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Senior Marching Knights receive jackets
Thirteen seniors members of the Lake-Lehman Band were
honored recently at Lake-Lehman’s “March of Champions” Band
Competition, recognized for their hard work and dedication to
preserve the finest quality of music in the Lake-Lehman School
District.
The students received jackets donated by the Band Sponsors and
presented by Mr. Edward A. Richards, band director and Mrs.
Maureen Richards, assistant band director:
Members are, kneeling: Darrell Hogan and Chris Higgins;
standing, first row, Melanie Yakus, Katy Martin and Matt Link:
Drum Majors, Rebecca Scott and Theresa Doty; back row, Mike
Smith, Jeff Ehret, Terry Newell, Danielle Pall, Brian Marsh and
Mike Ide.
Outstanding English projects
Seventh grade English students of Dallas Middle School
. teacher Norine Amesbury recently wrote autobiographies for a
. class project, in which they also selected a symbol to represent
them at this point in their lives, which included pershoal photos,
favorite possessions, sports items, a lava lamp and Lipton
' Brisk iced tea bottle.
Showing off their personal symbols are Angelo Recchia with a
pair of athletic shoes, Frank Oatridge with a baseball, Chad
~ Morris with a photo and J. P. Urban with his saxophone.
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Toasts making a comeback
Give all to love;
Obey thy heart;
Friends, kindred, days,
Estate, good-fame,
Plans, credit and the Muse,
Nothing refuse.
— Emerson
Giving the perfect toast, which
once threatened to became a lost
art, has survived as an important
part of the wedding ceremony.
“Toasts are very much in reviv-
al,” says Paul Dixon of Garrett
Park, Md., author of “Toasts” (Dou-
bleday) and many other books.
“A toast is a basic form of hu-
man expression. Toasts can be sen-
timental, cynical, lyric, comic, de-
fiant, long, short or even just a
single word.
“Importantly, toasts are a medi-
um through which such deep feel-
ings as love, hope, high spirits and
admiration can be quickly, conve-
niently and sincerely expressed.”
Too often, though, not enough
thought or preparation is given to
the all-important toast.
“People spend one to two hours
renting a tux and they don’t think
about a toast,” says Dixon. “The
whole idea is not a roast, but some-
thing that builds a person up. It's
not supposed to be funny — the
average person isn’t Steve Mar-
tin »
The proper toast can elevate the
tone of the room and the level of
festivity.
“The tradition for toasting has
its roots in ancient cultures, but
flourished in this country during
the 18th and 19th centuries,” says
Dixon. “Sadly, the custom for cre-
ative toasting eroded substantially
about a third of the way into this
century.”
Toasting originated with the pa-
gan custom of drinking to gods and
the dead, which in Christian na-
tions was modified, with the ac-
companying idea of a wish for
health and happiness added, ac-
cording ‘to the “Toaster’s Hand-
book” published in 1932.
In 16th century England, it was
customary to put a “toast” in the
| "drink, which was usually served
hot. This toast was an ordinary
piece of bread scorched on both
sides. Shakespeare in “The Merry
Wives of Windsor” has Falstaff
say, “Fetch me a quart of sack and
put a toast in it.”
The term later came to be ap-
plied to the lady in whose honor the
company drank, her name serving
to flavor the bumper as the toast
flavored the drink.
The act of drinking to good
health, or the mere act of express-
ing good wishes or fellowship at
the table came to be known as
toasting.
The tradition of toasting goes
back to pledging allegiance to a
knight before battle, says Dixon.
And the clinking of glasses after
a toast hearkens to the power of
church bells.
“Both were done to drive out the
devil,” says Dixon. “The idea is,
anything evil hates a bell or that
clinking sound. The last thing you
want is the devil hanging around
while drinking with your friends or
toasting. That’s how the clinking of
glasses got started.
“If you're using plastic, God help
you.” :
At a wedding reception, the best
man traditionally offers the first
toast to start the evening, followed
by the maid of honor and others.
“You want to be sincere, uplift-
ing, even whimsical,” says Dixon.
“You don’t want any allusions to
other girlfriends or bachelor
parties. A toast is really for the
parents and grandparents, to take
a beautiful moment and capture
it.”
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Those who have faced that in-
timidating moment — the room
grows quiet, all eyes focused on the
toast-giver — know it can lead to
sweaty palms, a quivering voice,
pounding heart or churning stom-
ach. So it’s best to write out a toast
or memorize it.
“If you want to use a line from
Shakespeare or the Bible and put it
together with your own words, you
want to make sure you have it
right,” says Dixon.
- “People give a lot of thought to
what color of flowers they’ll have;
this is equally key. Everyone’s at-
tention will be focused on you; you
can really set a feeling for the
wedding.”
This also is the moment to re-
member a deceased parent.
Dixon ' became interested in
toasts when he found an old book
on the subject at a flea market. He
subsequently wrote his own book in
1981 and updated it in 1991.
“People are looking for answers
to these. things,” says Dixon. “The
greeting card industry is based on
the same impulse.”
Toasts are appropriate on holi-
days such as Christmas and New
Year’s, a bar mitzvah, graduation
or other major life event.
Toasts can be made to celebrate
an engagement or at the rehearsal
dinner as well as the wedding re-
ception.
Tips for successful toasting:
e Be comfortable. You may re-
main seated if you are more com-
fortable. (Legend has it that it be-
came acceptable to remain seated
during the reign of England’s
Charles II, after he had risen in
response to a toast on-board a ship
and then bashed his head on a
beam.)
o Relax. Take a deep breath, and
take a sip of wine if you need to.
o Be focused. Whether you are
delivering a toast from memory or
ad-libbing, map out a mental (or
written) outline and avoid straying
from your subject.
® Be prepared. If you are in a
position where you are likely to be
called upon to make a toast, you
can reduce pre-speech jitters by
having a few short quotes or re-
marks memorized beforehand.
e Make sure your toast is appro-
priate to the group at hand.
e Keep your remarks time-ap-
propriate. Although there is no
strict formula, gauge the length of
your toast according to the event
and the expectations of your audi-
ence.
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