Four GCFTC Members receive CC Awards

This past Tuesday night was an unusually good meeting, which speaks volumes since we always have Great Meetings. What made this meeting so special was the presentation of our first Competent Communicator ( CC ) awards to new members since we revived the club in November 2006.

And there wasn’t just one winner – there were FOUR!
CONGRATULATIONS to you all.

From L to R: Kathy Clifton, John “Baldhead” Becker, and Nancy Porter.  Unfortunately Lacey Crowe was unable to attend but was there in spirit none-the-less.

We also had a very intense speech from John ‘Baldhead’ Becker, on “Alpha Male – Alpha Dog, Yeah Right!” John was his usual highly animated and expressive self as he explained the accumulation and subsequent interaction of his family and their dogs. It was entertaining and quite funny.

Then Michele Hubbs gave us a Dramatic Reading of a story written by her, from stories her father had told her. She masterfully used her voice to express the word pictures her Dad had described in the story of his youth in upstate New York in the winter. We were all leaning forward on the edge of our seats as the story developed in the cold frigid moonless night after the game.

Our meeting participants performed flawlessly, and a special thanks and congratulations to Alan Keling for successfully completing his first speech evaluation of Michele’s reading and also to Dan Adams for his fine job as the General Evaluator.

We all had fun with John Beckers grammarian word of ‘Chic’ or “Chique” whichever you prefer. Joe Parker was our Toastmaster of the evening and kept everything flowing in a timely fashion after setting the tone/theme for the meeting of Halloween.

Our Topics Master, Bill Hanger gave awards to the topics speakers for their original renditions of “To Be Determined” yet in their lives. “Yes” we do have a good and interesting time at Toastmasters in Franklin, NC.

Respectfully Submitted,
Jim Alvord | President
Gem City Forum Toastmasters Club # 296