Sunday, July 18, 2021

PR CALENDAR. Planning PR for a year's worldwide themed meetings, online if not in person

BHA Meeting online.

TCA meeting online.

I am PR for two Toastmasters International clubs in Singapore, BHA and TCA - the A stands for advanced, so one of my jobs is to plan and distribute posters for forthcoming meetings, using themes and colours. The three obvious ones for the calendar are New Year for January, Love for February (Valentine's Day) and Christmas or winter celebrations for December. I am looking at pictures of foods and festivities so that people can either cook up the recipes to eat at home, or wear fancy dress (red Santa hats), or have a background colour. 

Here are the Ideas I have found for themed meetings.  

I thought of starting with August, but it is simpler to arrange things by the calendar from January to December. So, as I am writing in July, the calendar is Jan to Jun for 2022 and July to Dec for 2021. Here goes.


JANUARY 2022

Colours

Foods Scottish porridge, haggis, potato and neeps (turnips), shortbread

Music

FESTIVALS

January Sales

Famous People's Memorial Days

Jan 1 New Year's Day (New Year's Resolutions. Plans. SMART goals)

Jan 7th. Orthodox Xmas. (Family. Food. Gifts. Religion.)

Jan 26 Australia Day. (Australia flag.)



Photos

Jan 26 Burns Supper Night. (Haggis. Burns poetry.)






Jan 27 Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Anne Frank. Jews. Holocaust. Yiddish. Gypsies. Homosexuals.)



2nd Monday coming of Age Day in Japan. (Age. Youth.)

3rd Monday Martin Luther King Jnr Day.

Online Toastmasters Club Dates: 

BHA (First Wed eve and third Sat afternoon) Wed eve 6.30 for 7 pm Singapore time, Wed Jan 5 in 2022.

BHA 3rd Saturday afternoon Sat Jan 15 in 2022, 1,30 for 2 pm Singapore time.

TCA  4th Tuesday evening Jan 25th 2022 7.15 for 7.30 Singapore time.

Both on Zoom.


FEBRUARY 2022

Colours Pink (for love) OOO Valentine's, red roses and hearts and , or orange for CNY

Food: Oranges, Lo Hei, chocolates

Music (I just called to say I love you)

FESTIVALS

Feb 1 and 2 (fluid) Chinese New Year (CNY)

Feb 6 Sunday 2022 New Zealand Waitangi day (Themes and symbols kiwi ,New Zealand map and flag, Maori, travel) (Mondayised so Monday is also a national holiday because Sunday is not a working day)

Feb 14 Valentine's Day (Themes and symbols. Love. Gifts. Hearts.)


Shrine to St Valentine in Ireland



Feb 15 USA Presidents' Day

Feb 21 2022 Chinese Yew Year (Singapore Lo Hei platter with fish and coloured vegetables and chopsticks)



Photos

Online Club Dates

BHA first Wed is Feb 2nd 2022; 3rd Sat is Feb 19 2022

TCA 4th Tuesday is Feb 22nd 2022.

Music








MARCH 2022

Colours Green (St Patrick's Day) OOO


Foods Irish whiskey, potatoes, sourdough 

Music

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Molly Malone (In Dublin's Fair City, where the maids are so pretty)

FESTIVALS

March 1 2022 Pancake Day/Mardi Gras (using up food before Lent) 

March 8 International Women's Day. (Themes. Equality. Sex. Women.)

March 9 Teachers' Day (Themes books. Teach. Knowledge.)

March 17 St Patrick's Day (Themes Irish. Song. Speech.)

2nd Monday Commonwealth Day


Commonwealth flag

Online Club Dates

BHA 2022 first Wed is March 2nd; 3rd Sat is Mar 19

TCA2022 the 4th Tues is Mar 22nd


APRIL 2022

Colours Red Poppy for Anzac Day OOO



Foods

Music

FESTIVALS

April 25 Anzac Day (Australia and NZ, Gallipoli, WWI)

Photos




Online Club Dates

BHA 1st wed is wed 6th April 2022

3rd Sat is Sat April 16th 2022 

the 17 th is Easter Sunday so people could be busy away all weekend

TCA 4th Tuesday April 2022 is Tuesday 26th


MAY 2022

Mental Health Month and Mother's Day

Colours

Foods

Music

FESTIVALS

May 1st April Fools Day

May 1st Labor Day

May 8 VE Day (Victory. Europe. Peace. France.)

Famous People 

May 7 Rabindranath Tagore - tribute to Tagore

May 16 2022 Vesak Day - Birth of Buddha

Buddha Statue. Vietnam.

2nd Sunday Mother's Day USA.

Last Monday in May is Spring Bank Holiday in the UK.

Photos

Online Club Dates

BHA WED May 4th 2022
SAT 21st 2022
TCA  TUES May 24th 2022

JUN 2022

Colours

Foods

Music

FESTIVALS

Photos

Online Club Dates

BHA Wed 1st Jun 2022

BHA 3rd Sat is Jun 18th 2022

TCA 4th Tues is 28th Jun 2022

JULY 2022

TCA 4th Tues 26th

BHA first Wed 6 July 2022

BHA 3rd Sat 16 July 2022

TCA 4th Tues 26July 2022

(JULY 2022

(Hari Raya Haji July 9 2022)

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JULY 2021

Colours

Foods

Music

FESTIVALS

July 4 American Independence (American flag. Themes: Freedom. War.)

July 14 Bastille Day. (American flag. France. Revolution.)

3rd Monday in July in Japan, Marin Day. (Sea, ships, sailors.)

July 20, 2021 Hari Raya 

Photos

Online Club Dates

In 2021

BHA  1st Wed was the inauguration of the new committee 

3rd Sat (past Lim Tong Lee)


AUGUST 2021

Colours Red and white for the Singapore Flag and the Swiss flag.

Foods Swiss Chocolate. Singapore chicken rice.

Music

FESTIVALS

August 1 Swiss National Day - Swiss flag, chocolate, time pieces, time

Aug 9 Singapore National Day, Singapore flag, chicken rice?

Photos

Singapore Flag

I have shown this bordered so that the white of the flag can be seen against the white background of the page. The plain flag is in Wikipedia but after months of searching and stress I finally found a bordered version in Wikimedia Commons.

Singapore flag. Red and white.

Swiss Flag

Flag of Switzerland. Red and white.


Online Club Dates

AUG 2021 BHA 1st Wed 2021 Aug 4th

3rd Sat 21st Aug 2021

4th Tues 24th Aug 2021


SEPTEMBER 2021

Colours

Foods

Music

FESTIVALS

3rd Monday in September. Respect for the Aged in Japan.

Photos

Online Club Dates 2021

SEPT BHA 1st Wed 1st Sept. 3rd Sat is 18th

TCA 4th Tues is 28th Sept2021


OCTOBER 2021

Colours

Foods

Music

FESTIVALS

Photos

Online Club Dates

BHA Oct 2021first Wed is 6th; 3rd Sat is 16th 

TCA Oct 2021 fourth Tues is 26th


NOVEMBER 2021

Colours

Foods

Music

FESTIVALS

Photos

Online Club Dates

BHA first Wed is Nov 3rd . 3rd Sat is Nov 20th 2021

TCA fourth Tues is Nov 23rd


DECEMBER 2021

Colours

Red, white and green.


Foods

Music

Auld Lang Syne

Silent Night

Religious Christian

Secular Xmas

Xmas carols

FESTIVALS

Dec 24 Xmas Eve

Dec 25 Xmas Day

Dec 26 Boxing Day (UK) Sales Start!

Dec 31 New Year's Eve

Photos



Xmas Spruce tree London

Online Club Dates

BHA first Wed  DEC 2021 is 1st 

3rd Sat 2021 is 18th

TCA Fourth Tues 2921 is 28th


2021
JULY - JUBILANT JULY
Theme/WOD Jubilant
WORKSHOPS & EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS (based on level one of Pathways)
1 Your first speech or role EASY ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Articles A and The, Plurals, Tenses, Pronunciation, Singlish)
2 CHOOSE YOUR PATH
Wed July 7th 
Saturday 17th
July 4th American Independence Day.

2021 AUGUST - AWESOME AUGUST
1 Pathway Level 1 Introductory Speeches
2 Evaluations
Wed 4th
Sat 21

2021 SEPT - SUPER SEPTEMBER
Wed 1st
Sat 18th SPEECH CONTESTS
Humorous Speech Contest
Table Topics Contest

2021 OCT - ODD OCTOBER
Wed 6th
Sat 16th

2021 NOV - NOVELTY NOVEMBER
Wed 3rd
Sat 20th Wed
Diwali Hindu Festival of lights Nov 4th.
Nov 25th American Thanksgiving.
Hanukah (floating) starts in 2021 28 Dec 8 days until Dec 6. Jewish Festival of lights, celebrated by Jesus.

2021 DEC - DARLING DECEMBER
Wed  1st (Hanukah if not previous month. Festival foods.)
Sat 18th
Speech on 

JAN 2022 - JOYFUL JANUARY
Wed Jan 5th New beginning - forget the past
Sat 15 Long-term plans = for the future/Chinese New Year (CNY for short)

2022 FEB FUN FEBRUARY
Theme Love and romance - Chinese New Year
Feb 1st and 2nd are holidays - do we move this Feb 2nd meeting date?)

Wed 2nd (Valentine's Day is  upcoming, Feb 14, which is a Monday in 2022)
Sat 19th

2022 MAR - MARVELLOUS MARCH
Theme
Wed 2nd
Sat 19
March 1st is Christian Pancake day. 

2022 APR - APRIL'S AIMS
Wed 6th
Sat 16th
Muslim Ramadan 1-30 April.
Jewish Passover (Seder meal=Last supper) April
 16

2022 MAY - MODERNISING MAY
Wed 4th
Sat 21

2022 JUN - JUBILANT JUNE
Wed 1st
Sat 18th

I am working on this list. It may take all day. Come back later to read more.

Useful Websites

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Singapore Public Holidays

https://publicholidays.sg/2022-dates/

USA Public Holidays

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States 

UK Public Holidays

Australia Public Holidays

NZ Public Holidays

Canadian Public Holidays

South African Public Holidays

Indian Public Holidays

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooncake

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