Let's Have a Parade!!!!!




Of the five characters, please put a 1 and a 2 by your favorites:  Santa___; The Grinch___; Max __
Olaf ___________; The Wimpy Kid ___________

This will be on a ballot on Friday.  The top vote-getter may be part of our Christmas greeting to parade watchers with a plug for Toastmasters.



No, Pikachu is not one of the choices but it does demonstrate the teamwork involved in putting on a parade or even a parade entry.  Our entry for Toastmasters will include a banner or two, a vehicle, some members walking behind to hand out a brief plug for Toastmasters with a candy cane or red and white striped mint.  And ????.  

Your ideas and participation are welcome.

We will be trying to have a positive presence that may become a tradition and a sales tool.

Our audience will be unlike what we've ever faced as speakers before!


The original Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in 1924 was named the Macy's Christmas Parade to inspire Christmas shopping.   Live Zoo Animals walked in the parade at start, and of course, were eventually replaced by inflatable balloons.  There will be about 30 balloons in the 2019 NYC Macy's Christmas parade that will each cost up to $190,000 including parade admission. 

Susann Swan was Toastmaster with the meeting theme "November."  Don Glovan was Joke Master.  Carole Kitchen was Word Master with collywobbles (feeling anxious, a sensation not uncommon to public speaking).

Judy Groff was the speaker building consensus with her speech on "Let's Have a Parade!"  She set up the discussion two groups separately explored: 1)We should have a parade; 2) we should not have a parade.  Members conferred in groups and listed reasons on separate boards for an overall discussion. The club was unanimous in support of a parade.  Reasons are stated above.  Jeanne Resen was the evaluator.

The Eyes and Ears Team was composed of the following members: Grammarian, Don Groff; Timer, Danielle Messer; Ah Counter, Betty McCallister.  GE and Table Topics Evaluator was Stan Coss.

Members present were the following: Don and Judy Groff, Susann Swan, Carole Kitchen, Don Glovan, Jeanne Resen, Danielle Messer, Ron Climer, Karen Alexander, Betty McCallister, Stan Coss, and Karla Reese.

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