I Have a Dream

In his first time as TMoD, Devid Perez skillfully led a meeting inspired by Martin Luther King's dream - very appropriate for the meeting just before the celebration of Dr. King's birthday. We had 18 members and 3 guests.

Sammie Pringle led off with a moving opening remarks (unfortunately truncated here due to problems getting the video camera ready):




Wordmaster Malia Esteban put us all in a "reverie" with the word of the day. Margaret Stevens, Karen Woodson, Emilie Staryak, and Art Testani filled roles of Ah counter, timer, grammarian, and vote counter, respectively.

Cathy Lee was Table Topcis Master, and she called on Tony Valle, Craig (one of the guests) and Pam Walters, with Pam winning best Table Topics speaker:




Tony Valle acquitted himself well :






We were treated to two outstanding speeches. Tonya Holloway gave her #4 speech The Other Side of the Tracks, and was voted both Best Speaker and Most Improved for her moving story about growing up with changing views about race:




Tonya was evaluated by veteran Carl Thormeyer:




Completing the Competent Communicator manual (and not a minute too soon!) Chance Litton gave his #10 speech entitled The Animating Contest for Freedon.
Part I:



Part II:




Chance was evaluated by one of our newest "veterans" Glenn Woodson, who was selected Best Evaluator by GE Tito DeJesus:




Finally, since this is likely Chance's last meeting, president Fred Sadler, on behalf of the club, presented Chance with a certificate of appreciation for his leadership and service to the club and to recognize his outstanding speaking ability. Chance and his cat Spock have become part of Club # 2032 legend.