Cartoons!

Glenn Woodson, stepping in at the 11^th hour, led a spirited meeting as TMoD today. With the universal theme of "Cartoons," each functionary was introduced with their favorite, accompanied by an expertly crafted slide show with the appropriate graphic. With 17 members and 2½ guests (Sterling Woodson being the ½) attendance was strong considering that it was graduation day!

Donna Cunningham led off with opening remarks:



Cathy Lee (favorite cartoon: Roadrunner) led Table Topics, calling on Tito, Christina, and Chance, with Chance winning Best Table Topics speaker:


Three prepared speeches followed.

Aysun Caliskan's Icebreaker, delivered without notes highlighted the important decisions she began making at a very tender age. Aysun was voted Best Speaker for this outstaanding speech entitled My Right Decisions:


Karen Woodson (favorite cartoon I Love to Singa) followed with her #6 speech that translated the words women often say into terms the men can understand. Karen effectively used her voice to make her point in a very humorous way and was voted Most Improved for A Woman's Dictionary:


Fred Sadler gave his rendition of Bill from the advanced manual Interpretive Reading. In Fred's case "reading" sounded a lot like "singing" - and Fred's dramatic interpretation of the soliloquy from Carousel was a perfect #3 speech (The Monorama) from this manual.


The evaluations by first-time evaluators Tito DeJesus (favorite cartoon: Beavis and Butthead) and Christina Hicks (favorite cartoon: The Backyardigans) were so good that General Evaluator Emilie Staryak (favorite cartoon: The Simpsons) couldn't decide which was "best" - so they both received Best Evaluator.

Tito's evaluation of Aysun's Icebreaker:


Christina's evaluation of Karen's #6 speech:


Oh, and Glenn's favorite - Gossamer from Hair Raising Hare:




Until next time - for better thinking, listening, and speaking...