Personal 50th Celebrations
[Golden Jubilee]

APPENDIX 5

Seating at the Festive Board

Personal 50th Celebration

 

This can be either at round tables or in a traditional table setting.

Traditional Table

The WM takes the centre chair and the APGM is seated at his right. Then, provided due courtesy is extended to holders of Grand Rank and the District Delegation, some reasonable flexibility is permissible to provide conviviality between hosts and guests.

A typical Top Table seating arrangement for a traditional setting is:

  1. Senior Grand Officer
  2. Assistant to the Provincial Grand Principals [if present]
  3. District Chairman
  4. Assistant Provincial Grand Master
  5. “Birthday Boy”
  6. Worshipful Master
  7. Immediate Past Master
  8. Lodge Chaplain
  9. District Secretary
  10. Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies [or Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies]
  11. Lodge Director of Ceremonies

Round Table

Table 1 [The principal table]

The Assistant Provincial Grand Master
“Birthday Boy”
Worshipful Master
Chaplain
Lodge Members

The rest of the Delegation to, “Head the remaining tables.”

A draft of the proposed Top Table [traditional] seating [or the round tables seating] should be submitted to the District Secretary, at least two weeks before the final date for the construction and printing of the final table plan.

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Table of Contents

1  Introduction
2  Eligibility
3  Presentation
4  OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY
4.1  The APGM
4.2  The Provincial Grand DC
4.3  The District Secretary
4.4  The Lodge Secretary
4.5  The Lodge DC
4.6  The Provincial Grand Secretary.
5  MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
5.1  The Provincial Secretariat
5.2  The Lodge Secretary
5.3  The District Secretary
6  THE PREPARATIONS
6.1  The Provincial Secretariat
6.2  The Lodge Secretary
6.3  The District Secretary
6.4  The Provincial DepGDC
7  THE CELEBRATION
7.1  The Provincial Secretariat
7.2  The Lodge DC
7.3  The Provincial DepGDC
7.4  The Lodge Secretary

APPENDICES
1   Celebration Details Form
2   Draft Business Agenda
3   Draft Toast List
4   Curriculum Vitae Form
5   Seating at the Festive Board
6   Proceedings for a 50th
7   Check List – Lodge Sec.
8   Check List – District Sec.
9   Glossary
10   Procedural Flow Chart