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Conference Highlights
Erik Bergman, DTM
In “The Gambler,” Kenny Rogers sings, took to the stage to
“You’ve got to know when to hold ’em.” entertain each other with
You’ve also got to know where to hold ’em. Becky Holm cracking jokes as the emcee.
The Sunset Division presented a
On May 1-2, District 7 held its Spring choreographed dance number ala the
Conference at Seven Feathers Casino California Raisins, complete with costumes
Resort in southern Oregon. It was a gamble
taking our big event to a casino 200 miles
from the state’s largest city. But the gamble
paid off with a superb convention center
and onsite activities including dining,
gaming and swimming.
The weekend of sunshine and speeches and tasty chocolate-covered dried
brought together 140 Toastmasters from cranberries for the audience. The Sunset
Longview to Bend, from Corvallis to Craisins danced their way through “I Heard
Ashland. Helping those from the north It Through the Grapevine,” adding their
arrive on time and refreshed, a chartered own special lyrics:
coach from Portland delivered a large
Portland-area contingent, thanks to "I learned it through the grapevine;
District Chief Judge Jim Robison. Toastmasters helps me speak
real fine.”
The bus riders came in time for a new
event on Friday night, the D7 talent show,
or “non-talent show” as some wisecrackers
dubbed it. District by district, Toastmasters
Going impromptu, the
Willamette Division presented
“Paper Bag Skits” in which two
teams of actors were each
given a set of props and told to
create a skit in 10 minutes –
(Continued on page 6)
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Conference Highlights
Erik Bergman, DTM
In “The Gambler,” Kenny Rogers sings, took to the stage to
“You’ve got to know when to hold ’em.” entertain each other with
You’ve also got to know where to hold ’em. Becky Holm cracking jokes as the emcee.
The Sunset Division presented a
On May 1-2, District 7 held its Spring choreographed dance number ala the
Conference at Seven Feathers Casino California Raisins, complete with costumes
Resort in southern Oregon. It was a gamble
taking our big event to a casino 200 miles
from the state’s largest city. But the gamble
paid off with a superb convention center
and onsite activities including dining,
gaming and swimming.
The weekend of sunshine and speeches and tasty chocolate-covered dried
brought together 140 Toastmasters from cranberries for the audience. The Sunset
Longview to Bend, from Corvallis to Craisins danced their way through “I Heard
Ashland. Helping those from the north It Through the Grapevine,” adding their
arrive on time and refreshed, a chartered own special lyrics:
coach from Portland delivered a large
Portland-area contingent, thanks to "I learned it through the grapevine;
District Chief Judge Jim Robison. Toastmasters helps me speak
real fine.”
The bus riders came in time for a new
event on Friday night, the D7 talent show,
or “non-talent show” as some wisecrackers
dubbed it. District by district, Toastmasters
Going impromptu, the
Willamette Division presented
“Paper Bag Skits” in which two
teams of actors were each
given a set of props and told to
create a skit in 10 minutes –
(Continued on page 6)
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