Louisiana Grand York Rite Session - 2022

  • Feb 24, 2022 1:30 PM - Feb 27, 2022 12:01 PM
  • Hilton Garden Inn / Homewood Suites

    2015 Old Minden Road
    Bossier City, Louisiana 71111
Ticket Price $27.00-$50.00 This event is now over
Description

The 2022 Louisiana Grand York Rite Session kicks off on Thursday, February 24, 2022 with a jam packed schedule full of Masonic education, business, and fellowship. See our full schedule, below. 

Ladies’ dress for the banquet is formal (preferred) or semi-formal and for all other occasions business casual.  Members should wear their uniforms or coat and tie as the event requires. 

Purchase your tickets for all of the meals online using our secure payment portal.  For those guests who pre-register, we will have a special check-in desk at the Session where you can zip right through and pick up your tickets and credentials without having to stand in the registration line. 

IF YOU ARE A CURRENT GRAND HIGH PRIEST, GRAND ILLUSTRIOUS MASTER, OR GRAND COMMANDER OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, please contact Cash Melville directly at cashmelville@gmail.com to register.
 

PLEASE contact the Hilton Garden Inn / Homewood Suites directly at (318) 562-2407 to register your room accommodations. Be sure to use the promo code "GYR."

This year, all members, ladies, and their guests are invited to a Thursday Evening Reception ($27 per person) with potato skins, spicy Italian meatballs, Florentine stuffed mushrooms, and fried catfish strips with Cajun tartar sauce.   On Friday, our Ladies will enjoy their own Executive Lunch ($31 per person) complete with with soup, salad bar, baked potato bar with toppings and desert while the men enjoy the Men’s Mexican Fiesta Lunch ($36 per person) of tortilla soup or green salad, chicken and beef fajitas, cheese enchiladas, and desert as they take a break from the business sessions.  Open to men and ladies, our Saturday Lunch ($37 per person) will feature traditional Louisiana fare of Cajun fried chicken, coleslaw, catfish filets, mac and cheese, green beans, and desert.  Finally, at our Grand Banquet on Saturday evening ($50 per person) members and guests will enjoy their choice of Cornbread Sage Roasted Pork Loin, Blackened Chicken, or Grilled Salmon.

Please see our full Schedule of Events:

 

Schedule of Events - 2022 Grand York Rite Session

Hilton Garden Inn – Bossier City, LA

Thursday, February 24, 2022                                                                                   
  
Registration opens1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Finance Committee meeting - Rose Room 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Order of the Silver Trowel - Rose Room4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception – Amaryllis & Arcadia Rooms & Prefunction Area6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
  
Friday, February 25, 2022  
Registration (closed for lunch)7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Hospitality Room8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Grand Chapter Opens (closed session) - Main Hall8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.   
Grand Chapter Public Opening and reception of dignitaries - Main Hall     8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Grand Chapter Business Meeting – Main Hall9:30 a.m. – Lunch 11:15 a.m.
Grand Chapter Current Officer Pictures - Main Hall11:15 a.m. -11:30 a.m.
Men’s Lunch – Amaryllis and Acadia Room and Prefunction area                                           12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
Ladies Lunch – Rose and Magnolia Rooms12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.                            
Grand Council Opens (closed session) - Main Hall1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Public Council Opening – Main Hall1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Grand Council Business Meeting – Main Hall2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grand Council Current Officer pictures - Main Hall4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Order of the High Priesthood - Rose Room4:15 p.m. – 5: 15 p.m.
Knights Preceptor- Rose Room 5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. 
Grand Officers' Dinners - ALL OTHERS dinner on your own 6:30 p.m.
  
Saturday, February 26, 2022  
Registration (closed for lunch)7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Hospitality Room8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Grand Commandery Opens (Public) - Main Hall9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Lunch (Men/Women) – Amaryllis & Arcadia Rooms and Prefunction Area11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Grand Commandery business meeting12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Grand Commandery Current Officer Pictures – Main Hall 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Knight Crusader of the Cross - Rose Room2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
KYCH - Rose Room4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
GYR Grand Commander Reception- Prefunction Area                                     6:30 p.m.
GYR Banquet – The Grand Dahlia7:00 p.m. 
  
Sunday, February 27, 2022 
Religious Services - Main Hall8:30 a.m. 
Necrology Service - Main Hall 9:30 a.m.
Installation of GYR Officers - Main Hall10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  
*Hospitality Room closes during ticketed meals
  
Members and Guest may attend both Luncheons (No restrictions on dress) 
  
Family Night dinner - Casual dress
  
Grand Banquet - KT uniform without sword/chapeau or dark suit/tuxedo
  
Main Hall – Begonia and Camellia Rooms
  
The Grand Dahlia – Acacia, Amaryllis, Begonia and Camellia Rooms
Date & Time

Feb 24, 2022 1:30 PM - Feb 27, 2022 12:01 PM

Venue Details

Hilton Garden Inn / Homewood Suites

2015 Old Minden Road
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111 Hilton Garden Inn / Homewood Suites
Grand York Rite of Louisiana
The Grand York Rite of Louisiana consists of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters, and the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar.