In her hip, edgy boots, Amy stomped Wednesday’s shoe themed meeting into the ground as our soulful Toastmaster.

Corky was Table Topics Master tossing questions at Wendy, Becky, Robin, and Albert.  Wendy told us about a time her tongue got her in trouble.  Well, really it was the stubborn tongue piercing that took pliers to wrench it free from her mouth before a Takwendo competition.  Becky shared with us how she planned to fill in the lost spirit and enthusiasm of the “soul sisters” (Rey and Erin) once they move to the Northwest.  It appears platform shoes and spirits serve as the foundation for Becky’s plan.  Robin had us chuckling as he talked about a few times where he was quite a heel.  Sometimes Robin can get a bit intense in jam sessions particularly when he is trying to take his rake playing to a whole new level.  Finally, Albert talked about his interesting shoe store experience in which the shoe salesman had him try on some exotics….exotic shoes.

Brad and Stuart were the day’s speakers.

Brad gave his seventh speech from the Competent Communication Manual.  It was titled “Wedding Speech A”.  He delivered his wedding speech for his friend, Brad, and Brad’s soon to be wife, Kristen.  It was a hilarious and heart warming speech.  We learned quite a bit about Brad 1 and Brad 2 including one of the more revealing moments in their friendship where they ran naked through the streets of Burlington, VT.  Fortunately, Kristen is also adventurous and is a great match for Brad’s friend, Brad.

Stuart delivered a speech from The Successful Club Series manual titled “Creating the Best Club Climate”.  It was a wonderfully informative speech about what we can do to make sure Capital City Toastmasters remains a comfortable, inviting, encouraging environment in which people can overcome their fears of public speaking and can always continue to improve upon their public speaking skills.  Some of the twelve items Stuart noted as ways to improve our club climate include: 1) volunteer for committees and officer positions; 2) be supportive of others; 3) mentor others; 4) give excellent evaluations; 5) recognize others’ achievements; and 6) foster camaraderie.  All things we do at Capital City, but we can always find ways to do more of them or to do them better.

Ribbon Winners:

Best Table Topic – Wendy

Best Speaker – Brad

Most Enthusiastic – Amy

Best Evaluator – Brian

Best Humor – Brad