On July 18, 2021, Manassas Assembly #13 held its installation of officers.  The proceedings started out with an uncrowning ceremony for the outgoing Worthy Advisor, Sami.  Then, the Manassas officers completed their installation with Eliza as the newly installed Worthy Advisor.  Her crowning ceremony will be one to remember because I think her crown is even bigger than the GWA crown in Virginia!  The theme for this term comes from the TV show Survivor to provide for a term where the members are divided into tribes where they will compete to outwit, outplay, and outlast the other tribes to end the term with a final winner.  Since Eliza has fond memories of family trips to National Parks, she made them her chosen charity for the term.  The awards portion of the installation was especially nice when the assembly gave Mom Sara W. an honorary membership since she is always there for the assembly.  At introductions, they said that there were seventeen Grand Officers present!  It looks like the jurisdiction has finally returned to normal attendance levels for member participation at installation events.  Congratulations to all the newly installed officers at Manassas Assembly.

Isabella C.

July 17, 2021, After Quantico Freedom Installation

After Quantico Freedom Assembly #6 held its installation of officers we headed downstairs for refreshments.  I was so happy that there were so many wonderful Indian food dishes from which to choose!  I think my favorite was the ice cream.  It was funny watching JoElla not be able to eat some of the food because it was “too spicy”.  I know that everything was not as spicy as it would normally be so I thought it was cute.  Akshita had a beautiful cake.  It was a great beginning to this new term.

Isabella C.

On July 17, 2021, Quantico Freedom Assembly #6 held its installation of officers.  The meeting room was beautifully decorated with lots of lights and there were even water fountains to create a serene atmosphere!  These decorations helped support the theme of “Imagine, Innovate, and Include” by taking some hints from The Last Airbender with the elements of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth.  Akshita was installed as the Worthy Advisor this term and she has two mascots, a Peacock and a Flying Sky Bison.  Akshita is very involved with Robotics and STEM, so she chose charities that fit perfectly with the educational priorities in her life to include Young Abilities and the Malala Fund.  I hear there are so many events planned for this coming term and I can’t wait to find out what they are!  Congratulations to all the newly installed officers.  I know this will be an exciting term.

Isabella C.

You would think that watching a Grand Assembly over Zoom would get to be boring, but I assure you the Saturday afternoon session was certainly entertaining.  Pennsylvania Rainbow put on a talent show for everyone to watch and I was so impressed!  One girl sang and she turned out to be better than the soloist for the main session!  The comments requested that she be next year’s soloist.  They had multiple dancers as well and I spent so many years dancing that I was pretty good at judging the talent.  There are so many talented Rainbow sisters in Pennsylvania that I will need to visit in person some day just so some of it rubs off onto me!  I must thank Pennsylvania Rainbow for allowing me to witness all the fun they have at Grand Assembly.

Isabella C.