The successful progress of the Provincial Demonstration Group was maintained with a presentation of Lodge Night 1759 at Hatton Lodge No 3041 in Wellingborough on Thursday 15 October 2009.
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Development of other material continues. The Holy Royal Arch play, ‘How and Why the Royal Arch?’ has been written, had its first reading and now goes into casting and rehearsals. It is a bold demonstration that successfully deals with a complex subject. The premiere will be at the First Principals’ Chapter No 3422 in Northampton on Friday 23 April 2010.
From May 2010 ‘How and Why the Royal Arch?’ will be available for booking by Lodges or Chapters.
The Demonstration Group has adopted a play by Barry Hales and Mike Farrow of Risdene Lodge entitled ‘The Working Tools - a New Perspective’. This is a two-man demonstration featuring a real stonemason and his colleague. They enlighten us on how the tools of an operative mason were used in medieval times and link this to their symbolic meaning. They take us on a journey to explore how and why we moralise on the working tools of the three craft degrees. This will be available for booking from November 2009.
In October 2009 the Group had 11 bookings (up to June 2010) - including four out of this Province. Two of these bookings can be directly attributed to an article about the Group published in the June 2009 edition of The Square, a national Masonic magazine.
The Group aims to draw its membership from across the Province. Roles include research, writing, acting, logistics, props and costumes. There are Group meeting on Saturday 7 and Saturday 28 November 2009 in Northampton.