20 July 2004
From the moment our toastmaster Nikky Ajayi got up speak, the evening took on a majestic style that was to continue throughout the night, sparkling with carefully prepared anecdotes and creative introductions.
Out timekeeper Celia Edwards got off to a flying start in her first independent role at the club, followed by our grammarian John Tomsky who opened his performance with “silken sunsets rising mysteriously over cloud-covered mountains”.
Sudanta Abeyakoon opened the prepared speeches with a most sincere “number two”, examining the dangers of “The Career Highway” within our increasingly uncertain modern economy.
Shegun Olusanya introduced a powerful philosophical style into his number three speech entitled “The colour of water”, urging us to be transparent in dealing with people of all races.
Jackie Barrie followed this up with “This speech saves lives”, taking us on a highly crafted personal journey with some free gifts at the end to help us improve gas safety.
After evaluations from Beatrice Nabulya, Martin Armstrong and Joe de Souza, our president bounced back as topics master for the evening, introducing a musical theme and concluding: “I think Shakespeare must have been a disc jockey!” The session was evaluated in style by Aubrey Gottlieb from Grosvenor Square Speakers and our very own Colin Austin.
Our general evaluator Ore Ogunbayi astounded us with her ability to help all the performers without any notes and summed up the mood: “Maybe I’m biased but we do have the best club in the UK”.
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