Speakers club
HARD work The Key to Success.
The Loughborough Speakers Club meeting on October 10 was well attended by visitors who had come for the first time.
The meeting was expertly chaired by James Gibson, who warmly welcomed all present. After the formalities the warm-up started with the subject of “Party Conferences” this got the evening off with a buzz.
The first speech was by a new member Hafiz Wasif who was on his second visit to the club. The title was most appropriately; Hard Work is the Key to Success.
The speaker spoke with affection of the example set by his Fathers attitude to hard work; this has brought success to Hafiz in his application to his studies and has attained a “Master’s Degree” in engineering.
In conclusion he said he had joined the Loughborough Speakers Club to improve his Public Speaking ability particularly for Presentations. He passed his assignment A 1 “Making a Start” speech, with flying colours.
The second speaker of the evening was Frank Rawson. His speech was to assignment A 6 Vocabulary and word pictures. The speech title was; The 7 Ages of my Bike
This was an entertaining and enjoyable speech about his love of Cycling through the years, and with his experience of the 18 inch wheels in the 1960’s progressing to a more modern period when an electric assisted Cycle was more aproprpiate. He recalled happy times holidaying and camping and on one occasion achieving the Golden Cycling Award at Saundersfoot in Wales. Frank also recalled happy times spent on the Monsal Cycle Trail in Derbyshire.
The speech was evaluated by James T. Davies who passed the A 6 assignment Vocabulary and Word Pictures. James remarked on Frank’s improved progress as a speaker and congratulated him on his success.
The chairman James Gibson Stepped in at short notice and delivered a revised speech titled; Windows & Wig Powder
This speech outlined why the Tax systems are very complicated, the first income tax change in this country of 2p in the £1.00 and how politically the rate could not be increased. He then looked at the “Stealth Tax” introduced by Gordon Brown.
Then back to the 18th century when to avoid increasing income tax the idea of making a charge not a tax but on houses having more than ten windows. Then in another desperate attempt to raise money for the treasury a one guinea charge, not a tax levied annually on those using Wig Powder, a fashionable thing in those days for many, not just Lords and Ladies but their bewigged Servants too. A clever money spinner and ha ha, not a tax.
Three enjoyable main speeches. Speakers Club is truly educational and entertaining.
After the interval the impromptu topic session was introduced by Arthur D Murray, with a number of visitors participating. The subject theme was “Debatable Social Issues”. James Gibson started with “Should we build houses on Green Belt Land” A very well balanced Topic,
Next was a newcomer Angus. His topic was “Have High Street Banks had their Day” this was a superb topic, he covered the high debt nationally and in particular Students,
The winner of the “Golden Gavel for best topic” was awarded to another visitor, Donna Hunt for her Topic, “Should Cyclists be required by Law to have a Licence to use the Road”.
The evaluator James T. Davies said Donna covered the subject with her cycling experiences in different parts of the country with humour. Her smile lit up the room; he could see the cogs turning in her mind. She was a confident and worthy winner. Most of the members present took part.
The general evaluator Mark Harrison, did a detailed analysis of the evening events and concluded “it was a very enjoyable meeting”.
The chairman James Gibson finished on a positive constructive comment; We’ve heard what we have to do. We’ve seen what we need to do. Now is the time to do it and together we can.
To practice these skills and have an entertaining evening why not join us on Tuesday, October 24, which is a training evening by an ASC National Coach Lindsay Dutch.
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