Louisiana Grand York Rite Session - 2022

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 opens	1:00 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 Room	4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception – Amaryllis & Arcadia Rooms & Prefunction Area	6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday, February 25, 2022
Registration (closed for lunch)	7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Hospitality Room	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Grand Chapter Opens (closed session) - Main Hall	8:00 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 Hall	9:30 a.m. – Lunch 11:15 a.m.
Grand Chapter Current Officer Pictures - Main Hall	11:15 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 Rooms	12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Grand Council Opens (closed session) - Main Hall	1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Public Council Opening – Main Hall	1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Grand Council Business Meeting – Main Hall	2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grand Council Current Officer pictures - Main Hall	4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Order of the High Priesthood - Rose Room	4:15 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 Room	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Grand Commandery Opens (Public) - Main Hall	9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Lunch (Men/Women) – Amaryllis & Arcadia Rooms and Prefunction Area	11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Grand Commandery business meeting	12:30 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 Room	2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
KYCH - Rose Room	4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
GYR Grand Commander Reception- Prefunction Area	6:30 p.m.
GYR Banquet – The Grand Dahlia	7:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Religious Services - Main Hall	8:30 a.m.
Necrology Service - Main Hall	9:30 a.m.
Installation of GYR Officers - Main Hall	10:00 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

Grand York Rite of Louisiana