Browsing Archive: August, 2012

18 Aug: Kay Price-Lindsay is joint 10th in the World

Posted by LP User on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, In : Contests 
With all of Two Oceans Toastmasters good wishes behind her, Kay winged her way to Orlando last Monday to represent Two Oceans (and Southern Africa) at the International Public Speaking World Champs. She was part of the final group of 9 Semi-Finals held on 16th August and was the last person of the day to speak (talk about pressure)! For the first time in the competition the ballots had to be counted 3 times because the results were so close and in the end Kay was placed 2nd to an Ameri...
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13 Aug - Early Bird Express Meeting

Posted by LP User on Monday, August 13, 2012, In : Meetings 
Two Oceans enjoyed a true Woman's Month Early Bird meeting this morning, with Alana Bryne single handedly taking on being Sergeant At Arms, Toastmaster and Evaluator for two speeches!  Stepping in Marion who came down with flu, Alana did a sterling job of multi-tasking through her various roles of the morning. Verity stood in a President for the Toast and Awards, while a first time visitor Andrew acted as timekeeper!

It made for a very festive meeting with a thought provoking and beautifully c...
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11 Aug - Kay's Farewell PR Event

Posted by LP User on Monday, August 13, 2012, In : Club News 
On Sat 11th August over 60 friends, family and fellow toastmasters gathered at The Forge in Kalkbay to watch Kay Price-Lindsay deliver her final dress rehearsal of her two speeches for the Toastmasters International Speaking World Championships that begin on 16th August in Orlando, Florida. The support for Kay was tangible in the room and it was no surprise that after delivering her second speech the audience gave her a standing ovation!  Everyone felt that regardless of the outcome this week...
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1 Aug: Humourous Contest...

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, August 8, 2012, In : Contests 
What a magic Humourous Contest and evening we all shared last week! Well done to everyone who contributed to making the evening such a huge success and for such a big turnout of guests - we were packed to overflowing!

Alana's Youth Leadership Program presentation was a delight and the quality of the speeches and the level of entertainment was extraordinary. Seeing the students delivering their speeches was an inspiration to us all no doubt and testiment to how important the YLP is in h...

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Please Note:

District 74
means the 9 countries of Toastmasters Southern Africa (approximately 125 clubs)

Division D means Namibia & the Western Cape of South Africa (approximately 30 clubs)


Area D1 means the 4 Toastmasters clubs in Fish Hoek, Tokai, Claremont & Newlands 

 

 


 

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
(Winston Churchill)



To be a person is to have a story to tell.
(Isak Dinesen)




"All the great speakers, were bad speakers at first."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)