The ADC was heard to say, “ Yes, Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master,” then again, “ Yes, Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master,” and then after a considerable pause, “ Certainly, Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master. Remember those who gave us these banners when you honour those of our own Grand Lodge who carry them forward.

You can make leadership a theme, especially if the Lodge is doing very well with its charity or has held a particularly successful event. Written by professional after-dinner speaker Yasha Beresiner this book offers the best guide to help you prepare for any speech Masonic or otherwise.We are all visitors on this sublunary abode but this evening we have had the pleasure of welcoming you to our own small part of it. Graham was thoroughly passed to the second degree and we had that lovely soprano to lead us in carols at the Festive Board. By the time you have finished the book you will know everything you need to make a confident and enthralling speech, even at short notice. When he finally arrived home home, he was confronted by a very angry wife and a tirade befitting his actions.

Speaking well can be a delight and a good speech gives your Brethren pleasure, so it is worth working at it. In congratulating the Lodge, it is good to pick on some specific events, those that other people may not notice. The partners and I all agreed that your attendance added tremendous value to the evening and helped to make it a great success. Brethren, he should not have been surprised that the horse (pause to let someone answer if they can) came 7 th. The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.We were advised, on being raised to the third degree that we should work to improve the morals and correct the manners of men in society.

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Having given the formal salutation, they advise, pause, smile and count to three before saying anything. He has subsequently been through the Chair of Cookhan Manor Lodge on a further two occasions in 2011 and 2015 as well as Master of Marcellians Lodge No 4450 in 2003. As Winston Churchill said, “There are only two things more difficult than making an after dinner speech – climbing a wall which is leaning towards you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

This should even include directions about when to stand, when to gavel, and who is to control the Masonic fire.However matters may go in France or with the French Government, or other French Governments, we in this Island and in the British Empire will never lose our sense of comradeship with the French people. Concrete – When your message is concrete, then your audience has a clear picture of what you’re telling them. For Masonic officers much of their success in ritual and their roles in office comes from being able to communicate to an audience, especially the Worshipful Master. There used to be an adage in the training world which went: Tell what you are going to say, tell them, then tell them what you said.