The last meeting of the Seattle Sunrise Toastmasters was small but still ended the year with a bang rather than a whisper. Tom B. filled the role of Toastmaster for the first time and did a great—and as Peter noted, imminently pleasant—job as host for our meeting.

Our speakers were Alexa, Marti, and Valerie, with Peter jumping in with an impromptu speech in the #3 position to fill a vacancy left by another member who had to cancel.

First up, Alexa gave her Ice Breaker, “Oral Story Telling,” in which she recollected how she developed a love of oral story telling. Although she had enjoyed the mythology stories her father told as a child, up until being encouraged to take a class in radio, the oral medium had left her cold. Once she gave it a chance, however, she was hooked and has developed a passion for podcasts like This American Life. Great ice-breaker, Alexa and congratulations!
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This week’s Seattle Sunrise Toastmasters meeting involved a multifarious collection of speeches, ranging in subject matter from plastics pollution of the oceans and unusual animal friendships to learning disabilities and diversity. It was hosted by our illustrious President Peter, who not only got to introduce himself as Toastmaster but also enlisted Nicole S and Tina to perform a brief skit on our theme to open our meeting. Peter played Dad at the dinner table, along with Nicole as Mom, and Tina as the phone-obsessed teenager. Remember Ordinary People? It was kind of like that. Except with smart phones.
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Summary written by Andrea:

Speech-a-thon! This is a great opportunity to hear 5 speakers in a row. Normally, our meetings include a lineup of 3-4 speakers and a table topic session (responding on your feet). What I love about speech-a-thons is that we learn not only speech styles, but topic content from various speakers, while discovering their passions. I often take what the speakers present do some further research on the topic. Today there were topics that peaked my interest.

Dave opens the meeting