POWERtalk Pollokshields.

POWERtalk Pollokshields met on 17th October in the home of a member due to the fact that the School is closed for the Autumn Holidays.

Theme:   Autumn Leaves a lot to be Desired.

The members were welcomed by President Scilla.

Special welcome to visitor Frances.

Roz was chairman for the evening and gave us the Inspiration and Topics.

Topics were given by Liz, Louise, Grace and Brendan.

Brendan gave us an interesting Education on some of the pictures of Vincent Van Gough with some insights into the background of three pictures.

Following supper Iris gave us an educational speech about Autumn with a great deal of information about trees, leaves and even railways.

The final speaker for the evening was Ruth who gave us an amusing but useful speech about having an exit strategy. 

Timekeeping was by Liz.

The evening was brought to a close with a General Evaluation by Scilla and the closing thought and Vote of Thanks was by Liz.

POWERtalk Pollokshields

POWERtalk Pollokshields met on 3rd October.

President Scilla opened the meeting and welcomed the members and a guest Frances.   Apologies were given from Anita, Brendan and Roz.
The Chairman, Liz, was introduced The Theme of the evening was "A Life on the Ocean Wave".  This was a Lifeboat Competition in which the members had to take on a character and give reasons why they should be saved as the ship was going down.    All the characters were composers and were …

 Sir Karl Jenkins aka Scilla

John Williams aka Iris

James Horner aka Ruth

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber aka Carole (as "The Phantom of the Opera")

Leonard Bernstein aka Grace

George Gershwin aka Louise

After the first round members voted who should be saved.  Following the Tea interval was the second round.  

Composers who were saved for the second round were - Sir Karl Jenkins, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and George Gershwin.

The worthy winner of the last place was George Gershwin.

The Chairman, Liz then led a short topic session.   Topics were given by Louise,  Ruth, Iris, Carole and Grace.

Timing was by Scilla.  The General evaluation was by Grace and the Closing Thought was by Scilla.

Everyone enjoyed an interesting evening.

Next Meeting:  17th October, 2018.   Theme:  Autumn leaves a lot to be Desired.  As the school will be closed for the Autumn holidays this is to be at the home of a member.