Colloquial Sayings

Tonya Holloway led an exciting meeting full of "holy cow!" information with a theme centered on the background and meaning of common phrases, like "dead ringer" and "upper crust."

We started off with one guest, who immediately transitioned to a new member, and shortly thereafter gave his first speech. Now that's acting fast! Here is our newest member Stephen Col being inducted by president Art Testani:


Art Testani gave opening remarks:



Table Topics Master Aaron Sanchez queried Tenly Connor, Jim Burlison, and Margarate Stevens, with Jim being voted Best Table Topics Speaker:



Stephen Col led off the prepared speeches with his Icebreaker We Met In Vegas. He was voted Most Improved Speaker and tied for Best Speaker which, together with his "first timer" ribbon made for a club record number of ribbons in a single meeting (subject to verification by club historian Carl Thormeyer):



Stephen was eveluated by Moyara Ruehsen:



Fred Sadler gave the module Evaluate to Motivate from the Successful Club Series and tied for Best Speaker:



Fred was evaluated by Arnie Buss, who was selected Best Evaluator by Wendy Goody, the General Evaluator:



Rounding out the roles were
Wordmaster - Cathy Lee
Grammarian - Margaret Stevens
Ah Counter - Rolf Ridge
Timer - Carl Thormeyer
Vote Counter - Jim Burlison
General Evaluator - Wendy Goody