Grand Assembly of Massachusetts, I.O.R.G.
2015-2016
GRAND OFFICER APPLICATION
Please type or print information. ______________________________________________ Assembly No. ________
First Name __________________________________________________________Phone_____________________
(no nicknames)
Initial
LastName
Mailing Address _________________________________City/Town ________________________ Zip _________
Age ______ Date of Birth _________________ Print legibly E-mail Address _______________________________
If you turn 20 during the Grand Office Year June 2015- June 2016, you need to include as part of this application a letter to
Grand Assembly desiring your wish to remain an active member until the age of 21. State how you will remain an active member
in your assembly.
* Grand Officer POLO SHIRT: Circle size needed _____($18.00 Small, Med., Lg.) ($21 for 1X, 2X, 3X) Check payable to: Grand Assembly of
MA, IORG.
*Staple check to this application. (If you have the Navy Blue Grand Officer Polo shirt you are not required to purchase another.)
Year of College/High School/ Employment – September 2015 (specify year) _____________Circle: HS or College
**Interested in trying out for Grand Musician?
Yes ________
No ________
**Interested in trying out for Grand Soloist?
Yes ________
No ________
**Interested in trying out for Grand Choir Director? Yes ________
No ________
**Girls trying out for any of these offices will also participate in the regular try-out.
Please check all offices held:
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) Worthy Advisor
) Worthy Associate Advisor
) Charity
) Hope
) Faith
) Recorder
) Treasurer
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) Chaplain
) Drill Leader
) Love
) Religion
) Nature
) Immortality
) Fidelity
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) Patriotism
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) Confidential Observer
) Outer Observer
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) Choir Director
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) American Flag
) State Flag
) Christian Flag
) Rainbow Flag
) Assembly Banner
) Installing Officer
) Installing Soloist
Grand Officer/Grand Representative: Year/s _________________Office/s & State/s _________________________
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Mother Advisor’s Signature________________________
Assembly Seal
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Please complete and return the form above before MARCH 1, 2015.
Keep the Notes below for your reference. Ritual to be recited from memory will be indicated when
you submit your reservation with luncheon check.
The Grand Executive Committee is pleased that you are interested in being a Grand Officer for 2015-2016. Those
who apply are expected to have a genuine interest in Rainbow, to support their own Assembly, to set a good
example for the members of all Assemblies, to memorize their ritual, and to be a credit to Rainbow and
Grand Assembly. Grand Officers will abide by the Rainbow dress code and wear the Grand Officer uniform to all
State-wide events; The Navy Blue polo top and khaki colored skirt no shorter than one inch above the knee. When
positions are filled, additional girls who try out will be appointed as Pages, Historian, and Grand Assembly RACOM Reporter.
(Girls on this Team will substitute at Grand Officers’ Nights and Grand Assembly, participate in Grand Cross of Color functions,
if eligible, and assist in other ways as well.) We look forward to welcoming you at Try-outs to be held at the Stoughton
Masonic Hall on Saturday, April 18thth, 2015.
Every P.W.A. may apply to be a grand officer for one, two or three years and try-out for G.W.A. after being a grand officer for
one year. A G.W.A. candidate is the only office that may be held during a fourth year as a Grand Officer. All other Grand
Officer positions are for first, second and third year candidates only. The eligible candidate as a grand officer must be under 21
years of age when installed at Grand Assembly.
Past Worthy Advisors, and Worthy Advisors serving from January – May/June 2015, may apply to Mom Torrey and the Grand
Executive Board for consideration as Grand Officers provided they do not reach their 21 st birthday on or before June 27, 2015.
Projects are held each year prior to the February Grand Officers’ Night to benefit the Benevolence, Rainbow Campership, and Scholarship
Funds. If one girl is representing her Assembly as Grand Officer/Special Grand Assembly Team Member/Grand Representative, she is expected
to turn in a minimum of $150.00; if two girls, a total of $250.00; if more than two girls are representing the Assembly, a total of $300.00. The
girls may have individual projects or work together, but in any case, they should have the full support of their Assembly.
Mother Advisors, Advisory Boards, and Grand Adults will have the opportunity to provide input for all girls trying out for office.
Completed application forms are to be mailed to Mom Torrey, by the applicant, by MARCH 1st, 2015. (Girls who are Past Worthy Advisors
should also send with the application a copy of their report, “What Rainbow Means to Me”. Girls who are Worthy Advisors should send a list of
their plans for their term and a summary of what Rainbow means to them.)
PLEASE MAIL TO: MISS SUSAN A. TORREY, P.O. BOX 8275, LOWELL, MA 01853-8275
APPLICATIONS POSTMARKED AFTER MARCH 1st, 2015 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
If you have questions, you may E-mail Mom Torrey at: [email protected]
Include: application, photo release form, Polo shirt size and check (if you do not have the Navy Blue Grand Officer shirt/Uniform
top) and letter to remain active to age 21 if applicable.