1999 Biennial Session Program Preview
The Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, USA
Sunday,
October 3
- 4:00 pm Albert Pike Memorial Service, St. John's
Church,
Lafayette Square, conducted by Dr. W. Kenneth Lyons, Jr., 33°
Assistant Grand Chaplain
Speaker: Bishop Carl J. Sanders, 33°, Grand Cross, Grand
Chaplain
Sermon title: "A Man Sent From God"
Reception following at the House of the Temple,
1733 16th Street, NW, Washington, D.C., transportation available
Monday, October 4
- 8:00 am Registration, Atrium, House of the Temple:
dark suit and cap
- 9:00 am Opening Session and Roll Call of the Supreme
Council, 33°, Temple Room,
House of the Temple
Welcome by M.W. Dan L Frederick, 32°, K.C.C.H.
Grand Master of Masons for the District of Columbia
Introduction of Grand Masters and Other Distinguished Guests
by Ill. John E. Moyers, 33°, Grand Master of Ceremonies
and S.G.I.G. in Kentucky
Welcome by Ill. Robert L. Goldsmith, 33°, Grand Orator and
S.G.I.G. in Florida
Report by Ill. William G. Sizemore, 33°, Grand Cross, Grand
Executive Director
Committee Reports
Presentation of Allocution by C. Fred Kleinknecht, 33°, Sovereign
Grand Commander
- 11:30 am Executive Session, Executive Chamber, House
of the Temple,
Election of Knights Commander of the Court of Honour
and 33° Inspectors General Honorary
- 12:00 pm Luncheon in the George Washington Memorial
Banquet Hall,
House of the Temple
- 12:30 pm Tours, FDR and Korean War Memorials, transportation
provided
- 1:30 pm General Session, Temple Room, Roll Call
of Supreme Councils
and Masonic Grand Bodies with Whom the Supreme Council Exchanges
Representatives
Tribute to the Illustrious Dead by Ill. William M. Hutcheson,
33°,
First Grand Equerry, Chairman of Committee on Obituaries,
and S.G.I.G. in Georgia
Committee Reports Continue
- 8:30 pm Entertainment, a Medley of Her Most Famous
Hits by Songstress
Patti Page, Lisner Auditorium, The George Washington
University, at 730 21st Street, NW, transportation provided,
tickets required: black tie preferred.
Tuesday, October 5
- 8:30 am Tours, Mt. Vernon or Points of Interest
Including the Vietnam
War Memorial in Washington, D.C., transportation provided
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- 9:00 am Executive Session, Executive Chamber, House
of the Temple
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- 9:30 am Scottish Rite Research Society Executive
Board Meeting,
Building Superintendent's Conference Room
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- 1:00 pm Scottish Rite Research Society General Membership
Meeting
(guests welcome), Robert Burns Room, House of the Temple
Speaker: Joan K. Sansbury, LibrarianCurator, Supreme Council,
33°
Subject: "New Directions and Community Outreach"
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- 3:30 pm Conferral Ceremony for the Thirty-third
Degree Elects, Scottish
Rite Temple of Washington, D.C., transportation available from
Capital Hilton Hotel: Elects, black tie; Observers, dark
suit and cap
Closing of the Supreme Council, 33°
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- 7:00 pm Biennial Gala Banquet, Capital Hilton, 1001
16th Street, NW
admission by ticket only: black tie
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