On June 29 through July 1, Virginia Rainbow had their 25th grand assembly year with Olivia as our Grand Worthy Advisor. Throughout this weekend, Olivia‘s “Sail into Rainbow” grand year was a huge success! She, as well as all her officers, did a fantastic job on their parts, we had many guest joining us, and we were able to close with a great year!
To give some information on what happened, we had Opening night on Friday, June 29 at 7 PM. During this session, we heard from dignitaries all over Virginia as well as other Masonic groups that traveled to come speak at our session. Once that was all clear, we had our opening of the Grand Assembly and introductions of our guests that have traveled to help support our grand year. The session went from labor to recess and we continued on June 30, 2018.
The next morning, we had our initiation of Caroline who will be joining Norfolk Assembly. Caroline and all the officers did a fantastic job on the initiation and we are so happy to add another beautiful girl to our rainbow family. We also had the Rose Lecture given by Sara, the Dad’s talk given by Dalanie, and the Lambskin Apron lecture given by Dad Costis presented to Caroline as well. They all did a fantastic job!
That afternoon, we had our final session for Olivia‘s grand year. Before our closing, Katie and Sami presented the baby talk and did a fantastic job with that. When the officers finished with the closing, we had the saddest part, the Book of Memories. Each officer signed this book.
Olivia did so well, her grand year was success and she made everyone proud. That evening, we had our grand banquet. The food that was prepared was amazing. We were able to mingle with everyone and play games as we sat during the dinner. We were also present to do with scholarships from Mom Nancy Martin for girls who were getting ready to attend college. We also have a silent auction and the raffle prizes given out to those who won them. We learned about competition winners by Mom Megan Murray. We also found out our Assembly of the year, Manassas Assembly. We congratulated them on their great achievement and we are so proud of them! Lastly, we have the announcement of the new Grand officers for this upcoming year by Mom Linda Jenkins. Many girls and adults got amazing new positions and everyone deserves them greatly! We finished off this eventful night with a dance.
On Sunday, July 1, we had our installation of the new grand officers with Kensley going in as the new Grand Worthy Advisor. Her theme for this year is “Uniquely beautiful, Uniquely you”. Her charities are the Amaranth Diabetes Foundation and Virginia Grand Assembly. It was a beautiful installation and we cannot wait to see what her term will hold.
In Rainbow Love and Service,
Kaitlyn
WA of Norfolk #15
