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
 
9:00 am Executive Session, Executive Chamber, House of the Temple
 
9:30 am Scottish Rite Research Society Executive Board Meeting,
Building Superintendent's Conference Room
 
1:00 pm Scottish Rite Research Society General Membership Meeting
(guests welcome), Robert Burns Room, House of the Temple
Speaker: Joan K. Sansbury, Librarian–Curator, Supreme Council, 33°
Subject: "New Directions and Community Outreach"
 
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°
 
7:00 pm Biennial Gala Banquet, Capital Hilton, 1001 16th Street, NW
admission by ticket only: black tie