2024 Meetings

Schedule of Events

10:00AM – 12:30 PM	Candidate & Member Registration
11:00AM (Des Moines Only)	Pork Chop Lunch Buffet - $25 payable at Consistory.
12:45 PM	Candidate Orientation in Meeting Room
1:15 PM	Candidates Assemble in Preparation for Degrees Members Enter Meeting Room
1:30 PM	Officers Piped In for Opening of Provincial Grand Lodge
1:45 PM – 4:30 PM	Conferral of Degrees
6:00 PM	Social Hour (Cash Bar) for Members & Guests
7:15 PM	Banquet Doors Open
7:20 PM	Officers & Distinguished Guests Piped In for Banquet
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM	Banquet

All members must show a valid membership card to be admitted to the meetings.  Dress for the meeting/banquet (candidates and members) is a dark business suit.  A black tuxedo or Scottish attire is acceptable, but not required.  Dress for the ladies attending the banquet is at their option.  Reimbursement of a canceled reservation may be granted if the office is notified no later than two (2) weeks prior to the meeting. 

Print a Mailable Reservation Form for a Provincial Grand Lodge Meeting

Members may make banquet reservations and pay online in Member Services. Members and Candidates may also call the office to make banquet reservations and pay by credit card.  There is a $3 credit card fee per reservation.

2024 Annual Meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Royal Order of Scotland

Freemasons’ Hall, 96 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

Friday, July 5, 2024 at 1:00 pm

Following the meeting, there will be a dinner (4:30 P.M.) at The Sheraton Grand Hotel – 1 Festival Square (shuttles provided from Freemasons’ Hall to the Sheraton), to which the ladies are invited. We suggest that you contact the Grand Secretary’s office, well in advance of the meeting, to make dinner reservations and to determine the required credentials that will be needed for attendance. Sir Alan Dickson, Grand Secretary, 23 St. John Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8DG, Scotland, (Tel: 011-44-0131-556-1222). Dress for the meeting is a black suit, white shirt, black tie, and no gloves.