Brisbane West Group
2015 Carole Aveley, LO
Now it’ s up to Queensland …!
24 Jan 2015- Planning for the first six months.
Followed by a contribution from each member on the colour GREEN- from ' the grass is greener;' green thumb, green with envy, green eyed monster; to the Emerald Isle and recollections of a visit. Another interpretation- political connotations, conservation; olive green- olive trees and the Newnorcian church north of Perth. Rose wore a green outfit and Carole showed off with her emerald ring.
28th February 2015- Your personal BUZZ word for 2015, and why?
' Mansplain '- to explain something basic to someone in a patronizing fashion.
' Minimalism '- strip away excess stuff- Nola has done this very successfully in her home, and her life.
' Absolutely '- Rose compiled lists of buzz words forming them into sentences- very clever!
' Awesome '- overdone usage has lost its original impact. Be a thinker, be an individual.
28th March 2015 – Doggerel
This word caused some puzzlement and had to be looked up in the dictionary- which says " poorly written poetry." Most members chose a bit of amusing verse or some ' home made ' lines.
2nd May 2015- History or origin of a fairytale.
Rose played a CD of Danny Kaye’ s“ There Once Was An Ugly Duckling”. Nola gave us a biography of George Orwell and the plot of“ Animal Farm”. Bette told us the story of“ Beeping Sleuty” liberally scattered with spoonerisms, she had us hysterical with laughter!
William Archibald Spooner had a speech impediment, he struggled to speak normally. Anne chose a fairy story for adults,“ Angela’ s Mandrake” by Jennifer Rowe.
Carole explained how the brothers Grimm researched Germany’ s mostly violent verbal myths and legends converting them into the tamer more recognisable fairy stories of today.
30 th May 2015 –“ Who Would You Invite to Dinner and Why?” From Stephen Hawkins to Anna, the first woman mining engineer in Australia! We had a Grandfather born on the Isle of Anglesea, who left Plymouth in 1883 to settle in Australia. One of us chose to invite GOD, because she wanted to ask him so many questions!!!
27 th June 2015 – Planning for 2 nd 6 months followed by“ Choose Your Favourite Orators”
My goodness, what is a good orator? Probably somebody who can hold your attention with the content of their speech, who can present their topic with sincerity and conviction, varying the tone of voice and knowing how to use pauses for emphasis. We favoured singers who wrote their own songs – John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Red Gum. Many politicians speak well, but do not always write their own speeches. Other examples were JK Rawlins inauguration speech at Harvard; Peter Lee, UQ president inspiring students; and Mark Anthony with his‘ Friends, Romans, Countrymen’ [ Although we acknowledged Shakespeare’ s version ].
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