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It was a great weekend. Over 400 Toastmasters attended the conference, even though there was some nasty snow that arrived on Friday.
I was taking some photos during the weekend and have uploaded them in chronological order here. Please click on the following links to see them (if you want to download them right click on the photo and save to your hard drive, or feel free to copy them).
FRIDAY NIGHT - Safari Night
Mona, Heather and Judy welcoming guests at the front door all dressed up in their Safari costumes.
Lloyd (me) joins them for a quick snapshot
Heather and Sarah pose by the lions at the conference entranceway
A couple of the hardest working guys at the conference - Tyler on sound, Dean the Co-Chair and Mike on sound
Carolyn (far right) the other Co-Chair with Alyssa and Troy of Saskatoon taken at the Friday night buffet
Division C Governor Marvin Henry in his Friday night safari costume
Al and Jonathan relaxing after working as Sergeant at Arms
Division G Governor Anthony Chim with Catherine (and I see Andrew in the background)
International Director Linda Hawk with Tim
A Room Shot of everyone
Good costume (on the right) I haven't the foggiest notion who that is.
Are these bumble bees??, or is that the West Nile Virus Twins?
Trish, Laura & Al pose by the banners
Ann and Rowena
Running the registration desk is a lonely job for Linda
3 Pussycats together. Only one is Shelley
Mona signs my hat along side signatures of Gavin, Bea, Jacquie, etc.
Bea, Mavis and International President Gavin Blakey
Donna with a fuzzy friend
District 42 Governor Jacquie Schnider talks to the First Timers
Gavin with several new friends
Gavin with even more new friends
Lloyd (me), Gavin and Anthony
A nice picture of Catherine and Gavin
It is late, I am hungry so I check out the great hot dogs at the Hospitality Suite served up by Fern
Time to relax while enjoying The Band at the Hospitality Suite
SATURDAY morning
Mike and Al very early Saturday morning
The head table is piped in
Part of the march in involves Scouts carrying the flags
Then the Scouts place the flags on the stage
All the flags are now standing on the stage
Gavin thanked the Scouts in this photo
Took a snap shot of one of the new club tables - Heritage Go Getters
And then another new club table - Heritage Go Getters
Gavin starts his Keynote Speech on Saturday morning
An educational session featuring Rick Harding
The minute by minute guy took a few moments to relax but it made me look lonely. Course I wasn't the only one eating alone (we were waiting for everyone else to get back). But don't worry, I made up for it later.
I dropped in on another fine educational
I did get a picture of part of the head table at the Award Luncheon
Later in the evening I was lucky enough to accept the Sunshine Ribbon as President of my club. It was great as my club Station 29, received its First Ribbon!
District Governor Jacquie Schnider received a standing ovation at the Governor's Banquet
The fireplace was a nice focal point for photos. I caught this lovely group
Gavin & Bea with another group of new friends
(Sarah, Donna, Heather, Gavin, Bea, Lloyd,
Angela & Liz)
The co-chair, Dean, with his lovely wife Trish
Later that evening Bea and Carolyn unwind in the Hospitality Suite
A nice photo of the Hospitality Suite's band
Did you know that when everyone is unwinding in the Hospitality Suite or fast asleep that it is time for:
The sound guys to either set up or tear down in preparation for the next day's event? It takes a lot of work and usually happens behind the scenes at off hours. They were Tyler, Mike and Dave.
As well the hotel prepares each room after everyone leaves. Bet you didn't know that these kids worked till 3:00 am each night and were back at 6:00 am to start it all over again. As the minute by minute guy or sound guys as they were there to witness it all! The hotel says this is the start of the busy season for them hence the long hours.
And then late Saturday Bea checked back with the hotel staff seen surfing on the carpet trolly. Apparently she lost a fine gold necklace that night. If anyone found it let us know.
SUNDAY morning
Sunday was the morning of the Table Topics contest. I missed that but did catch:
The Lethbridge Team promotes the Spring Convention. You can check their webite out at their Spring Convention site.
Nandini and Bea relaxing at breakfast.
A shot of the room (with some of the conference committee members)
Jacquie, Gavin, Bea and Mavis go through the White Hat Ceremony.
The conference Co-Chairs, Dean & Carolyn, are presented plaques by Dist Gov Jacquie
The District staff is given a gift from the Fall Conference.
And my last picture is of the Committee members on stage getting thanks for a job well done!
It was a Great Weekend.
Check out a nice article by Rhys Davies ATM-S and Ken Blonski CTM
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I tried to be accurate but please send any corrections, or additional photos, to Lloyd
Last updated 2003-11-16 05:13 PM
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