Duos Miming Impromptu Speeches, Gambling, Quotations and Ducks in Persia
Several guests participated as duos in impromptu speeches (table topics) and the planned speeches were on Gambling, Quotations and Ducks in Persia. But let's start at the beginning of the HOD Speakers' Club meeting on Thursday April 2nd. President Tony had managed to make it to the meeting despite an eight hour drive so we were delighted, because other old timers were unable to attend with assorted valid excuses: 'I am away/busy because it is Easter,' 'I am away/busy because I am preparing for Passover,' 'I'll try to come along but I am limping because my foot is broken ...'
Toastmaster of the evening Peter Jacques sat watching over us all, enjoying the speeches.
The first speech was on the '99.0 per cent' who lose on betting and gambling. Excellent audience interaction by the speaker who asked us if we tossed a dice what were the chances of it landing on six. He was well prepared with statistics on your chances of winning and losing.
The next speech on Quotations was 'All's well that ends well' by Angela Lansbury (me). I was surprised that four or fewer people knew that 'All's well that ends well' is a Shakespeare play. Equally few knew that the poem about daffodils 'I wandered lonely as a cloud is by Wordsworth. hardly anybody recognised another poem often voted as the nation's favourite, If, starting, 'If you can keep your head when all about you/ are losing theirs and blaming it on you,' nor could most recognise the ending, 'If you can fill the minute with sixty seconds worth of run,' - Mike Freedman supplied the ending, "You'll be a man my son!' The UK's most popular poem is by Rudyard Kipling.
Speech on Ducks by Bijan who videoed himself.
Impromptu Speeches
Coralie's subjects started with Easter. The speaker chatted about Easter eggs and rabbits, after declaring that he came from India and did not know what Easter is about.
After a few more subjects, Coralie asked pairs of guests to come forward.
For Duos:
1 Describe making a cake - without any gestures or movements. Gestures and movements will be supplied by ... (the other guest).
2 Describe learning to ride a bicycle (Gestures and movement by the other guest.)
3 Describe cleaning your house without moving. (Gestures and movement by the other guest.)
Amusing results: First amusing action from the duo on cake making: when the speaker referred to flour, the mime artist picked up a flower. When the speaker described stirring a cake, the demonstrator used a pen to stir.
Second action on how I learned cycling was made to demonstrate falling off a bicycle.
Third action couple, on cleaning, the mimer shook his head when expected to show 'kneeling' to clean the fireplace. But he got a laugh when he declined to demonstrate, another when he reluctantly did so.
Interesting exercise showing how a speaker can get more attention, and be more remembered, for their gestures than by the content and words.
General Evaluator Mike Freedman, always the diplomat, praised Toastmaster of the evening, Peter Jacques, for making the evening flow smoothly. Mike commented that the guests were hardly aware that we had had a number of people away because of the holidays. So a huge amount of work had to be done by the Toastmaster of the evening and other members by emails in the three days before and on the premises on the day to fill all the meeting roles literally until the last minute before we started.
Photos by Angela Lansbury, copyright.
I have other photos which I can send to people who were at the meeting.
Angela Lansbury.
Author and speaker.
Toastmaster of the evening Peter Jacques sat watching over us all, enjoying the speeches.
The first speech was on the '99.0 per cent' who lose on betting and gambling. Excellent audience interaction by the speaker who asked us if we tossed a dice what were the chances of it landing on six. He was well prepared with statistics on your chances of winning and losing.
The next speech on Quotations was 'All's well that ends well' by Angela Lansbury (me). I was surprised that four or fewer people knew that 'All's well that ends well' is a Shakespeare play. Equally few knew that the poem about daffodils 'I wandered lonely as a cloud is by Wordsworth. hardly anybody recognised another poem often voted as the nation's favourite, If, starting, 'If you can keep your head when all about you/ are losing theirs and blaming it on you,' nor could most recognise the ending, 'If you can fill the minute with sixty seconds worth of run,' - Mike Freedman supplied the ending, "You'll be a man my son!' The UK's most popular poem is by Rudyard Kipling.
Speech on Ducks by Bijan who videoed himself.
Impromptu Speeches
Coralie's subjects started with Easter. The speaker chatted about Easter eggs and rabbits, after declaring that he came from India and did not know what Easter is about.
After a few more subjects, Coralie asked pairs of guests to come forward.
For Duos:
1 Describe making a cake - without any gestures or movements. Gestures and movements will be supplied by ... (the other guest).
2 Describe learning to ride a bicycle (Gestures and movement by the other guest.)
3 Describe cleaning your house without moving. (Gestures and movement by the other guest.)
Amusing results: First amusing action from the duo on cake making: when the speaker referred to flour, the mime artist picked up a flower. When the speaker described stirring a cake, the demonstrator used a pen to stir.
Second action on how I learned cycling was made to demonstrate falling off a bicycle.
Third action couple, on cleaning, the mimer shook his head when expected to show 'kneeling' to clean the fireplace. But he got a laugh when he declined to demonstrate, another when he reluctantly did so.
Interesting exercise showing how a speaker can get more attention, and be more remembered, for their gestures than by the content and words.
General Evaluator Mike Freedman, always the diplomat, praised Toastmaster of the evening, Peter Jacques, for making the evening flow smoothly. Mike commented that the guests were hardly aware that we had had a number of people away because of the holidays. So a huge amount of work had to be done by the Toastmaster of the evening and other members by emails in the three days before and on the premises on the day to fill all the meeting roles literally until the last minute before we started.
Photos by Angela Lansbury, copyright.
I have other photos which I can send to people who were at the meeting.
Angela Lansbury.
Author and speaker.
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