Liberty Village Toastmasters meeting summary – October 26th, 2011

Francisco was our Toastmaster at the October 26 meeting. He shared with us the scary tale of the “Screaming Lady in Black”, a desperate wife who killed her husband by mistake in the early days of Liberty Village. According to Francisco, the ghost of this old lady still haunts the area and appears if you whistle her song. Spooky!

Rene was the speaker for the night, and presented 325 reasons why he is proud to say he’s a Canadian. It turned out he was fined $325 for failing to stop at two red lights when driving his bike. Rene took it to court and that led him to finally realize he was part of a community: there was a huge line of people in this same situation – as Rene put it, fighting for their freedom!

Table Topics Master Jay brought the Halloween theme to Table Topics. Everyone was given a question that kick-started the sharing of fond personal experiences. And the different approach led to an unusual result, with both Nick and Andrew tied as winners. The first shared his “Scariest Halloween Moment”, and how he ended up being beaten due to a not-so-correct costume; while the second shared some stories on his “Favourite Halloween Memory”, which turned out to be two: an extremely well-produced costume, and how he freaked out the neighbourhood by pretending to be a monster at his friend’s country house pond.

Until next time!

The Liberty Village Toastmasters Group is one of Toronto’s premier public-speaking groups. Join us as a guest at our next meeting! Guests are always welcome and no appointment is necessary.

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Join us on October 26th for a Mu-hahahahalloween Adventure!

Witches flying past on broomsticks,
Black cats leaping here and there,
White-robed spooks on every corner,
Mournful moaning in the air

Join us for a special Halloween themed meeting! Toastmaster Francisco will give us a brief history of the Liberty Village area and chill us with a spooky tale called “The Screaming Woman in Black”.

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Oops, they did it again!

Congratulations to Jay R. who won first place at the Annual Area 26 Humourous Speech and to John Kj. who also placed first at Table Topics Contest!

A special shout out to Quinny and Derek, from the TAIE Club, and also for Andrew, from the Toronto Go-Getters, for competing and representing their home clubs with great speeches. Well done!

A big thanks to the entire contest team at Liberty Village Toastmasters Club and especially to Simon and John Kr. for running a great contest. Another big thanks to our visiting judges Joel and Donna from Toronto Go-Getters and Make it Happen clubs respectfully – thanks so much.

What’s next? The Division C Contest! So let’s get out and support our champions on the October 25th, at 315 Front Street West Auditorium A, at 6pm.

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….and the local contest winner is…

A million congrats go out to Jay R who won first place in our Humourous Speech Contest and to Rene M for coming a close second!

Our Table Topics Winner is John K with Rene M coming a close second, once again!

Thanks to everyone for participating in the Local Area Contest and Looking forward to seeing you at our District Area Contest on October 12th!!

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Come on out and laugh your …. off @ the Liberty Village Humourous Speech and Table Topics Contest on October 5th!

Join us next week for the Humourous Speech and Table Topics Contest on October 5th!

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