Hello Fellow Marsh Winders! I hope today is filled with songs in your hearts, streams to ford, mountains to climb and dreams to find!
We had a musical time at the Marsh on Thursday. I believe it was the sort of meeting you just had to be there for, to appreciate the depth of joy and life’s purposes that were shared. Every member and guest shared genuinely of himself or herself and with earnest passion. Thank you one and all, who participated fully in Thursday’s Sound of Music meeting.
Jenn Ray was our trusted behind-the-scenes Sergeant at Arms and helped prepare every detail in the room. When not one, but two iPod players were set up and ready to go, the meeting opened with “The Hills are Alive”!
Dawn Anderson was Toastmaster, leading the meeting by weaving into the agenda the lyrics of her favorite songs from the musical The Sound of Music as we followed our journey through the hills.
Being awarded the Toastmaster of the Day for her second speech from the CC manual, was Ruth Fenandez. Her speech was entitled “King of the Whole Wide World” and when she started out the presentation by playing and dancing to an Elvis song, well, we could anticipate fully who her speech was about!
Deborah Dora was our second speaker, with a moving story about the “Power of Community” as she relayed to us the events of her visit to Greece and the difference that sharing with each other can make in the world.
Sandy Ryan smoothly led the Table Topics, after we heard about a dream that she is following in the field of photography. Our extemporaneous speakers for the day all discussed nature, mountains, dreams, and plans in life. When you see her next, please ask Lynn Nodland to share her Julie Andrews story with you; it is simply too amazing! While you are at it, please ask Larry to re-tell his high school Elvis story!
Pamela Rediger led the evaluation part of the meeting with grace and poise, and Larry Everett and Betty Liidtke helped our speakers to “bloom and grow” with encouraging, thoughtful, and professionally executed evaluations.
Other “firsts” were Stacey Modahl helping us catch our filler words as the “Ah Counter”, and Lynn Nodland bravely fording the stream for her first time as grammarian; word of the day was a blithe one: “blithe”. Bravo to both!
Thank you one and all for a resoundingly splendid Sound of Music meeting!
May the streams you ford and mountains you climb bring you to your dreams!
Dawn Anderson
Toastmaster for September 10, 2009
President of Marsh Winds Toastmasters Club #7179
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