2023 Convention Itinerary 

 

                                                                  PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION
                      "IMPROVED, BENEVOLENT and PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE WORLD"
                                                                           98th ANNUAL CONVENTION
                                                           DAUGHTERS OF PA STATE ASSOCIATION
                                                                                       97th Anniversary
                                                         "Thursday, June 8, 2023 – Tuesday, June 13, 2023"
       
                                                                                        RED LION HOTEL 
                                                                                         4751 Lindle Road
                                                                                       "Harrisburg, PA 17111"
                                                                                      Phone (717) 939-7841
       
START    END    ACTIVITY
       
TBA    TBA    GOLF TOURNAMENT
       
2:00 PM        BROTHERS REGISTRATION & DEGREES
       "Credentials Committee Chairman, Charles Washington"
       "Degree Team Chairman, Norman Simms"
       
3:00 PM    3:30 PM    "DAUGHTERS TRUSTEES, CREDENTIALS CMTE. & AUDITORS"
       "Daughter State President, Iris J. Jones presiding"
       
4:00 PM    4:30 PM    DAUGHTERS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
       
4:00 PM    6:00 PM    DAUGHTERS REGISTRATION
       Credentials Committee
       
4:30 PM    5:30 PM    DAUGHTERS OFFICERS MEETING
       "Daughter State President, Iris J. Jones presiding"
       
4:00 PM    6:00 PM    BROTHERS TRUSTEES & AUDITOR MEETING
       "Trustee Chairman, Cassius Gantz, Sr., presiding"
       
7:00 PM        JOINT OPENING SESSION (WHITE DRESS) POSTING OF COLORS (open to public)
       "First Vice Presidents, Jeffery L. Wright and Antoinette Barns-Gooden"
       
       HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAM
       "Director, Lee V. Henderson; Directress, Rona Canales"
       
       A SALUTE TO GOSPEL
       
       FIRE & SAFETY PRESENTATION
       "Director, Keith D. Freeman; Jacque D. Goldsborough"
       
8:30 AM        DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND EXALTED RULERS MEETING
       "D.D.G.E.R., Cassius Gantz, Sr., presiding"
       
       
       "FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2023"
       
7:30 AM    9:00 AM    CO-ED DIRECTORS & DIRECTRESSES MEETING
       "State President, Edward C. Dawson, presiding"
       
8:00 AM        BROTHERS REGISTRATION & DEGREES
       "Credentials Committee Chairman, Charles Washington"
       "Degree Team Chairman, Norman Simms"
       
8:00 AM    9:00 AM    DAUGHTERS DEGREES
       Phyllis Brown and Degree Team
       
8:00 AM        DAUGHTERS REGISTRATION
       Credentials Committee
       
9:00 AM    12:00 PM    BROTHERS BUSINESS SESSION
       "State President, Edward C. Dawson, presiding"
       
9:00 AM    10:00 AM    DAUGHTERS DEDICATION SERVICE
       "Daughter State President, Iris J. Jones presiding"
       
10:00 AM    12:00 PM    DAUGHTERS BUSINESS SESSION
       "Daughter State President, Iris J. Jones presiding"
       
1:00 PM    3:00 PM    BROTHERS PAST STATE PRESIDENTS LUNCHEON & MEETING
       "President, Lonce Scott, presiding"
       
1:00 PM    3:00 PM    DAUGHTERS PAST STATE PRESIDENTS MEETING
       "Esteemed President, Deborah Myers, presiding"
       
3:30 PM    4:30 PM    VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT PROGRAM
       "Director, Percy Hairston, presiding"
       
4:00 PM    5:00 PM    BROTHERS TRUSTEES MEETING
       "Esteemed President, Deborah Myers, presiding"
       
4:00 PM    5:00 PM    DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS
       "State President, Edward C. Dawson, presiding"
       
6:30 PM    8:30 PM    ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD BANQUET (open to public)
       "Directress, Faith D. Gantt"
       
       "SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2023"
       
8:00 AM        BROTHERS REGISTRATION & DEGREES
       "Credentials Committee Chairman, Charles Washington"
       "Degree Team Chairman, Norman Simms"
       
8:00 AM    9:00 AM    DAUGHTERS DEGREES
       Phyllis Brown and Degree Team
       
8:00 AM        DAUGHTERS REGISTRATION
       Credentials Committee
       
9:00 AM    12:00 PM    DAUGHTERS BUSINESS SESSION
       "Daughter State President, Iris J. Jones, presiding"
       
9:00 AM    12:00 PM    BROTHERS BUSINESS SESSION
       "State President, Edward C. Dawson, presiding"
       
1:00 PM    3:00 PM    BEAUTY & TALENT DEPARTMENT REHEARSAL
       "Director, Russell Spradley; Directress, Antonia Green, presiding"
       
2:00 PM    3:00 PM    SHOWCASE REHEARSAL
       Deborah Winbush and Terry Haynes
       
5:00 PM    6:00 PM    YOUTH DEPARTMENT TALENT SHOW
       "Thorton Mills, Acting Director; Gracie Rome, Acting Directress, presiding"
       
9:00 PM    1:00 AM    PENNSYLVANIA STATE BALL
       """50-50"" RAFFLE"
       
       SHOWCASE
       Deborah Winbush and Terry Haynes
       
       KINGS CONTEST
       "Director, Paul Grant"
       
       QUEENS CONTEST
       "Directress, Sharnell Pleasant"
       
       
       "SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2023"
       
8:00 AM    10:00 AM    DAUGHTERS PAST STATE PRESIDENTS PRAYER BREAKFAST
       "Esteemed President, Deborah Myers"
       
10:30 AM    12:00 PM    STATE MEMORIAL SERVICE (open to public)
       "Chaplain, Vermille C. Blake"
       
2:00 PM    3:00 PM    DAUGHTERS PAST STATE PRESIDENTS DEGREES
       "Degree Mistress, Phyllis Brown, presiding"
       
2:00 PM    3:00 PM    BROTHERS PAST STATE PRESIDENTS DEGREES
       "President, Lonce Scott, presiding"
       
3:00 PM    4:00 PM    JOINT PAST STATE PRESIDENTS COLLARING CEREMONY (open to public)
       "President, Lonce Scott, presiding"
       "Esteemed President, Deborah Myers"
       
5:00 PM    6:00 PM    ORATORICAL CONTEST (open to public)
       "Director, Lonce Scott; Directress, Hellen McCollum, presiding"
       
7:00 PM    8:00 PM    BEAUTY & TALENT DEPARTMENT CONTEST (open to public)
       "Director, Russell Spradley; Directress, Antonia Green, presiding"
       
       
       "MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2023"
       
8:00 AM        BROTHERS REGISTRATION & DEGREES
       "Credentials Committee Chairman, Charles Washington"
       "Degree Team Chairman, Norman Simms"
       
9:00 AM    12:00 PM    BROTHERS BUSINESS SESSION
       "State President, Edward C. Dawson, presiding"
       
9:00 AM    12:00 PM    DAUGHTERS BUSINESS SESSION
       "Daughter State President, Iris J. Jones, presiding"
       
2:00 PM    4:00 PM    CIVIL LIBERTIES DEPARTMENT LUNCHEON (open to public)
       "Director, Marcel L. Howard; Carmela Boykins, Directress"
       Ebony Diamond Awardees
       
5:00 PM    7:00 PM    BROTHERS and DAUGHTERS JOINT MEETING
       "State President, Edward C. Dawson, presiding"
       "Daughter State President, Iris J. Jones, presiding"
       
9:00 PM    11:00 PM    ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT PROGRAM
       "Directress, Karen Howard"
       
       
       "TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023"
       
9:00 AM    12:00 PM    BROTHERS BUSINESS SESSION
       "State President, Edward C. Dawson, presiding"
       
9:00 AM    12:00 PM    DAUGHTERS BUSINESS SESSION
       "Daughter State President, Iris J. Jones, presiding"
       
       
       HAVE A SAFE JOURNEY HOME!
       
       
       "THE ELKS ROOM RESERVATION CODE IS PAST0607. THE ROOM CUTOFF DATE IS MAY 24, 2023. AFTER THIS DATE, ALL ELKS BLOCKED ROOMS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE HOTEL INVENTORY."
       
       "PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE ELKS ROOM RATE WILL NOT BE HONORED AFTER MAY 24, 2023."
       
       CHECK-IN TIME IS 4:00 P.M. CHECK-OUT TIME IS 11:00 AM. THE PENALTY FOR EARLY CHECK-OUT IS $50.00.