FRTM - You should have been there! - 08/24/2017

From: "Eaves, Shirley" <seaves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'frtm' <frtm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 17:09:03 +0000

Good Morning, Fellow Toasties!

Thursday's Convention Party was so much fun!
What an experience!

Front Range Toastmasters' future is so [cid:image003.jpg@01D320B7.36D09660] ,
we just gotta wear shades!
They say that "one picture is worth a thousand words."

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The food was fabulous, the experience - invigorating, and the gathering
extremely gregarious!

FRTM members began arriving at the beautiful offices provided by The Beck
Group.   Their conference room was a very comfortable venue, providing us
everything needed for a successful event - including all the technology to
connect to the live streaming of this year's Semi-Final #9!

13 members were in attendance (left to right in picture):

Kathy Barrett
Durga Prasad
Robin McIntosh
Colette Smith
Jennifer Dunne
Katelyn Stoll
Jonathan Kolber
Luis Estrada
Phil Poplawski
Shirley Eaves
Jeff Stoll

Not Pictured:

Dirk Kittredge
Bill Farrand
Guest from Carbon Valley:  Brissa

Semi-final competition kicked off promptly at 6:30 p.m.

Contestant No. 1 - District 81:  Achiim Bacas "Lesson from Shame"  (This
contest was a TBA entry.  I may have spelled his name incorrectly.)
Contestant No. 2 - District 93:  Danton Ford  "Breathe - It's Just a Baby
Crying"
Contestant No. 3 - District 4:  Gopi Kallayil "If You Can Speak, You Can Sing"
Contestant No. 4 - District 26:  Diana Thompson "Day-O, Day-O"
Contestant No. 5 - District 48:  Kevin Stamper "Breathless"
Contestant No. 6 - District 75:  Josef Victor Chiongbian "Woosah"
Contestant No. 7 - District 21:  Kerice V. Richards "Hey Black Child"
Contestant No. 8 - District 78:  Charles Siebenga "Story Power"
Contestant No. 9 - District 71:  Vinette Hoffman-Jackson "When The Lights Came
On"
Contestant No. 10 - District  90:  Dale Rees-Bevan "Friends Behaving Badly"

1st Place:  Kevin Stamper
2nd Place:  Diana Thompson (Whoot Whoot! - She's ours!)
3rd Place:  Josef Victor Chiongbian

It was decided by vote of hands, en lieu of Table Topics,  to watch the
remainder of the video stream.  Everyone wanted to see who won!  It was so
exciting to see Diana Thompson place second!  District 26 rocked the
competition!

For those in attendance, here are the answers to the trivia questions:

1.        What is founder, Ralph Smedley's middle name?
Answer:  Chestnut

2.       What date marks the official anniversary of Toastmasters International?

Answer:  October 22, 1924

3.       In which year did Toastmasters International begin publishing the
Toastmaster magazine?

Answer:  1933

4.       Who is the 2017-2018 International President-Elect?

Answer:  Balraj Arunasalam

5.        Who is this year's Golden Gavel Recipient?

Answer:  Erin Gruwell

6.       Where was the 2016 Toastmasters Convention held?

Answer:  Marriott Marquis, Washington D.C.

7.        Where will the 2017 International Convention be held?

Answer:  Denver, Colorado

8.       How many years has the annual convention taken place?

Answer:  86

9.       What year was the first Toastmasters Convention held?

Answer:  1930 in Anaheim, California

10.   In which California city did a club first try meeting at the noon hour?

Answer:  Los Angeles, California (the Noonday Toastmasters Club)

All attendees signed a "Thank You" card for the partners at The Beck Group that
granted our club access to such beautiful meeting space.

It was such a treat to have Brissa, from Carbon Valley attend as a guest.
Thank you, Dirk, for encouraging her to make the drive down!  (Dirk, if you
could share our guests full name and her connection to Front Range
Toastmasters, that would be appreciated.)

A big "Thank You" to everyone.  The potluck was simply amazing!   FRTM puts on
quite the buffet!

As our Secretary, Alan Wong, would say, "You should have been there!"

Respectfully submitted, on behalf of Alan Wong, Secretary,
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Shirley K. Eaves
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Follow-Ups:
- FRTM - Re: You should have been there! - 08/24/2017
  - From: Alan Wong

FRTM - You should have been there! - 08/24/2017

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