[clapping] Woo! [clapping] [whistling] [clapping] [laughs]

Members of the house, it is my pleasure as President of the 177- 177th session of the Literary and Scientific Society to welcome you all here to this fine establishment, the Ulster Forum Club, for what is the premier event in the Literific calendar, The Conversazione.

And what a year it has been.

This society has been going from strength to strength.

We've set record attendances in our weekly debates, our Lit Talk series, our annual Christmas dinner, our ATM, and also the Conversazione, which you join me for tonight.

And by the way, please make sure to hang around after this address to make memories in this building.

Join us for our iconic photo on the stairway, because that is what it means to truly be a Literifican.

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