The Elected and Appointed Officers for 2010 were duly installed on Tuesday, January 19th. The Installing Officers were Most Worshipful R. Stephen Doan, Past Grand Master of Masons in California (Installing Officer), Worshipful Blackie Passarelli (Master of Ceremonies) and Most Worshipful David R. Doan, Past Grand Master of Masons in California (Installing Chaplain).

Following the remarks of Worshipful Rick Garcia (Retiring Master), the installation ceremony was performed and David Neal was installed as Master of Sunset Lodge for 2010.

The colors were presented by Cloverfield Composite Squadron 51, Civil Air Defense. The ritual was performed in a most excellent fashion by the installing team.

The Past Master apron and credentials were presented to Rick Garcia by the lodge Secretary, John Barry. A very impressive gavel carved from whale bone was presented to our new Master by Worshipful Robbie Robinson, who had crafted the gavel by hand.

Following the installation ceremony, everyone retired to the dining room for our traditional refreshments. As our new Master is a professional musician, the dining room had been decorated with a Rock & Roll theme, much to the delight of all.

Our new Master hails from Newfoundland in Canada, and is the third Canadian to serve as Master of Sunset Lodge, the others being Worshipful Murray Cooke and Worshipful Michael Wamback. In fact, all three are from the Atlantic Coast of Canada, as Murray and Michael were both raised in Nova Scotia.

We wish David and all the 2010 Officers the very best this year.

Join Sunset Lodge and Group 160 N-Trak Club for our bi-annual Model Railway Show. This is one of our most popular events during the year, and is much looked forward to by our members, as well as by our local community.

Group 160 will construct a 12 foot x 24 foot N-Scale model railway layout in our lodge room, which will be on public display. N-Scale features tracks that are 9mm in width, and is considered an optimum size for doing large scenic layouts in relatively small spaces.

If you are interested or active in the hobby of model railroading, then you will want to take this opportunity to socialize with the expert model railroaders from Group 160.

This is an event for kids of all ages, including inner children!

The event will be open to the public on Saturday from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM.

The members, family and invited guests of Sunset Lodge are then welcome to join us for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner served in our dining room following the show.

Date: Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Time: 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM
Location: Sunset Lodge, 1720 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica CA
Railroad Show open to the General Public
Dinner restricted to members and guests by invitation only

The Sunset Cinema Society will be visiting the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo on Friday, October 30th for a special performance of the 1920′s film “Phantom of the Opera”. This silent film will be scored with a live performance on the Music Hall’s Wurlitzer Organ.

For more information on this and other events of the Cinema Society, please visit the Society website, using the Links menu on this site.

Date: Friday, October 30th, 2009
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo CA
This is a public event

An orientation session will be held for members of Sunset Lodge on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Facilitated by Worshipful Rick Garcia and Michael Wamback PM (our Officer Coach), this session will focus on Masonic Protocol, the role and function of Grand Lodge, and the history and tradition of Sunset Lodge.

All new members of Sunset Lodge are encouraged to attend.

Date: Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Sunset Lodge, 1720 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica CA
This event is open to members of Sunset Lodge only.

The Officers of Sunset Lodge will be hosting a Past Master Brunch on Saturday, October 17th at 10:30 AM.  Past Masters of Sunset Lodge are invited to attend and meet the proposed line of elected and appointed officers for 2010.

Date:Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Sunset Lodge, 1720 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica CA
This event is open to Past Masters of Sunset Lodge

The October/November Trestleboard of Sunset Lodge is now available online.

October – November 2009

To view archived copies of our Trestleboard, please visit the Newsletter section of our site.

Sunset Lodge will be holding an open house on Saturday, November 14th 2009.

The event will feature lectures on Freemasonry and the Order of the Eastern Star as well as general discussions and Q & A sessions.

Program:

1:00 – Lecture on Order of the Eastern Star
2:30 – Lecture on History of Freemasonry
4:00 – Q & A Session

The program will be held in our Lodge Room, with refreshments available in the Dining Room.

For more information, contact Michael Wamback PM at (310) 714-0423 or by e-mail michael@mysticraven.net

Date: Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Location: Sunset Lodge, 1720 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica CA
Time: 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM
This event is open to the general public

Our August – September 2009 Trestleboard is now available on-line.

August 2009

For archived issues of our Trestleboard, please visit the Newsletter section of our website.

Dan Brown is interviewed by Matt Lauer about Freemasonry and his new book, The Lost Symbol.

Coming to Light – Freemasonry in California

Produced by our own Bro. Tino Struckmann, Coming to Light is a documentary “promotional” film created in conjunction with the Grand Lodge of California and Most Worshipful Melvin Stein.