Sixth Annual Tucker-Cochran Texas Scottish Rite Legacy

Sixth Annual
Tucker-Cochran Texas Scottish Rite Legacy Convocation Itinerary
April 10 and 11, 2015
Fort Worth Masonic Temple
Registration Schedule
Pre-Registration is through March 20, 2015 on line at http://texasscottishrite.org/.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS $145.00. AFTER MARCH 20, 2015 REGISTRATION IS $160.00.
Registration check-in and On Site Registration for the Convocation will be at the Fort Worth
Masonic Temple on Friday, April 10, 2015, 12 Noon to 5:00 pm, and on Saturday, April 11, 2015,
7:00 am to 9:00 am. Registration fee includes all scheduled lunches, dinners and activities.
Dress Code
The Dress Code for the convocation is coat and tie and regalia for all events except Saturday
night dinner and Texas Country Music Revue which will be Texas Casual.
Hotel
Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel and Spa
1701 Commerce Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Hotel reservation: 888-627-8556 (Ask for Scottish Rite Rate)
ROOM RENTAL IS $129 PER NIGHT (PLUS TAX AND OCCUPANCY CHARGES); HOTEL
RESERVATION MUST BE CONFIRMED PRIOR TO MARCH 20, 2015.
Van Service between Hotel and Masonic Temple will be provided.
Legacy Convocation Schedule
Friday, April 10, 2015
5:30
Welcome Reception – Masonic Temple – Temple Porch
7:00
Welcome Banquet – Masonic Temple - Grand Ballroom
Emcee for Evening – Ill Jack Harper, 33° IGH.
Banquet Speaker – Ill Bill Sizemore, 33° IGH Grand Executive
Director, THE SUPREME COUNCIL, 33º
Ill M. Douglas Adkins, 33°, SGIG, Texas
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Scottish Rite Mason Event Track
Masonic Temple - Commandery Room
9:00
Opening - Galveston Consistory
Call to Order and Welcome by Ill Brack Jones, 33° IGH, Personal
Representative, Valley of Galveston
Emcee for Day – Ill Herbert B. (Buck) Howard, 33° IGH,
Personal Representative, Valley of Dallas
9:15
Major General James Williams, USMC, Ret’d, 32°, Valley of
Dallas
10:00
Most Worshipful Michael L. Wiggins, Grand Master, Grand Lodge
of Texas
10:45
Break
11:00
Most Worshipful William Mollere, Grand Master, Grand Lodge of
Louisiana
12:00 noon
Buffet Luncheon – Masonic Temple – Grand Ballroom
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
1:15 pm
Knights of Saint Andrew – South Lodge Room – Third Floor
KOSA members only
1:15 pm
Leadership – Commandery Room – Fourth Floor
Ill Reese L. Harrison, Jr. 33°, GC, PGM, Texas
Ill Claude O. Ervin, 33° IGH, Personal Representative - Rite
Care
1:15 pm
Membership Development – North Lodge Room – Third Floor
1:15 pm
Arm in Arm – Red Lodge Room – Third Floor
Ill Dr. James Walker Todd, 33° IGH, Personal Representative –
Arm-in-Arm; Hon. Greg Wright, 32° KCCH, Valley of San Antonio;
Hon. Izzy Segovia, 32°, Valley of El Paso
1:15 pm
Texas Scottish Rite History Traditions and Legacies –
Temple Library – Floor 2M
Hon. Marshall J. Doke, Jr., 32° KCCH, Valley of Dallas, Chairman
Texas Scottish Rite History Committee
Panel Discussion
3:30 pm
Panel Discussion - Commandery Room – Fourth Floor
M. Douglas Akins SGIG, Texas; M.W. Michael Wiggins, Grand Master,
Grand Lodge of Texas; M:W: William Mollere, SGIG, Grand Master of
Masons, Louisiana; Major General James Williams, USMC, Ret’d, 32°,
Valley of Dallas; and Ill Bill Sizemore, 33° IGH Grand Executive Director,
THE SUPREME COUNCIL, 33º
Moderator – Ill Herbert B. (Buck) Howard, 33° IGH, Personal
Representative, Valley of Dallas
Saturday Night Event
6:00 pm
Hospitality Reception – Masonic Temple – Grand Ballroom
7:00 pm
Catered Mexican Dinner – Masonic Temple – Grand Ballroom
Los Vaqueros Restaurants
8:00 pm
Western Music Revue, Legends of West Actors, the Duke – Masonic
Temple – Grand Ballroom
Sunday Optional Event
9:00 am
Devotional Service – Sheraton Hotel
Ladies Saturday
9:00 am
Convocation Opening
9:15 am
Major General James Williams, USMC, Ret’d, 32°, Valley of Dallas
10:30 am
Amon Carter Museum of American Art - Guided Group Tour
The Amon Carter is committed to acquiring the finest examples of American art,
preserving them for future generations, and exhibiting them for the enjoyment
of its broad audience. The museum is equally dedicated to researching the works
in its collection and providing interpretive materials and programs to serve an
educational role devoted to the study of American art.
12:30 pm
Luncheon - The Gardens Restaurant, Fort Worth Botanical Gardens
The Gardens Restaurant & Catering has been in business for over eighteen years
and takes pride in creating artistic presentations that are designed specifically for
your event. We are located in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, a beautiful
location of 110 scenic acres, including the Rose Garden, the Japanese Gardens,
the Botanic Garden Center and the Conservatory.
The Gardens offer enchanting color in the spring, summer, winter and fall.
2:00 pm
Texas Civil War Museum
The Texas Civil War Museum opened in January of 2006. With over 15,000
square feet of exhibits, it is the largest Civil War museum west of the Mississippi
River. The museum gallery is shared with exhibits on loan from the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the Texas Division. The museum consists of three
separate galleries that display a civil war collection, Victorian dress collection and
United Daughters of the Confederacy Texas Confederate collection.
3:30 pm
Return to Sheraton and Temple
The Ladies transportation will be by executive chartered bus. All expenses of the Ladies Tour
are included in the Convocation Registration Fee.