2003 Biennial Session Program
The Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A.

  
 

~ GENERAL INFORMATION ~

(Please see full schedule below.)

HOTEL RESERVATIONS. Out-of-town Brethren of the Southern Jurisdiction who expect to attend the Session should make their own reservations directly with the Capital Hilton or the hotel of their choice. The Grand Executive Director's staff will make hotel reservations for invited Officers of other Supreme Councils and National Grand Lodges in Amity, and Allied Masonic Organizations.

REGISTRATION. The Supreme Council will, upon receipt of their Guest Registration forms, pre-register Actives, Deputies, invited Officers from Supreme Councils and National Grand Lodges in Amity and from Allied Masonic Organizations. There will be opportunity for pre-registration on Sunday, October 5, in the Continental Room at the Capital Hilton Hotel from 9:00 a.m. until noon, at which time Entertainment and Banquet tickets will be available. Otherwise, tickets will be issued to pre-registrants and other members during Registration at the House of the Temple, which begins at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, October 6, and continues through Tuesday noon. With the exception of invited Officers from other Supreme Councils, National Grand Lodges, and Allied Masonic Organizations, volunteer workers at the Session (including the 33° Conferral Team members), and Special Guests of the Grand Commander, every member attending the Biennial Session will be charged a $100 registration fee, regardless of the number of activities he participates in on Sunday, Monday, and/or Tuesday during the Session. The fee covers the member's wife or guest.

LADIES AND GUESTS. Ladies of registered Biennial Session Attendees and Special Guests of the Supreme Council are invited to participate in the following events: Sunday's Vesper Service at St. John's Church (4:00 p.m.) and the reception that follows it at the House of the Temple (5:30 p.m.); Monday's luncheon (12:00 p.m.) following the opening of the Biennial Session, that day's sight-seeing tours (1:30 p.m.), and that evening's entertainment at the historic Warner Theatre (8:30 p.m.); Tuesday's sight-seeing tours (8:30 a.m.), Research Society Meeting (10:00 a.m.), and Gala Banquet (7:00 p.m.).

Sunday, October 5  

4:00 pm


 

Vesper Service, St. John's Church, Lafayette Square. Officiant: Dr. W. Kenneth Lyons, Jr., 33°, G.C., Grand Chaplain. Dedication of the Albert Pike Museum.

Transportation provided from church to House of the Temple following service.

5:30 pm

 

Reception - George Washington Memorial Banquet Hall, House of the Temple, 1733 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

Transportation provided back to the Capital Hilton Hotel following reception.
Monday, October 6  

8:00 am

 

Registration - Atrium, House of the Temple.
Dark suit and cap.

Transportation available from the Capital Hilton Hotel to the House of the Temple and for return trip in the afternoon.

9:00 am
















 

Opening Session of the Supreme Council - Temple Room, House of the Temple

  • Roll Call
  • Greetings by Ill. Leonard Proden, 33°, Senior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge of the District
    of Columbia
  • Introduction of Distinguished Guests by Ill. William B. Brunk, 33°, Grand Master of Ceremonies and S.G.I.G. in North Carolina
  • Grand Oration by Ill. Robert L. Goldsmith, 33°, Grand Orator and S.G.I.G. in Florida
  • Report of Grand Executive Director by William G. Sizemore, 33°, G.C.
  • Committee Reports
  • Presentation of Allocution by Sovereign Grand Commander C. Fred Kleinknecht, 33°
11:30 am






Executive Session - Executive Chamber

Election of Knights Commander of the Court of Honour and Thirty-third Degree Inspectors General Honorary

(Announcement of Designates elected following Executive Session.)
12:00 noon Luncheon in the Banquet Hall, House of the Temple

1:30 pm














Tours to the FDR and Korean War Memorials

Bus transportation available from the Capital Hilton Hotel, loading at 1:15 p.m. and from the House of the Temple at 1:30 p.m., to arrive back at the hotel by 4:30 p.m.

General Session - Temple Room

  • Roll Call of Supreme Councils and Masonic Grand Bodies with Whom We Exchange Representatives
  • Tribute to the Illustrious Dead by Ill. Jack E. Nixson, 33°, Grand Almoner, S.G.I.G. in Wyoming, and Chairman of Committee on Obituaries
  • Committee Report

 

7:45 pm

 

 Buses will commence shuttle from the Capital Hilton Hotel to the Warner Theatre, 13th St. NW (between E & F Sts.), Washington, D.C.
8:30 pm




Entertainment - The Commodores, the United States Navy's Premier Jazz Ensemble.

Black tie preferred. Return transportation provided to the Capital Hilton Hotel followingthe evening's program.
Tuesday, October 7  

8:30 am

 

Choice of Tours:
(a) Mt. Vernon - Home of George Washington
(b) Bus Sight-seeing Tour of the city with occasional brief stops at points of interest, including the Vietnam War Memorial.

Bus transportation from the Capital Hilton Hotel and back, arriving at about noon.
9:00 am

Executive Session - Executive Chamber
10:00 am







Scottish Rite Research Society General Membership Meeting - George Washington Memorial Banquet Hall

  • Mackey Awards: Masonic Scholarship, Lifetime Achievement.
  • Guest Speaker: Wendy Waszut-Barrett, "Theatrical Interpretations of the Indispensable Degrees"

2:00 pm

 

 Buses for the Thirty-third Degree Elects will leave the Capital Hilton Hotel for the Washington, D.C., Scottish Rite Temple2800 16th Street, NW.

3:30 pm

 

 

 

Conferral of the Thirty-third Degree at the
Washington, D.C., Scottish Rite Temple Observers: Thirty-third Degree identification card required for admittance, dark suit & cap; Elects: Conferral Degree receipt required foradmittance, black tie.

Prior to the Conferral Ceremony (between announcement of 33° elections and noon on Tuesday), Thirty-third Degree Elects being conferred must pay fee in the Accounting Dept. and then sign the Book of Gold in the Library at the House of the Temple, 1733 16th Street, NW., Washington, D.C.

Return transportation will be provided to hotel after the Conferral.

7:00 pm



 Biennial Gala Banquet honoring our Special Guests, Grand Masters, Actives, Deputies, and Officers of the Supreme Council, Grand Crosses, Thirty-third Degree Members and their Ladies - Presidential Ballroom, the Capital Hilton Hotel. Black tie. Admission by ticket only.