Recent Banter News
Flirting with Ernest Borgnine
Wed, Sep 8th, 2010
Our September 2nd meeting, chaired by Ben Allison, featured "Practice Makes Perfect" and "Participation" and theme and word of the meeting. An old Russian proverb states that "repetition is the ...
Patiently Waiting
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, Dec 9th, 2008
At our December 4th meeting, we were pleased to welcome Division Governor Bill Martin, Area Governor Theresa Murray and guest Vince who stepped in to see what Toastmasters is all about. ...
Tue, Nov 25th, 2008
Hello Bolton Banter members - Our most recent meeting was held on November 20th. In keeping with the upcoming holiday season of peace and goodwill, chair Jillian Lucas chose as ...
Fri, Nov 14th, 2008
Hello Everyone - I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural fall conference of the newly formed District 86 last weekend, November 7th to 9th, at the Waterloo Inn and ...
Thu, Nov 13th, 2008
Hello Everyone - It's time for an update on Bolton Banter activities. Our most recent meeting, held on November 6, was graced by guests Jemma and Sally Ann. We hope to ...
Tue, Nov 4th, 2008
Hello Everyone - Our most recent meeting, October 30th, was improv night. As chair Carol Dowell explained, improv allows us to open our minds to creativity. It is a gigantic ...
Mon, Oct 20th, 2008
Bolton Banters' October 2nd meeting featured the theme, " A Toastmaster Wears Many Hats". To that end, each Toastmaster present wore a hat to this meeting. The theme of wearing ...
Fri, Sep 19th, 2008
Bolton Banter Toastmasters held its Humourous Speech and Table Topics Contest on September 18th. Bondy Nair chaired the speech part of the evening and Eva Britton chaired Table Topics. For ...
Fri, Sep 5th, 2008
Hello Fellow Toastmasters - Our September 4th meeting was very well attended and we were happy to welcome four guests, Leslie, Jim, Robin and Shelley. We look forward to seeing ...
Tue, Aug 26th, 2008
Hello Everyone - At our last meeting, August 21, Chair Minnie Grewal chose "Confidence" as the meeting's theme and "Believe" as the word of the evening. Past President Eric Solowka ...
Fri, Aug 8th, 2008
Hello Banteroos - For our August 7th meeting, the theme and word of the evening were "spirit" and "olympic" respectively. Let's all root for our Canadian athletes as they take ...
Fri, Aug 1st, 2008
Hello Fellow Banteroos - Some people can make others laugh just by walking into a room. Most of us though have to try harder to get laughs. On July 31, ...
Fri, Jul 25th, 2008
Hello Fellow Banteroos - At our July 17th meeting, President Brendan Dineen announced the theme of the year, which is "Let's Have a Cow". This is not a plug for ...
Thu, Jul 10th, 2008
Hello Everyone - Our new president, Brendan Dineen, chaired the first meeting of the new Toastmasters year and chose as the meeting's theme, "The 1-2 punch of success, energy and ...
Wed, Jun 25th, 2008
Our final meeting of the Toastmasters year, which runs from July 1 to June 30, was truly a cause for celebration. Chair Jane Collier could not locate a red carpet ...
Wed, Jun 11th, 2008
Our June 5th meeting was chaired by Terence Canastraro who chose as the theme and word of the evening "Environment" and "Humidity" respectively. Those two words are ...
Tue, Jun 3rd, 2008
On May 29th Bolton Banter Toastmasters officially celebrated its second anniversary with an open house, complete with a cake, refreshments and door prizes. Chair Brendan Dineen welcomed ...
Wed, May 28th, 2008
Bolton Banter Toastmasters extends an invitation to all members of the community to attend our second anniversary celebration and open house on Thursday, May 29, 2008 in ...
Mon, May 26th, 2008
Hello Bolton Banters - Jillian Lucas chaired our May 15th meeting and chose "spring" and "nippy" as the theme and word of the meeting respectively. Good choices ...
Thu, May 8th, 2008
Hello Bolton Banter Members - Our meeting May 1 was especially productive. We elected a new executive and heard three outstanding speeches. Our chair, Brendan Dineen, chose ...
Fri, Apr 25th, 2008
Hello Bolton Banter Members - "Revivify" was chosen by chair Linda Murphy as the word of the meeting on April 17th. It means to restore or to ...