Recent Banter News
A Grateful Universe
Wed, Jan 25th, 2012
January 19, 2012 - First time chair Elena Nistor selected "universe" and "grateful" as theme and word of the meeting and asked us all to be grateful for everything we ...
Happy New Year
Fri, Jan 13th, 2012
Laurie Stapleton chaired the January 5th meeting, the first of 2012, with the theme and word "New Beginnings" and "Start". She welcomed guests Tony, Angela and Marva. Table Topics Chair ...
Sun, Mar 27th, 2011
It is the the 5th Thursday of the month and in keeping with Bolton Banter tradition we are having a special workshop. The popular iConnect workshop is being run again and facilitated ...
Tue, Mar 22nd, 2011
March 17th was a great evening for all things Irish as first time chair Karina Garcia welcomed everyone to Bolton Banter's annual St. Paddy's Day meeting. We started with a toast ...
Tue, Mar 8th, 2011
Hello Everyone - There was little if any snow on the ground for our March 3rd meeting and so the word of the meeting, "spring", seemed most appropriate. The theme ...
Mon, Feb 28th, 2011
Fellow Toastmasters - We are well and truly into contest season and there's more to come. On February 17th, we held our club International Speech and Evaluation contest. Our four ...
Fri, Feb 4th, 2011
Yup Folks, February 3rd was western night at the Bolton Banter corral. Chair Carol Dowell, aka the mysterious lady from Denver and appropriately garbed, hosted a gathering with a distinctly ...
Tue, Jan 25th, 2011
Hello Everyone - Just in time for the upcoming International Speech and Evaluation contest, Eric Solowka presented an evaluation workshop at our January 20th meeting. Evaluations can be a source ...
Mon, Jan 10th, 2011
Inclement weather couldn't dampen the spirits of Bolton Banter members as they welcomed members of the community to an open house on January 6th. Thanks to those who jumped in ...
Tue, Dec 21st, 2010
Hello Everyone - I was happy to welcome members of Bolton Banter Toastmasters to my home on December 16th to celebrate a Christmas themed meeting. There's nothing quite like listening ...
Tue, Dec 21st, 2010
On Thursday January 6, 2011 we will be having an open house at Bolton Banter. We hope that many members of the community will visit us and see a meeting ...
Mon, Dec 6th, 2010
Our December 2nd meeting featured great imagination and some mighty tall tales. Table Topics Master Ben Allison instructed each participant to begin his/her table topic speech with the very last ...
Mon, Nov 22nd, 2010
For the November 18th club meeting, Chair Ben Allison chose "Forgiving Spirit" and "Humility" as theme and word of the meeting. Ben reminded us that forgiveness and humility go hand ...
Tue, Nov 9th, 2010
For the first time Bolton Banter Toastmasters held a special Hallowe'en meeting on October 28th with the word of the meeting being, very appropriately, "spooky". "Empress" Carol Dowell not only ...
Tue, Oct 26th, 2010
Bondy Nair chaired our October 21st meeting and chose self confidence and challenge as theme and word of the meeting. In his opening remarks, he noted that meeting challenges head ...
Tue, Oct 12th, 2010
Hello Everyone - We've been busy! On September 30th, Eric Solowka conducted a judging workshop in preparation for the Humourous Speech and Table Topics contest. Unlike giving an evaluation following ...
Mon, Sep 27th, 2010
Hello Everyone - "Blurt", although a very inelegant word, was chosen by Chair Eric Solowka as word of the September 16th meeting. The theme of this meeting, not surprisingly, was ...
Mon, Sep 13th, 2010
Hello Everyone - I want to draw your attention to two excellent educational opportunities coming up later this month. On Wednesday, September 29th, Eric Solowka will present "Inside, Outside, Right ...
Wed, Sep 8th, 2010
Our September 2nd meeting, chaired by Ben Allison, featured "Practice Makes Perfect" and "Participation" as theme and word of the meeting. An old Russian proverb states that "repetition is the ...
Thu, Aug 26th, 2010
Hello Everyone - I had the pleasure of chairing the August 19th meeting. Because I was patiently awaiting the imminent birth of my step-daughter and son-in-law's first child, I chose ...
Tue, Aug 10th, 2010
Every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. until October, you can shop at our local farmers' market, located on the grounds of the community centre. On your way to ...
Fri, Jul 30th, 2010
Hello Everyone - Our July 29th meeting was ably chaired by Eric Solowka who selected "passion" and "hot" as theme and word of the day respectively. Eric explained that the ...