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Master of Ceremonies A friend of the couple’s who is a translator and speaks Russian and English, Max Lawton, acted as the “tamada,” or toastmaster, in the Georgian tradition.

He stayed on, though, as the WHCA’s leader — and set the jovial tone for its dinners as toastmaster.

FDR posed for pictures with crowds of scouts, and was toastmaster at a fried chicken dinner before returning to the city that evening.

Martin is this year’s “toastmaster”, a role he carried out by Zoom from the Jean Cocteau, his theatre in Santa Fe.

Meetings are structured according to an agenda that most clubs follow: The toastmaster acts as a master of ceremonies.