Orientation Agenda by Dates – (Times and Schedules Subject to Change and All times are Eastern Daylight Time)
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Arrival Date
Registration Open -1:00pm-4:00pm at the Marriott Hotel.
If you’re flying into Louisville we can pick you up. Just fill out the Airline information on the Home Page.
Check out the places that are within walking distance.
On your own for Dinner
Attire for the entire Orientation – Business Casual for all functions including Churchill Downs and The Stephen Foster Story (no jeans, no formals, tuxes, ties, or jackets. Shorts are permissible for the Stephen Foster Story)
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Arrival Date
Registration Open – 8:00am – 6:00pm at the Marriott Hotel.
9:00am – 11:00am – General Grand Chapter Officer Installation and Closing Practice
10:00 am – Visit the Rob Morris Home and Grave site Monument (Ticket Required)
3:00 pm – Visit Churchill Downs and enjoy Horse Racing! Where they say “The Greatest 2 Minutes in Sports” happens the first Saturday in May each year at the Kentucky Derby – Run for the Roses! (Ticket Required)
Several other places to visit within walking distance from the Marriott and the Hyatt Regency.
Louisville Slugger Museum
Frazier Bourbon Museum
Muhammad Ali Museum
4th Street Live – Several Restaurants, Sports Bars and Live Music
Derby City Gaming – A Churchill Downs Property
Friday, June 28, 2024
Arrival Date
Registration 7:00 am – 11:00am at the Marriott Hotel.
8:15 am – 9:15 am – Invitation to “Dream” – Billie Bradfield, RWAGM and Michael E. Berry, RWAGP and Greetings
9:15am – 10:00am – Guest Speaker
10:00am – 11:30am – Breakout Sessions – Escorts, Tri-Line, Ambassadors, and the following Committees – Alzheimer’s, Appeals and Grievances, Benevolence (Disaster Relief), ByLaws, Cancer, Celebrations in Washington DC, Charters
Lunch – 11:30am – 12:30 pm (included in Registration Fee) – A Time to “Imagine”
1:00pm – 2:30pm – Breakout Sessions – for the following Committees: Community Service, Credentials, Distribution, Eastern Star Journal, ESTARL, Educational, Heart, Jurisprudence, Landmarks, Public Relations
3:00pm – 4:30pm – Breakout Sessions – for the following Committees: Membership, Necrology, Regenerative Medicine, Registration, Ritual, Service Dogs, Triennial Assembly, Unfinished Business, Youth, Special Appointments & Star Chasers
6:30 pm – Banquet – “The Kentucky Experience” – (included in Registration Fee) – Featuring Bluegrass Music by The Bibelhauser Brothers and a “Bourbon Experience” By Bernie Lubbers, The Whiskey Professor
Saturday, June 29, 2024
8:30 am – 9:15 am – Breakfast – (included in the Registration Fee) – Do You “Believe”?
9:15am – 9:45am – Devotional – David Hirtle
9:45 am – Billie Bradfield, RWAGM and Michael E. Berry, RWAGP
10:00 am – 10:45am – Guest Speaker
11:00am – 1:00pm – General Grand Chapter School of Instruction – (Tri-Line encouraged to attend; DUES CARD REQUIRED)
11:00am – Explore Louisville – this is Free Time for those not in the School of Instruction
Several other places to visit within walking distance from the Marriott and the Hyatt Regency.
Louisville Slugger Museum
Frazier Bourbon Museum
Muhammad Ali Museum
4th Street Live – Several Restaurants, Sports Bars and Live Music
Derby City Gaming – A Churchill Downs Property
3:00 pm – The Stephen Foster Theater and Dinner (Ticket Required)
