What a fantastic evening! The membership is so full energy and positivity I am sure that this will be one of the most successful years for Harrovians.
The evening began with our Toastmaster Mandip Sohal welcoming the newly elected Committee.
Harrovians new president Alan McMahon thanked former president Tony Lazar for his efforts over the past year.
For the next couple of hours, Harrovians enjoyed an evening of sparkling entertainment beginning with a lively and stimulating Table Topics Session hosted by Tony Lazar. Well done to Indra, Khandee, Mo, Kieran, Angela, Carl and Shirley for your wonderful speeches which certainly got the evening off to a lively start.
We were then treated to two contrasting and entertaining speeches.
New member Ruth’s Icebreaker Speech vividly described how she made her dream a reality by opening a teashop in Middlesex. This uplifting speech highlighted how, with self belief and vision, it is possible for us all to achieve our goals. Ruth used gentle humour describing day to day life running the shop and the colourful characters who regularly dropped in to sample her delicious cakes with intriguing names such as “The Sinner From Pinner” and “Naughty But Nice”.
Warren Sheng’s Speech from the Advanced Speaker Manual took the form of a public relations exercise in which the aim was to successfully field a range of hostile questions from an audience. The speech introduced the scenario of the Government introducing a compulsory savings account for UK citizens. A lively debate ensued in which Warren defended the proposal with skilful use of humour and tact as well as managing to avoid a drenching by Shirley!
This evening President Alan McMahon welcomed 3 guests to Harrovians – Carl, Tim and Peter Taylor.
Winners of the evening’s votes were:-
Kieran – Best Table Topics Speaker
Angela – Best Evaluator
A final thanks to this evenings Timer - Sanjay, Grammarian - Khandee and evaluators Alex (Table Topics), Indra (Ruth’s Speech) and Angela (Warren’s Speech).
The evening finished with us all enjoying some much appreciated cakes home-baked by Ruth.
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