Ade launched us off right on time into what she promised to be another “Fun-filled evening”. She couldn’t have been more correct! And the fun began with our grammarian Jan, who put forward the challenge to use the word ‘Celebrate’ during the evening. David gave a great reading from the book “World Volunteers” tonight. Beginning […]
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A quick-fire evening that was packed with variety, entertainment and learning opportunities. Kenneth kicked off the evening with a day in history, very appropriately centred on today’s 3rd anniversary of the Japanese Tōhoku mega quake and tsunami. Delivered in chronological sequence, Kenneth recounted the facts of how the world’s most costliest disaster unfolded now three
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What a night, rainy and stormy outside with gales of laughter inside. Speeches Jennifer enlightened us to the origins of the modern dictionary and Samuel Johnson’s legacy to the English Language. He was the father of the modern dictionary and we were introduced to words that no longer have meaning for us or others who have
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What a night! Two contests, 8 great speeches and a clean sweep from one CCTM member. But who took it out? You’ll have to read on to find out … First up was the Evaluation Contest, chaired by Ellie. Evaluating a near immaculate speech by Carl Olkott, “Seven great words”, the four contestants were in
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“Welcome to the best night of the week” began Toastmaster Ellie with a huge smile. And with that torrid introduction we all knew we were in for a great evening. Grammarian Jennifer introduced the word of the day “Torrid”, which turned out to be a very compatible word with definitions ranging from hot & dry,
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