Do you cross your fingers?  Throw salt over your shoulder?  Avoid black cats?  Walk around ladders rather than under them?  Are you wary on Friday the 13th?  If so, you may be just a bit superstitious and you would’ve fit right in at our meeting on Wednesday.  Rey served as Toastmaster with the meeting theme set as “Superstitions”.

Lora was Table Topics Master tossing questions at Leeanne, Carlos, and Stuart.  We heard about a recent bizarre dream Leeanne had – within the dream, Amy ended up sleeping in a coffin.  Carlos told us about his family’s tradition of always being at least a couple hours late to most planned events.  Stuart shared with us some of the teasing he endured as a child due to his name…pour, Stew.

The day’s speakers were Joey, Erin and Taline.

Joey’s speech was titled “The City of Enchantment”; it was his third speech from the Competent Communication (CC) Manual.  We learned about Joey’s hometown, Lake Jackson – The City of Enchantment, in his eyes.  A city with catchy street names: “This Way”, “That Way” and “Winding Way”.  A city’s whose residents have found ways to make the most of its “Gumbo” ground creating the actual Lake Jackson from a swamp and turning it into a premiere training ground for scuba diving amongst wreckage.  A one of a kind hometown!

Erin gave her eighth speech from the CC Manual.  She expanded our minds and pushed our abilities to new levels by teaching everyone how to juggle.  Erin chose two fellow toastmasters, Lora and Stuart, to try learning how to juggle in “Three Easy Steps”.  Both Lora and Stuart made strong progress with Erin’s instruction.  Everyone got to take home a handout to practice on their own.  Rumor is there will be some follow-up “pop-quizzes” in the future to check on everyone’s progress.

Taline gave her second speech from the Specialty Speeches Manual; it was titled “Jeff Wilson”.  It was a touching speech about a close friend of hers, Jeff, whose life was cut tragically short by a driver that lost control of a vehicle.  Jeff was the kind of guy that made the most of life.  He knew life was precious and sought to fit in as much of the things he loved as he could – his friends, music, concerts.  He shared this wisdom with others with one of his last blogs reading “Grab ‘Let it Be’, preferably on vinyl, sit back and listen.”

Ribbon Winners:

Best Table Topic – Stuart

Best Speaker – Erin

Most Enthusiastic – Erin

Best Evaluator – Albert

Best Humor – Stuart