Demo Meeting – May 14, 2016 | Beyond Words Advanced Toastmasters

Wild. Wacky. Wonderful!

What an incredible demo meeting! At 9:30 am on May 14, 28 enthusiastic people gathered in the Théâtre aux Écuries practice space and MAGIC happened. How could we have expected anything different, what with so much talent and know-how altogether in one room?

Highlights include:

SAA Sapandeep Randhawa’s succinct introduction of Pierre LeBlanc … “He’s been a Toastmaster for 3 and 2/3rds of a year, yes, that is exactly 3 years and 8 months. I’d like to thank Pierre for writing his own intro.”
Pierre LeBlanc, Chairperson, aka as Thor with his hammer
Artem Ploujnikov, Toastmaster, taking the sport of *gavelling* to an extreme
Aurore Liang’s enthusiastic Moment of Humour
Anita Walter’s beautiful Interpretive Reading delivered in “children-ese”, as she described it
A meticulous grammarian, Estelle Ross, who agreed to waive fines for crutch words, just that day … so watch out next time!
An advanced timer, Elias Elahie, who amazingly kept up with a new “segment timing” procedure, and also delivered a brief timing report on speech intros and conclusions
Jy Nanda’s humorous speech “To Rent or to Marry, That is the Question”, evaluated by two of Montreal’s funniest men, Vitaly Terekhov and Sacha Pommepuy
Lee Weishar’s contest speech “Follow your dreams”, evaluated according to the Judges’ Ballot by the wise Gaetane Ferland and George Kiorpelidis Jr.
A very fun and creative Table Topics session led by Bonnie Mak that involved “The Three Denis’ ” and a “Hot Potato”
An especially entertaining report from Rosalia Felice, GE, who was awarded the “Most Enthusiastic” ribbon
A surprise door prize draw!
A visit from DeerTM who recommends to all advanced Toastmasters to join Beyond Words, because “They’re just so awesome!”
A super delicious post-toasties at Ho Guom, the nearby Vietnamese restaurant (17 of us!)
And best of all … a most amazing crowd of fun and open-minded individuals willing to jump right in to play and learn!