Pre-Meeting Dinners

Pre-Meeting Dinners

Brethren from James M Hays Lodge gather for Dinner before our monthly meeting. Sometimes we benefit from Masonic education when Lodge Counselor and wealth of knowledge, Alan Iding, shares stories about historical facts in masonry or provides insight on varying ways that we can be better husbands, fathers and members of our community. Recently Brother Iding (a Past Grand Master in his own right) shared a story about how Grand Master Paul Revere, an American Patriot famously used his influence in the craft to alert American Colonists that "the British are coming, the British are coming".

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Nate Hudson working thru the entries
It survived the first round
Guests also sitting on the inside
Brothers Karl and Michael wait their turn.
Brothers and guests in the line
And it's Taco Monday!
Shrimp going into the Etouffee mix
April meal and some promotional ideas
The Brothers make their way through the sandwich line
And cabbage finishes it off
Peeling the crawfish tails for the Etouffee in November
We need more tables and chairs!
Socializing during the meal
Nesco filled with meatballs
The tables are filling up again.
The unique first place trophy
Corned beef makes your mouth water!
Brothers start the line
Everything in the pool
Crawfish tails, shrimp and sausage ready to join the mix
Nate Hudson (judge) gathers his soup samples
The Etouffee tastes like a winner
5 Corned beef briskets ready to go
Brother Bob Manders PM judging the soup contest
First-place winner, Lady Dawn with the trophy
Once again, all seats filled up at a Hays Lodge meal!
Brothers enjoying good food and good company
Rice is also ready
The Nesco is full of Sloppy Joe's meat for the meal before the October meeting
Sausage has joined the trinity in the Nesco
No one is talking. Food must be good.
Brother Jim starts building his tacos.
The base for the March corned beef meal is ready
Brothers start working thru the line
The Brothers enjoying the soup
Brother Jim and visiting Brother Matt look at the Cinco de Mayo info before building their tacos.
Swedish meatballs, bread and carrot cake
We may have to revisit the Etouffee in the future.
The sandwich assembly begins.
April subs
And now the crawfish tails
Brother Charles and Brother Ron compare notes
Looks like all the seats are taken at a Hays Lodge meal!
The seafood Etouffee is ready
Swedish Meatballs ready for the Jan. 2024 Installation
The judges gathering the soup samples
The 2023 chicken soup contest is on!
First time this Nesco has been full with Etouffee
Brothers enjoying soup and conversation
The line keeps moving along.
Running low on chairs again
The buffet line is just about ready
With home-made cornbread to compliment the soup