Lodge Officer Duties- Masters of Cermony.

[Brother_Steve]

Wiki cut and paste. These officers are in use in the GL of NJ.

The offices of 'Senior and Junior Masters of Ceremony' appear in some jurisdictions. Their primary duty is to prepare candidates prior to each of the three degrees. They also help conduct the candidates during the degree conferral. In some jurisdictions, the Masters of Ceremony are responsible for answering alarms at the preparing room, examination room or outer doors.

Specific to NJ.

During a normal meeting, the Sr and Jr. MoC do nothing.

During a degree, they have floor work. The Sr does all the talking.

The Sr MoC responds to the WM when asked how should a candidate be prepared.
The Sr. MoC checks to see if there are any candidates in waiting or for examination.

The Sr MoC delivers the interrogatories and makes sure the candidates are properly prepared.

They form part of the column that circumambulates during a degree.

The Jr MoC only has two words to speak during the degree and it is when the candidates salute out to return to the prep room to be invested in that which he has been divested.

 

[Pscyclepath]

In Arkansas, the lodge has two "Masters of Ceremonies" instead of the two Stewards. Point of order, "Ceremonies" is always plural ;-)

 

[Brother_Steve]

hah, true.

Ceremonies.

Thank you.

Our progression line is as follows.

Junior Steward, Senior Steward, Junior MoC, Senior MoC, Junior Decon, Senior Decon, JW, SW and then the big chair.

Fortunately our lodge has members wanting to be in the line so the only way to get to the east faster than your 9th year in the line is if someone drops out in front of you or the incoming master really shakes things up. However, the incoming master usually respects those under him that were in line with him so this rarely happens.

I guess it would only happen if the East was a contested chair in which case the lodge is in trouble anyhow.

heh, sorry for the rambling.

 

[Pscyclepath]

In Arkansas, the masters of ceremonies don't really have any duties except to prepare the candidate as instructed by the Master for each degree, introduce him at the prep room door, and escort him through the first section of the degree. The Senior Deacon handles all the speaking parts except when the MCs introduce the candidate to the SD at the lodge door. At the end of the 1st section, the MCs escort the candidate back to the prep room to get ready for the second section. They turn him over to the SD upon bringing him back into the lodge, and take their seats, their degree work done. They do have a great deal to do in the floor work, which is probably the most rigid part of their duties ;-)

The Masters of Ceremonies ostensibly fall under the supervision of the Junior Warden, for whom they may often perform the extra duties prescribed for the Stewards (whose place they take under the Work in Arkansas). During my year in the South, the MCs weren't all that diligent in attendance ecept for degrees, so I didn't have a whole lot of luck in getting that kind of service from them, but still had a good lesson learned in how to select them and hopefully how to use them during my term in the hot seat in the East...

 

[MBC]

In UGLE, we have "Director of Ceremonies" and his "Assistant Director of Ceremonies". In the Provincial/Dictrict/ Grand Lodge Level, we also have "(Provincial/District) Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies"
The DC and ADC in private lodges are normally PMs and very rarely a MM.
The DC will lead the Deacons then the Deacons will take the Candidates around the floor in every degrees. Also the DC will do the announcements and assist the WM in the Festive Board.
The ADC will do the minor floorworks that assist the DC.

 

[Ripcord22A]

In Arkansas, the masters of ceremonies don't really have any duties except to prepare the candidate as instructed by the Master for each degree, introduce him at the prep room door, and escort him through the first section of the degree. The Senior Deacon handles all the speaking parts except when the MCs introduce the candidate to the SD at the lodge door. At the end of the 1st section, the MCs escort the candidate back to the prep room to get ready for the second section. They turn him over to the SD upon bringing him back into the lodge, and take their seats, their degree work done. They do have a great deal to do in the floor work, which is probably the most rigid part of their duties ;-)

The Masters of Ceremonies ostensibly fall under the supervision of the Junior Warden, for whom they may often perform the extra duties prescribed for the Stewards (whose place they take under the Work in Arkansas). During my year in the South, the MCs weren't all that diligent in attendance ecept for degrees, so I didn't have a whole lot of luck in getting that kind of service from them, but still had a good lesson learned in how to select them and hopefully how to use them during my term in the hot seat in the East...

In OR this is all done by the stewards except once the introduction is made and the WM allow entry the S.decon does all conducting and talking for all sections in all degrees. In NM the stewards do the conducting with the decon following and talking

 

[Canadian Paul]

In both Jurisdictions in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, there is an office called the "Director of Ceremonies'. He is in charge of all floor work in the Lodge and carries a baton as the symbol of his office. He will escort the Master to his chair in those lodges where the officers process into the Lodge, escort any brother called to the floor of the lodge by the Master, and open and close and otherwise adjust the GML as required. The conducting of Candidates during a degree is the responsibility of the Deacons, specifically the Junior Deacon in the 1st degree and the Senior Deacon in the 2nd and 3rd.

 

[MBC]

In both Jurisdictions in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, there is an office called the "Director of Ceremonies'. He is in charge of all floor work in the Lodge and carries a baton as the symbol of his office. He will escort the Master to his chair in those lodges where the officers process into the Lodge, escort any brother called to the floor of the lodge by the Master, and open and close and otherwise adjust the GML as required. The conducting of Candidates during a degree is the responsibility of the Deacons, specifically the Junior Deacon in the 1st degree and the Senior Deacon in the 2nd and 3rd.

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