Achieving Greatness Together

In order to break a leg at China Toastmasters Club's 26th Anniversary Party, golden ladies have been practicing cha cha diligently for the past week. This evening, we stood tall on stage, wowed the audience with our performance. In the admiring eyes of a full house of Toastmasters and friends, we won the reputation as the Taiwanese version of Spicy Girls.

To be honest, the reason why I was eager to attend China's 26th anniversary party was simply because of Toastmaster Jo Shih's authentic Indonesian cuisine for dinner. In addition, I could of course listen to the keynote speech of Toastmaster George Yen, the 2nd International Vice President; show support to Toastmaster Mike Yang, the incumbent D67 District Governor, and to cheer up the golden lady Toastmaster Trini Ding, the Master of the Installation Ceremony.

The cha cha dance was proposed by Toastmaster Irene Chen. It was a popular Thai song KOO GUD by Bird ThongChai McIntyre. The Grasshoppers from Hong Kong adapted the melody and made the Broken Hearts Club a hit in Taiwan two decades ago. Toastmaster Kate Hsu proposed we wore the fashionable outfits, long tees, leggings, big frame glasses and accessories. I made a few changes in movements, formation, position in our group dance of five golden ladies.

A joy shared was a joy doubled. During our cha cha performance, all toastmasters and friends from the floor stood up to support us by clapping hands to echo the rhythm of the music. It was a joyful moment of two minutes and fifty-three seconds. The group dancing not only burned the extra calories in our bodies, but it also increased the endophines and norepinephrines in our brains to make us feel good and positive about ourselves.

During the intermission, many toastmasters complimented our cool performance and the golden ladies Toastmasters spirit. Some toastmasters extended invitation to us to perform at their Toastmasters clubs activites. Toastmaster Michelle Liu was excited to accept all invitations for golden ladies to excell on STAGE. At our golden age, golden ladies need nothing, but stage to perpetuate our golden memories.

It is my hope that one day all Toastmasters clubs meetings in District 67 can reserve five minutes for dancing exercise before the first half of the meeting starts and after the second half meeting resumes. Ten minutes group dancing would lift up the Toastmasters spirit, facilitate the learning capacity, and strengthen the solidarity. In Toastmasters, we live for greatness. In Toastmasters, we achieve greatness together!