Ladies and Gentlemen of Front Range Toastmasters. Did you know that Kris Kringle, Pelznickel ... aka Santa would visit 967.7 houses per SECOND if he wanted to complete his Christmas Eve mission? That's breaks down to ummmmm 1/1000 of a second per visit to do everything that he has to do per household. Because Santa would travel at 3000 times the speed of sound ... Santa, his sleigh and reindeer would burst into flames. Oh yes, you shoulda been there!! You missed a wonderful meeting led by Jeff Stoll in the role of Toastmaster for the very first time. What a great way to end the FRTM 2014 season! Jeff gave us all sorts of 2014 facts and told us all about what's coming up in 2015. Besides what we already know ... the economy will collapse and everyone will either speak one language or understand each other languages .... thank you Nostradamus for your 2015 predictions. Richa gave her Icebreaker and it was full of color, romance, Mehendi and sahri's. This was a great example of how to speak about culture in order to allow your audience to learn about who you are. She took home the blue ribbon for her spectacular efforts! Congratulation Richa. Ray was speaker two and spent his stage time debunking Santa. Oh the horror! Ray, I was still a believer ... I was still a believer. Now I am not so sure but I hope I still get presents under the tree as I've been a very good girl. Kathy Barrett came up with some interesting questions for Table Topics. Pick and choose, get your question ... and hope to God you are afraid of Huge Ass Fans! That's right, Beth Chacon took home the prize and had us all rolling with her ability to overcome her fear of Huge Ass Fans in 2015! Once Beth was done slaying us with her understated humor she gently led us through the Evaluation portion of our final meeting. Two speakers, two evaluators ... it was a lesson in sticking to the project objectives, reinforcing the positive and gently leading speakers through an area or two where they could grow. Look up .... Way up .... Is it a comet? No, it's a man in a red suit with flying reindeer pulling a sleigh ... FLASH BANG BOOM Noooooo It's crispy Santa and venison. Merry Christmas One and All! See ya'll on January 8th! Colette Smith Front Range Toastmasters President Cell # 720-422-8637