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Planning of events
While we are delighted to publicise events
that help raise funds for the 2014 Festival, the Festival Executive would like
to encourage organisers to coordinate their events with the Projects Director
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Informative Talks About The
Festival
Members of the
Festival Executive have agreed to give talks to several Lodges about the
Derbyshire Festival 2014
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To find out more
Archived Material
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months old it will be not be deleted, but transferred to our Document
Archives.
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in the Archive, it will remain there until the end of the festival, and can
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Provincial
Grand Master’s speech – Annual Meeting 2009
To read the PGM's speech for this
Annual Meeting, please click the Provincial logo here
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How is the MSF supporting Freemasons and their
dependants in Derbyshire?
To find out about our friends' treatments,
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'Derbyshire Stories' |
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 R.K.
Guise-Smith (WM) of Chantrey Lodge (2355) presented W. Bro. Bill Barnard with a
cheque for £10,000 towards the 2014 Festival.
Well done!
(15/05/09) |
 V.W.
Bro John Collison, Deputy PGM
gladly accepted a £5000 cheque during Beaureper Lodge's 150th aniversary
cellebrations
(06/06/09) |
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Pioneer & Ecclesburne Lodges in perfect
harmony
 Andrew
Yiangou is an award winning sixteen year old pianist and will be in Derby for
one evening only. The recital will include classical piano pieces from well
loved composers as well as modern items from a selection of popular Musicals and
Shows. This will be a unique and fantastic evening on,
18th July 2009
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Crown Green Bowling
 High
Peak Lodge, 1952 plan to hold a FUN CROWN GREEN BOWLING DAY, at Fairfield
Conservative Club Bowling Green Buxton on,
25thJuly
2009 |
Worshipful Masters and
their Ladies have food for thought
The
Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. Graham Rudd, DL, hosted a dinner for the
Worshipful Masters of the province and their ladies on Saturday, 20th
June at the Grange, Derby.
 The
event was to promote the work of the Masonic Samaritan Fund and to engage
the support of the Masters and their partners.
(10/06/09) |
Oxfordshire invite us
to join them
 The
Province of Oxfordshire invite golfers everywhere to help them raise funds for
the MSF too!
(3/09/09) |
 At
Erewash Lodge, APGM Peter Hodcroft can be seen recieving a cheque for £5000
from Wm Chris Taylor
(2/04/09) |
 At
the last regular meeting of Engineers Lodge, 9493, a £10k cheque was
presented by the new Worshipful Master, Mick Hitchcock.
(23/03/09) |
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 Recently,
at Royal Alfred Lodge's regular meeting, the Charity Steward W Bro Pete Chapman
made a presentation of a cheque for £13,700 !!
That's
over Thirteen Grand,
Enough Said !
(17/03/09) |
 At
the meeting of Round Table Lodge of Derbyshire on Wednesday recently, a cheque
for £5000 was presented to W. Bro. Bill Barnard.
(18/03/09) |
 V.W.
Bro. John Collison Deputy PGM visited Dore recently to collect a bumper cheque
for £2000 from W. Bro. Simon Briggs at Bretwalda Lodge
(16/02/09) |
Team Terry cook up a winner!
On a bleak Sunday in February, W.Bros.
Brian & Andrea Terry hosted a lunch at their home.
 The
proceeds of the lunch and the raffle came to £800!!
(15/02/09) |
 At
St Werburga Lodge’s Burns’ Night meeting, the Charity Steward, W.Bro. Harry Fry,
presented the Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. Graham Rudd, DL, with a donation
of £4,000.
(30/01/09) |
 During
a meeting of Buxton Lodge (1688) the lodge Festival Steward, WBro Howard
Hodgkinson, proudly presented a cheque for £10,000 to WBro Peter Hodcroft SGD,
APGM
(26/01/09) |
W.Bro.
Mike Teanby, Charity Steward (centre right), presents the cheques to W.Bro. Bill
Barnard, AsstPGM (centre left), surrounded by members of the Festival Executive
and supported by officers of the Lodge.
(24/01/09) |
Following a talk
by Mick Hitchcock at St. Thomas Lodge a cheque for £4000 was presented.
(23/01/09)
And further funds
were also raised at Oakover Lodge last week following a similar talk!
(23/01/09)
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W.Bro. Stuart Mills,
PProvJGW, PM of Erewash Lodge No. 9376, spent the New Year in travelling in the
southern States .
Where he took the opportunity to promote Derbyshire Freemasonry, and the
Festival in particular.(23/01/09) |
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Harrington Lodge Engage the other APGM!
 Recently,
at the January 2009 meeting of Harrington Lodge, the Wm Malcolm Tate was
proud to present a cheque to APGM Peter Hodcroft.
(09/01/09) |
Bradelei Lodge
make a bumper donation
At
the December meeting of the Bradelei Lodge No. 9205, the brethren made a
donation of £11,000 towards the Derbyshire Festival 2014. The cheque being
to the Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. Graham Rudd, DL, by the Lodge IPM
and Festival Steward. (09/12/08)
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 At
the Installation meeting of Cantelupe Lodge on 21st November, the
newly installed Worshipful Master, presented a cheque to the Provincial
Grand Master. (21/11/08) |
Assistant Provincial Grand Master is 'all at
sea'
At the meeting of Hardwick Lodge No. 2373, the Master, W.Bro. Peter Levers presented the Assistant Provincial Grand Master, W.Bro.
Peter Hodcroft, SGD, with a donation towards the Derbyshire Festival 2014.
(12/11/08) |
Donations to the Festival
S everal Lodges are planning to make significant
donations to the Derbyshire Festival 2014 .
A
Provincial chain bearer will be in attendance to receive the donation. (Click
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 Mentor Lodge No 7064's
recent meeting, was concluded with a cheque
being presented to the Assistant Provincial Grand Master, Worshipful Brother
William Barnard by the WM, WBro John Evans. The cheque was the first donation
made by the Lodge towards their 2014 Derbyshire Festival Fund target.
(06/11/08) |
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T he new Festival Jewel will be available to all brethren
who have donated a qualifying amount of £100 to the Derbyshire Festival
2014.
(25/10/08)
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 A
charity dinner in aid of the Derbyshire Festival 2014 was held at Long
Eaton Masonic Hall on Saturday, 25th October. Seventy-eight
brethren, partners & friends enjoyed an excellent meal.
(25/10/08) |
 Derwent
Lodge makes its Mark
Its not often
that we talk of hats in a Masonic Lodge. But on Friday 3rd
October W.Bro. Tony Harvey “wore” two when he attended the Installation Meeting
of Derwent Lodge of Mark Master Masons No. 963 .
(3/10/08)
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Six Years and Counting
By
David Marriott
When you have six years to reach your target for the
2014 Festival it is all too easy to put off doing today what you can do
tomorrow. But believe me, those six years will fly by and before you
know it you could be going cap in hand to your members to make up a
shortfall.
(2/10/08)
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The Bond Boys latest mission …
Fast
cars, exotic locations, ceremony and charity. One day in the life of our
Provincial Grand Master provided all of this. The story began with the
Bond Ball, the stunning event organised by the 007 Masters back in January 2008.
They wished to donate the proceeds to
the 2014 Festival.
(1/10/08)
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The Masonic Samaritan Fund comes to Derbyshire
The Chief
Executive of the Masonic Samaritan Fund, Richard Douglas, visited Derbyshire on
30th September to tell Derbyshire brethren all about the MSF.
(30/9/08)
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