We had a Joint Meeting with Kamakura Toastmasters Club on May 19, one year from the previous one, at Kamakura Geijutsukan, Ofuna. Sixteen of us and 20 from Kamakura TMC gathered.

    TM M. S., President of Kamakura TMC, opened the meeting with her warm and impressive welcome introduction for Shonan TMC.
    We sang together the Toastmaster’s song to the melody of Carpenters’ “Top of the world” to create the sense of unity.

Toastmaster of the day was TM N. H. (Kamakura).

Word of the day: TM S. M. introduced the word “Manage” explaining its two meanings: 1. to control something, 2. to succeed in doing something. 

Today’s Special
    TM M. S. (K) gave a few simple but witty riddles and presented token prizes to those who returned the right answers.

Table Topics
    TM M. H. (S) called on 5 speakers for the following items.
    1. Any specific memory about your mother.
    2. Any flower except carnation for Mother’s day. 
    3. Anything you want to stop from happening at home, at work or in the society.
    4. Any words to your father.
    5. The most favorite celebration day.

Prepared speeches
    TM H. S. (S) Title: “I found a good hobby” Ice Breaker for Pathways
       Recounting her footprint, she talked about recovery from serious illness,
       and  being into dancing and volunteer activities.
    TM S. Y. (K) Title: “Honotan” Ice Breaker for Pathways
       He introduced his top priority to build a good relationship with his granddaughter,
       Honotan, through helping her learning English.
    TM K. T. (S) Title “Some secrets of storytelling” CC#6 Vocal Variety
       Citing Shakespeare’s play lines was successful to capture audience’s attention.
       He emphasized that the change of voice tone in the course of a speech and
       pauses are crucial to keep the audience’s attention and to change the scenes.
   TM T. Y. (K)  Title “Rambam? Who is that? CC7 Research your Topic
     He introduced one of the great philosophers in 12th century and an important
     spiritual leader in jewish society, Rambam, based on various materials.

Evaluation Session
    General evaluation  TM A. M. (S)
    Four evaluators, TM M. Y. (K), TM Y. W. (S), TM I. K. (K) and TM Y. T. (S), gave
    insightful and heartwarming evaluation to the speakers from the other club,
    respectively.

Award Winners
   The best table topic speaker: TM *. K. (K)
   The best evaluator:                TM Y. T. (S)           
    The best prepared speaker:  TM K. T. (S)
                                    

    TM N. N.,  President of Shonan TMC, made the thanks and closing speech.                                       

                                                 
Party
    From 17:00 we enjoyed a light meal party at a nearby restaurant exchanging
    goodwill between the two clubs. There were 9 of us from Shonan.

                                                                              By A. M.