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If last week was my least favorite week so far, this week was my favorite. The theme was story.
We started off with a game to get our verbal muscles loosened. The game was One Hen, Two Ducks. I was surprised that I could not keep up very well. I was fine for the first few, but then lost the thread pretty quickly. We then played a game of Bippity Bippity Bop. This was a neat game I could play for a long time!
Then we moved on to stories. Everyone in a large circle took turns to add one word to a story. After that, we moved into groups of 2 people. We then created stories together using 1 word at a time, 2 words at a time and finally 3 words at a time. Three words at a time was hardest for me as it seemed the story had less flow. It would see saw from my ideas to my partners. With 1 word at a time, we moved along a shared path more.
Next we each took turns on a chair on stage talking about a topic for 60 seconds. Wow! Everyone did an amazing job. I got the topic of hair. Not a topic I would have picked, but I talked about it for 60 seconds. Pamela did an awesome job with the word "food." She almost did the whole 60 seconds using just that word!
Finally, and most fun, we got to play the game Story. Pat would point to 1 of the 7 on stage and you would have to continue the story until he pointed at someone else.
This week was perfect timing. On Wednesday I am giving an off the cuff speech for Toastmasters in a backwards meeting. More on that after I give the speech.
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