Capital City Toastmasters

Capital City Toastmasters had its day at the Oscars with Patrick serving as the host – his enthusiasm kept everything running smoothly.  It was a meeting to be remembered with highlights like Stuart taking home the lifetime achievement award, Becky earning an award for visual effects, and Joey with his first Oscar for sound and editing.

Albert served as Table Topics Master with a record setting (or near record setting) five table topic speakers.  Erin honored her younger brother with a toast to wish him the best in his new marriage.  Li gave her acceptance speech for winning the award for the greatest movie of all time.  Russell recounted his unique tale of how he saw one of his all time favorite films, Forrest Gump, for the first time.  Zhara had us laughing as she recounted some of the racy scenes she shared on the big screen with stars like Tobey Maguire – it is all work and no play.  Corky aged himself by telling us how the film Tom Jones enriched his life when it first came out in 1963- never underestimate the wisdom that can be found in a British comedy.

Wendy, Kristina, and Amy were the day’s speakers.

Wendy gave her fifth speech from the Competent Communication Manual; her speech was titled “Confessions of a Secret Agent Wanna-Be: Part 1”.  She told us her story of how her mid-youth crisis (she recently turned 33 years old) had inspired her to push the envelope, step outside of her proverbial box.  She considered the Peace Corps, military, but then she stumbled upon an opening for Special Agent in the FBI.  She applied and low and behold she was selected for Phase 1 testing.  Tune in next week to hear what happened next!

Kristina gave her ice breaker speech; it was titled “Confession of the Day: “I ‘Slike’ You!”.  In her first speech, we learned Kristina is one humorous and adventurous person.  She is of Danish decent; was born in Columbia…..South Carolina.  She has lived in Austin for about 20 years with a five-year stint in Los Angeles, California mixed in.  In LA she experienced earthquakes first hand.  She is now back in Austin working as a consultant in conflict resolution.  We are excited to have her as a member of our club and are looking forward to many more speeches from her.

Amy gave an advanced manual speech titled “It’s Never too Late”.  She caught our attention with a story about a kind, patient waiter whom resembled Antonio Banderas and taught her the lesson that it is never too late for just about anything.  Amy admitted she tends to be late to many things….not using the internet until age 40, stand-up comedy at 45, and just last year she started banking online.  She was also way behind on induction ceremonies.  And since it is never too late, new members since last July were inducted.  Becky, Li, Joey, Brandon, Kristina and Erin are all now officially members of Capital City Toastmasters.  Congratulations!

Ribbon Winners:

Best Table Topic – Erin

Best Speaker – Wendy

Most Enthusiastic – Patrick

Best Evaluator – Stuart

Best Humor – Wendy