Grand Officers in Bradford

Saturday, October 23, 2010 

“♪♫ ♫♪ ♫ Beautiful Music ♪♫ ♫♪ ♫”

  

On Sunday we all gather in Bradford, as Iona No.31 hosted the Entertainment of Grand Officers.  Our string of nice weather came to an end with a cool rainy day.  However, as we were mingling around the chapter room, promptly at 1pm, our ears were filled with the sounds of Caribbean!  It didn’t take us long to all focus our attention to the beautiful sounds coming from the East.  The SOCA Sisters has begun to play.  A steel drum, bass guitar and rhythm box provided all with music to help us forget about the weather outside.  During the set, we all were encouraged to join in, after all this was dance music!

After the entertainment, the meeting was opened in form followed by the presentation of the Grand Officers in the East:  Kathleen Sjolander, Worthy Grand Matron and Alec Porter, Worthy Grand Patron.   After which, introduction of the Past Grand Matron and Patrons, and Grand Officers.  WGM Kathy and WGP Alec were presented honorary memberships to Iona No.31.

The WGM and WGP had kind words for all and addressed the Make-A Wish project and the Service Dog program. 

PGP Cedric L. Smith, spoke and added that he had great experience using the OES website to  help him with todays activities and wanted to pass along his appreciation for the excellent work  being done to maintain the OES VT site.  Thank you to Sister Nancy Gross for her dedication. 

The credentials committee reported 39 members and guests present. The silver collection netted $69.00 for the Make-A-Wish project, thank you all!

Our next stop on the “On the Wings of Love” tour for The Entertainment of Grand Officers is in Brandon, hosted by Marble Chapter No. 80 and Libanus Chapter No. 47 on Saturday, November 6^th.  Registration at 10:30, Luncheon at 11:30 followed by Entertainment at approximately 12:30.  Open Meeting to Follow.  Bring a Pretty Package to Auction, to Benefit the Make-A-Wish Project! http://www.oes-vt.org/GO1162010invite.html

Also remember on the following day, November 7^th the “On the Wings of Love” tour for The Entertainment of Grand Officers is in Brookfield, hosted by Beulah Chapter No. 15 and Naomi Chapter No. 18, registration at 1:30 followed by Entertainment at 2:00.  Meeting to follow, remember to make your RSVP! http://www.oes-vt.org/11072010invite.html

Hope to see you all on the Star trail!

Brother Dan, Grand Chaplain

 “Remember, friends are like angels, you don’t have to see them to know they are there!”