with a lot of good advice for the speakers. The Toastmaster, Louise, ended the evening with the quote “They think it’s all over, it is”.
Members are reminded that the Area Speech Competitions will take place on Saturday morning 5th March at Victoria Park Grey School . The meeting ended a little after 8pm but once again a very entertaining and enjoyable evening was had by all present. Take care and see you all at the next meeting on Tuesday 8th March 2011.
COLLEEN LOVE, VICE-PRESIDENT EDUCATION
In the business section of the meeting a report was given by Colleen Love, about the Club Officer Training, which Glenis, Craig, Plaxcedes, Tom and she attended last Saturday morning. This was a very interesting morning as a presentation called “Just One” was given by Megan Judd from the Act Toastmasters Club. This was all about how just one SMS, just one email, just one smile, or just one kind word can make a difference to the people around us. This can be applied to both our private and business worlds.
The theme chosen by Toastmaster Louise Erasmus was “Quotes” which she used to introduce the various people performing duties on the programme. Some of the quotes used were “Happier the time, the quicker it goes”, “The most precious things in speech are pauses” and Louise introduced the Topicmaster, Rhona Murchie, with the quote “Let me entertain you”.
Toastmasters who present Table Topics come up with some really fascinating subjects. This time the participants were given the name of a celebrity and they had to tell us what they would like to say to that individual if they met them face to face. Some of the celebrities were Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Hitler and Beyonce. But most hilarity was caused when Sister Lucia got the Holy Father, the Pope, as her celebrity!!
Word of the day was “Perseverance” as in this day and age, people give up too easily and do not carry tasks to completion. This was presented by Marlene van Wyk, who was wearing two hats for the evening. The first hat was as a member of Algoa Club and the second was as the Area Governor.
The first speech of the evening was delivered by our Treasurer, Placxedes Ndhlovu, entitled “Smart advice……. use it!” This was a CC5 speech evaluated by Alison Immelman. Placxedes encouraged her audience to differentiate between good and bad advice. She shared the following points as good advice:
1) Be a buffalo who charges towards and embraces difficult situations
2) Organize the small to make way for the large.
3) When feeling sorry for yourself help someone else
4) Wear comfortable shoes
5) Take care of your body
Mimi Makupula was the second speaker with her CC7 speech entitled “The Revolution”. In this speech Mimi gave an account of the last six years of her life in 6 minutes. She described the different stages through which one goes after losing a loved one, i.e. denial, illusion, anger, depression and finally acceptance. For every situation in which we find ourselves we should ask, “What can I learn from this?” For every adversity there is a seed sown, which causes happiness.
Quinton Jacobs presented an educational on Selecting the Right Topic for all Occasions. He was very aptly introduced by Louise with the following quote, “You do not need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind blows”. This presentation was very informative, with Quinton demonstrating easy use of the projector and screen.
The Club Officer Roles presentation was done by President Glenis. In a manner which even the guests could understand, she explained the significance of the different roles. Toast of the Day to “ Our First Ice Breaker” was done by Debbie Stephenson and the evaluations by Alison Immelman and Denise Pudney were done in a constructive manner, with a lot of good advice for the speakers. The Toastmaster, Louise, ended the evening with the quote “They think it’s all over, it is”.
Members are reminded that the Area Speech Competitions will take place on Saturday morning 5th March at Victoria Park Grey School . The meeting ended a little after 8pm but once again a very entertaining and enjoyable evening was had by all present. Take care and see you all at the next meeting on Tuesday 8th March 2011.
COLLEEN LOVE, VICE-PRESIDENT EDUCATION
The Christmas Party...........
Take a few energetic Toastmasters who are good sports and willing to make fools of themselves ..... throw in some balls, beanbags, balloons and a handy bar, as well as food, forfeits and a fairy story, and what have you got? An evening of rollicking, good clean fun! The Algoa Club in Port Elizabeth concluded its Jubilee Year (we were chartered in January 1960) with an old-fashioned games evening which included races, improvisation, some crazy hats (which helped us to act out the story of Snow White) and much hilarity. Who could forget Marianah’s almost two-metre tall husband writhing on the floor, impersonating a snake? Or lifting his shirt to do a "belly dance"? I was the tough, schoolmarmish Gamesmaster and there were four spirited teams who put the cast of Survivor to shame! We are changing our venue partly because the bar is sometimes a little too noisy ... but that night the patrons were popping in to see what was causing so much laughter next door! Having arrived feeling jaded from all the frenetic
end-of-year rush at work, we left feeling elated and relaxed, and just a little bruised! A fantastic way to end the year.
Thank you so much to everyone for your generous gifts for Ithemba Lam. Their need is certainly very great (especially for nappies and formula) and they are doing a wonderful work with the abandoned infants and toddlers. Marianah and I took the items you donated to Kim Fankhauser on Thursday 16 December. Most of the babies were not there as volunteers had taken them for the day or the holidays, but we managed to capture one contented little girl who had just been fed but managed to give a beautiful smile before she fell asleep.
We completed six months of our Toastmaster year and I hope that everyone will return on 24 January with renewed vigour to complete their goals! Roger is going to take the plunge and have a go at being Toastmaster, as well as completing his CC4 in the near future. Mark Barry is also very close to completing his Competent Communicator award. What goals have you set for yourself for 2011? Colleen is also hoping for a good number of entrants for the International, Impromptu and Evaluation Contests at our Bring-and-Share supper at Marlene’s home on 28 January 2011.
It just remains for me to wish you all a blessed, peaceful Christmas filled with joy and loved ones, and a wonderful, exciting New Year, filled with prospects.
GLENIS WHITEHEAD: PRESIDENT
end-of-year rush at work, we left feeling elated and relaxed, and just a little bruised! A fantastic way to end the year.
Thank you so much to everyone for your generous gifts for Ithemba Lam. Their need is certainly very great (especially for nappies and formula) and they are doing a wonderful work with the abandoned infants and toddlers. Marianah and I took the items you donated to Kim Fankhauser on Thursday 16 December. Most of the babies were not there as volunteers had taken them for the day or the holidays, but we managed to capture one contented little girl who had just been fed but managed to give a beautiful smile before she fell asleep.
We completed six months of our Toastmaster year and I hope that everyone will return on 24 January with renewed vigour to complete their goals! Roger is going to take the plunge and have a go at being Toastmaster, as well as completing his CC4 in the near future. Mark Barry is also very close to completing his Competent Communicator award. What goals have you set for yourself for 2011? Colleen is also hoping for a good number of entrants for the International, Impromptu and Evaluation Contests at our Bring-and-Share supper at Marlene’s home on 28 January 2011.
It just remains for me to wish you all a blessed, peaceful Christmas filled with joy and loved ones, and a wonderful, exciting New Year, filled with prospects.
GLENIS WHITEHEAD: PRESIDENT
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Blog Site update in progress!!!!
The year has just flown past and the Blog has been neglected....... but is now being updated. Watch this spot!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Last Meeting of the Year: Yuletide and Fortune Cookies
The year has come to a close and the last meeting of the Club, although attendance was down, the spirit and the entertainment was definitely not.
All the members attending wore colourful hats ranging from cowboy to snow hats to Christmas hats and even Bob the builder ,also known as Geoff Coomb Davis, was present.
A warm welcome was extended to all and to our guest Hennie du Toit, by our President Glenis,who then handed over to the Toastmaster for the evening ,Elaine Stewart Coyne. Elaines theme for the evening was “tune out and tune in”.
This sounds a bit strange but when you think about all the hustle and bustle going on around us at this time of year, we should tune out and not get caught up in the rat race but rather be grateful for what we have and tune in to all our blessings. Elaine has a wonderful, relaxed nature which immediately puts everyone at ease to sit back and enjoy.
The word of the evening presented by Gillian Nutt was Yuletide, which is another word for the Christmas season.
There were two speeches presented and both were from the advanced manuals. The first speaker Louise Solomons, with her speech Words do not come easy to me , spoke as an Afrikaans speaking person trying to learn English, which has many different meanings for the same word. Totally confusing!!!! She was evaluated by Antoinette Baatjes.
The second speaker was Marianah Lourens with her soliloquy “A Selection from Ellen Gunderson Traylors “Esther”.
This was a monologue whereby the speaker was not to make contact with the audience but to rather get across to the audience the feelings that she was experiencing. This is extremely difficult but was handled very ably by Marianah ,who was evaluated by Nicholas Mitchell.
The Table Topics presented by Colleen Love invited the audience to eat a Fortune Cookie and then to give their interpretation of the message inside. This caused much hilarity especially with Quinton, whose message read “ If you want the rainbow you have to tolerate the rain.” This was very apt for our resident weatherman but then he recalled that when he was small his Mom had always told him that if you found the rainbow and crossed over it you would change gender. For most of us this was the first time that we had heard this but the laughter caused by this comment was fantastic.
The Toast presented by Denise Pudney to Family and Friends was very appropriate for this time of year.
The Table Topics Winner was none other than Roger “the Dodger” Ah Kun, who certainly looked very dashing in his red shirt and matching red Christmas hat.
The Top Toastie Award for the evening went to Louise Solomons for her very entertaining 15 minute long speech.
Please remember that the next meeting will be 25th January 2011 at the Caritas Care Centre in West Street.
President Glenis ended the meeting by wishing all a very Blessed Christmas and everything of the best for 2011.
Take care, drive safely and see you all in 2011
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