Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire><br /> <h1 class=Information for Lodge Officers
May 2003
A Guide for Directors of Ceremonies

APPENDIX 5  

SALUTATIONS

Salutations can seem to cause DCs a few headaches especially in getting the right people upstanding and or seated at the right time. Experience has shown that it is easiest if all brethren are first seated and the DC then calls on those who are saluting to be upstanding.

The DC should move to a position in front of the WM's pedestal, court bow (head only) to the WM, turn to face the recipient of the salutation (or senior recipient if more than one person is to be saluted) and court bow to him. He should then say “All brethren below the rank of ……………… upstanding”. Once the brethren are upstanding he will say “Brethren we will salute W Bro (Name) (Civil Honour) (Grand or Provincial Rank) (Additional Description e.g. ‘The Chairman of the ……….. District' or ‘The Representative of the RW Provincial Grand Master') with Entered Apprentice Honours ….. times taking the time from me. To order brethren!”

The salutations are then given (taking care to keep the hand open and thumb extended throughout) after which the brethren are seated. A court bow should then be given to the recipient who will then stand (with his colleagues if appropriate) and respond. After responding they resume their seats and the DC repeats the above for the next salutation. When all are finished he court bows to the WM and resumes his seat.

Where there is more than one recipient the other brethren should normally be added as a group e.g. “….and the rest of the officers of United Grand Lodge”. An acting officer of the province is usually addressed by his office and then his name e.g. “We will salute the Assistant Provincial Grand Master (or perhaps the Provincial Senior Grand Warden) of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire W Bro…………………. with ……….etc”. This varies slightly for the RWPGM and DPGM, but they would almost certainly bring a ProvDepGDC with them to do salutations!

The order of salutations and number is as follows:

• i. RW Provincial Grand Master 7; or

• ii. The Representative of the RWPGM 3

• iii. Deputy Provincial Grand Master 5

• iv. Assistant Provincial Grand Master(s) 5

• v. Past RW Brethren 7

• vi. Past VW Brethren and Past APGMs 5

• vii. Officers of United Grand Lodge 3

•  Officers of Provincial Grand Lodge 3

A Lodge DC will seldom have too complicated a list of salutations, but if so, advice can always be sought from the ProvGDC via Provincial Office.

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