By Melanie Crasta
Muscat, Jan 5: Footsteps echoed in the vast hall as, little by little, people came in at the registration counter to register for a night of fun, frolic and of course friends.
The very first year end family get together of Oman Toastmasters started with every one getting a ribbon of either red, blue, green or yellow, which put them in their respective groups of the above colours. Then came the introduction of the Toastmaster of the day by the President of the DSTM(Distinguished Speakers Toastmasters)club, Mdm.TM Clita Crasta.
TM Dilip Correa came up on stage with a bang and of course with the applause and encouragement of all the other Toastmasters and their families. He began by calling the Divisional Governor, DTM George Thomas for a welcome address.
This was followed by a dance by Miss Srinidhi Elango D/O TM Elango. One enjoyed by all as her little feet moved to big beats.
Ice breaker came next, conducted by TM Clita Crasta it involved going around to other groups and knowing as many people from the other groups within the time limit and one of them from each group came forward to write the names of people in a Minutes time. Then they had to choose names for their groups :-
Yellow called themselves “The Sun Flowers”
Red called themselves “Dabaang”
Green called themselves “Mogambo”
Blue called themselves “El Dorado”
After the naming ceremony, was a dance by TM Mdm. Karishma Gonsalves and her friend Glenda Castelino, who danced to the beats of foot tapping Hindi songs.
Another game , named autograph, was next involved every member of the group which ever group finishes first without tearing the toilet roll is a winner.
After which was bit of band time with the vocalists, Melanie Crasta & Denzil Saldahna, singing songs to the happiness of every one.
Spot games conducted by our Toastmaster of the Day were very entertaining. Then there was a balloon structure, came along to the creativity of all the teams who made hearts, Oman beach game logo dresses on children and what not.
The brainiest of all teams would win the next game, a series of questions and brainteasers were given in paper for the teams to answer. And then teams had to dance. The best dancing team won. Lovely numbers sung by TM Babu Naryan, TM Hitin Bakshi, TM Dr. Thomas.
Mrs. Gurubinder Sing punn, and a few lovely children of our Toastmasters namely Shruthi, Niruba & Hriday.
And then came the results, the Grand Total where The Blue team(ElDorado) followed By the The Red (Dabaang)came Second,Yellow(The Sun Flowers) Third, and The Green(Mogambo) Fourth. Every Team was given A prize sponsored By DTM George.
The Day finally ended with beautiful Vote of Thanks By TM Darryl Saldahna :- He Thanked our Sponsors for the day – Main sponsors –Al Gubrah DeSallination CEO Mr. Allen Conroy
Finance Manager – TM Vipul Kotecha, TM Alexander Sequiera
TM Gokul Jain From AlKhan for financial Support
Mr. Bernard for DJ & Sound System
Mr. Manuel Rocky for Photography
Young Musicians – Denzil Saldahana, Jason Rodricks, Edward Thomas, Eric, Arjun and Melanie Crasta played scintillating numbers.
The Divisional Governor- DTM George Thomas, Area Governors – TM Gurubinder Sing Punn, Sri Kumar Pai, Girish Kumar, & Harish Bilgi for their support in brining all the 4 areas together for this event.
The TM Of the Day Dilip Correa was Thanked for keeping the crowed entertained with his Jokes.
TM Mdm. Clita Crasta the Main Coordinator & her team was thanked for making it possible for every club members of Oman to meet one another and have great and memorable evening.
Last but not the least all the members and their families were thanked for coming and participating. Children were Given Return Gifts Sponsored By TM, Vipul Kotecha. Followed by sumptuous dinner and the music began to lessen, and friendliness in our hearts grew, sealing friends & relationships, that were definitely old but new.
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