On Saturday 26th August 2017 I attended one of my Affiliate Chapters Craig Millar No. 468 along with 3 others from Glasgow . It was their installation meeting and was well attended the First Grand Principal also attended, the installation was performed by the Grand Superintendent Andrew Mc Keen and his Commissioned Office Bearers The Installation was preformed Excellently and I was installed as 1st Sojourner in the chapter and As such I am the Conductor in the Royal Arch Degree which will be conferred in May next year. After the meeting we had all the usual speeches and toasts and Raffle before the Long Drive home empty-handed
Craig Millar RAC No 468
On 10th August 2017 I attended one of My affiliate Chapters Craig Millar No. 468 in the Province of East and Mid Lothian which meet in the summer months. The meeting was well attended and they conferred the Royal Arch Degree on 3 candidates, the Degree was well performed by the members and Provincial. They also had the nominations and elections where i was nominated as the first Sojourned. Afterwards we had a great harmony and many conversations with various people and i did win a raffle. We had a good meeting and a long Drive home
Craig Millar RAC No468
On 13th July 2017 I attended 1 of My affiliate Chapters Craig Millar No 468 in Mid and East Lothian they had a number of Affiliates and 4 Candidates for the affiliation to the Mark and to receive the Excellent Masters Degree. They do things different from the Glasgow province, the 3rd Principal confers the Mark Degree and the Second Principal does the Excellent Masters Degree. The meeting was very well attended, afterwards they had a good harmony before a long drive home
Dennistoun Cryptic Council No 266
On Monday 19th June 2017 I attended Dennistoun Cryptic Council where I am a member. They had a candidate for the Select master and Super Excellent Master Degrees, I had a small part in one of the degrees. The degrees went well and we all learned something from the degree. Afterwards we had a good harmony and again I did not win any raffles.
Craig Millar RAC No 468
On Thursday 8th June 2017 I attended Craig Millar RAC No 468 in the Province of Mid & East Lothian where I am a member. we had a number of affiliates and also conferred the Affiliation to the mark and Excellent Master on 3 Candidates. The meeting was well attended by members and visitors with almost every seat taken. Afterwards there was a good harmony and with a long drive back I left just about 10 pm and home by 10:45 pm Great going for over 40 miles
St Vincent Plantation RAC No 259
On Tuesday 23rd May 2017 I attended My chapter where I am the First Principal as it was our last meeting we were supposed to have a visiting degree team but was cancelled due to complications. So it was just a business meeting and a quiet harmony and early night
Dennistoun Harmony of Unity RAC No 266
On Wednesday 10th May 2017 I attended Dennstoun Harmony of Unity Royal Arch Chapter No 266 for their regular meeting. At the meeting i was honoured with honorary membership of the chapter, no doubt they will make use of my skills when doing degrees in the future. After the meeting we had a good harmony and I got home at a reasonable time.
Working of old degrees
On Saturday 29th April 2017 I attended a PROVINCIAL hosted working of 3 old degrees the Link & Wrestle and Super Excellent Mason. These were performed by members of the commission they were relatively short degrees but nice to see and very informative as they were worked under the Early Grand Encampment Chapter of Scotland the meeting started a 1pm and finished just after 3pm so after receiving the deputations the degrees only took about 30 minutes each I did not stay after the meeting but I did enjoy it
Cathedral Lodge & Council No 67
On Friday 28th April 2017 I attended my Lodge & Council Cathedral No 67. We had another candidate and performed the Mariners Degree on the Candidate to the usual cathedral standard and I did the signs and secrets . The meeting was not well attended but the usual members were present. We had a good harmony and another early night.
Clydesdale RAC No.489
On Thursday 27th April 2017 i visited Clydesdale RAC No 489 along with MEC Alec Harley and the newest Royal Arch Companion of Maryhill RAC No. 296 The meeting was quite well attended and they performed the Royal Arch Degree they opened the Vault and i along with others went into the vault and got a lecture on the vault which was very informative. we stayed for the harmony and we all enjoyed a good chat with the members of Clydesdale but we did not win any raffles but a good night which i hope to repeat next month