2016 Festival News

Masons' Got Talent

Masons Got Talent- Final.

The” Masons Got Talent” show took place on 23/03/2013 at snowy Hunstanton. The Princess Theatre provided an excellent location for this event. Despite the bad weather the event was very well attended and enjoyed by both the audience and performers.
The Town Hall was a good location to provide everyone with a nice hot supper of fish and chips and with a bar to provide much needed refreshment for those who had travelled from every corner of the Province through the snow to attend the show. We were entertained by a male vocalist thoughtout the meal.
People then made the short walk to the Theatre in readiness for the start of the show. We were blessed with a good selection of performers who had no doubt spent many hours rehearsing and polishing their performances.
After six acts had performed a short break enabled the audience to take some refreshment and chat with friends. They all assembled again in the theatre for the remainder of the show.
After all the performances the judge’s selected three acts to go through to be judged by the audience for the first, second and third place.  The final placement was decided by the “clapometer”, the audience clapped, screamed and shouted as each act was put forward and the final result was:-
First Place, Georgia and Madeli Dawson:- Guitar, Keyboard and vocals representing Philanthropic Lodge 107-.
Second Place, Katie Hewson:- Opera Singer, representing Unanimity Lodge 102-.
Third Place, Sean Goodman:- Magician, representing Angel Lodge 9040.
The R W Provincial Grand Master, RW. J.S.Rushmer, presented cheques of £1000,£500,£250 to the respective winners. Each of the Lodges represented by the final three acts will use the money towards their Festival contributions.
The raffle was drawn by the Provincial Grand Master who then concluded by thanking all the performers, the theatre owners and staff for all their hard work and allowing us use of the building and the audience for supporting this successful event.
Although there were three acts that received a final place all the acts were winners on the night, they had all provided entertainment to a very high quality and thanks must go to each and everyone for their efforts in helping raise over £3000 towards The 2016 Norfolk Festival Fund.

Further photos can be seen here

Forthcoming Events:-

Provincial Car Rally and Fun Day

On Sunday June the 16th 2013 the Provincial Car Rally and Fun Day is to take place at Anglian Windows Social Club just north of Norwich. There will be all sorts of interesting vehicles on display plus stalls selling a wide range of interesting items, child’s playground, side shows, food court and Grand Ring events. This event will follow the same format as the Provincial Fun Day held at Eaton park last year, those who went enjoyed a thoroughly good day out for all members of the family, again this time costs will be kept low with entry £10.00 a car on the day and just £8.00 for a pre paid ticket from your Lodge.

If you also wish to enter a vehicle for the show you can view and download entry forms and the information pack here or click on the graphic on the right.

Saturday 28th September will be a Murder Mystery Evening on the North Norfolk Railway.  Tickets will cost £60.00 each and include a meal and the murder or murders event. There is a limit of only 100 tickets for this event. Tickets will go on sale on 1st April 2013 and be sold on a first come first served basis.  Details on how to obtain the tickets will be released at a later date.

The Future of Freemasonry report

• The Freemasons have launched a ground-breaking new report – The Future of Freemasonry.

• It is the first ever independent study conducted by a non-Masonic body - the respected Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC) in Oxford.

• The report dispels many of the commonly held myths and sheds new light on Freemasonry.

• It suggests that contrary to much misleading commentary, Freemasonry demonstrates genuine openness and transparency, and concludes that it is arguably more relevant today than ever before.

• The report has been commissioned as part of the build-up to the United Grand Lodge of England’s tercentenary in 2017.

• The report highlights:

  • That Freemasonry acts as a ‘constant’, providing members with a unique combination of friendship, belonging and structure, with many Masons saying they have made valuable lifelong friendships.   

  • The importance that Freemasonry places on charitable giving - Freemasons are the largest charitable givers after the National Lottery, and also make major contributions to international disaster relief funds.

• Alongside the report, a quantitative survey among non-Masons was conducted – it showed that:

  • Nearly half (49%) want to know more about Freemasonry.

  • A quarter of male respondents (26%) would consider joining.

  • Of these, 68% would like to belong to a group/make new friends - 58% would like to do more in the community.  

  • Of those men who would not consider becoming a Mason, the single biggest response (given by 40%) was the misconception that “it’s not for people like me”. Freemasonry is actually open to all men regardless of race, religion, political views or social standing.

You can see the full report by clicking on the graphic above or here.

Search for a Lodge or Chapter Meeting

You can search for a Lodge or Chapter meeting by clicking on one of the links below. You can then enter a Month or a Date, or even a pair of Dates to search for a meeting.

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