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TABLE TOPICS OFFER

COUNTLESS VARIETIES

by B-Lee Coyne, ATM-S, Guest Columnist

After spending nearly three full decades • Independence day—
in four Toastmasters clubs, I’ve developed a Teen independence
repertoire of potential themes for the table episode
topics segment.
• Labor Day—Influence of first job held
Let us correlate them with holidays • Columbus Day—Your key self discovery
• New Years Day—Toast to a person or • Halloween—Mask of favorite hero
• Veterans Day—Story about a veteran you
pet
• Dr Martin Luther King’s Birthday— know
• Thanksgiving—Dealing with ingratitude
Original motto to end racism • Winter solstice—Alternative to snowman
• Valentine’s Day—Best opening line for • Christmas—Least desired present
Another route you can take involves the word
dating of the day and how it applies (or does not apply)
• Presidents Day—Favorite president to you. A variation to consider is a job description
using that particular word. Exercise that vivid
and reasom why imagination. Make others smile.
• St Patrick’s Day—Give blarney-laden B-Lee Coyne is a social catalyst, featured writer/
columnist, cable television producer/host, prior club
tale president, and District 7 Public Relations Officer. He
• Easter week—What makes you get enjoys intellectual dialogue and poetry. He produces
five cable television shows a month for Capital
hopping Community Cable Television.
• April Fools Day—Most memorable

prank
• Earth Day—Your nature relationship
• Mothers Day—Most nurturing

experience
• Memorial Day—Eulogy you could

deliver
• Flag Day—Explain US flag to Martian
• Father’s Day—Daddy’s biggest impact

Errata—

The July issue of Voices! misquoted Dick Parsons, DTM, Area 22 Director, on page 43. His
comments to Area 22 clubs are as follows:

My plan as area director is to help each of the clubs to be the best they can be.Each club has its own
personality and culture and history. Using available tools from Toastmasters International, getting
input and buy in from the respective clubs and working together, we will grow with a goal of becoming
a distinguished area.

[Editor—provided with apologies]

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