Northern California DeMolay Association -- 2012 PRIDE Ritual Competition

The 29th Annual P.R.I.D.E Ritual Competition has been scheduled for Saturday, February 25^th, 2012.

Every Chapter is encouraged to compete in at least the Chapter Proficiency Competition. Each competing Chapter receives copies of their Word, Direction and Performance Evaluation sheets. These tools can be taken back to your Chapters and used to assist you and your Ritual Advisors in the improvement of your Chapter Ritual Meetings.

Entry forms can be used to register competitors for both the Team or Individual competitions. If you are filling out the printable registration form and mailing it, please be sure to complete both sides of the form and please print names so they can be correctly read.

Be sure to note that the deadline for the form to be received is February 15th (not postmarked). Forms must be received no later than 5:00 PM on February 15th. NO LATE REGISTRATIONS CAN BE ACCEPTED THIS YEAR.

The entry form has space for a Chapter to enter any (or all) of the TEAM and / or INDIVIDUAL Contests.
The categories are as follows:

GUESTS AND SPECTATORS: All non-competitors are required to pay the registration fee in order to attend the competitions & Lunch The evening dance is a separate cost.

SPECIAL NOTE: The Obligation Competition is only open to new members who have been initiated since February 26, 2011. The Installation Service is limited to divisional and jurisdictional teams – the elected officers must fill the office they currently hold and all other parts may be filled by active DeMolays from chapters within the division. If a Division has a Scribe, he must perform Chaplain or Marshal. The Sweetheart Crowning Ceremony is open to any past or present Sweetheart or Princess who has still not attained her majority and to any currently serving Little Sis.

OFFICERS YOU MAY “BORROW”: We offer the opportunity for a Chapter to “borrow” members from another Chapter in order to compete in the Initiatory Degree, Fourth Section, DeMolay Degree, and Chapter Proficiency. You can “borrow” a maximum of two (2) parts from another Chapter. For the Chapter Proficiency, you may not borrow the Master Councilor, Senior Deacon or Chaplain. For the Initiatory Degree, you may not borrow the Master Councilor, Senior Deacon or Marshal. For the DeMolay Degree, you may not borrow Jacques DeMolay, Master Inquisitor, Junior Inquisitor or Orator. In the DeMolay Degree 4th section, you may not borrow the Master Councilor. For the Installing Team, only the Senior Deacon may be borrowed.

TENTATIVE TIME SCHEDULE

8:00 – 9:00 AM            Evaluators Final Briefing
8:30 - 8:50 AM            1st Time Competitors Briefing (Mandatory)
12:00 - 1:30 PM          Lunch (provided in registration fee)
9:00 - 6:30 PM            Competitions
6:30 - 7:15 PM            Dinner (on your own)
7:30 - 11:30 PM           P.R.I.D.E. Dance
8:30 - 9:15 PM             Presentation of Awards

LOCATION: The location of P.R.I.D.E. will be the “J” Street Masonic Temple in downtown Sacramento located at 1123 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOOD PLANS FOR THE DAY: Lunch will be provided as part of your registration fee. That evening, dinner will be on your own.