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Now that the summer is officially over, September is the official start of the Masonic year as well as the cool weather. The Aleppo Units were extremely busy with Tour of Duty Parades in the month of September. Starting with Labor Day, we had a successful rainy parade in Marlborough, followed by the Northeast Shrine Association Parade on Saturday, September 17th in Bangor, Maine. We came back home to Massachusetts to have a Double Header the following weekend. On Saturday, September 24th we were in the Chester, NH 300th Anniversary Parade and the next day, Sunday, September 25th we joined with the 8th District Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Masons in Weymouth for the Irish Heritage Parade. Finally, on Sunday October 2nd we were at the Annual Roslindale (Boston) Parade. In Roslindale, It was really great to see Noble Michael Segal on the sidelines.

Chief of Staff, Ernie Pearlstein has set up two Parades for the month of December. On Sunday, December 4th we are returning to the Merrimac, MA Santa Parade, and the following week, Sunday, December 11th we’ll be at the Boston North End Christmas Parade.

Chief of Staff Ernie has done a fantastic job putting our Aleppo Units on the streets this year. Thank You Ernie for a job Well Done!!

Upcoming Events include:

*On Tuesday, December 6th, the Aleppo Swing Band Holiday Party.

*Chief Rabban Charlie Diminico and Lady Jo have announced their Potentate’s trip for 2023. A Bermuda Cruise aboard the Norwegian Pearl leaving out of the Port of Boston on May 19th – May 26th. Contact Charlie for details.

Reminder: every 1st Wednesday of the month we hold our Uniform Units Meeting in the Harvey J. Waugh Fez Room @ 7:00 pm.

See You There!!

Thank You: Colonel David A. Fink

Water Buffalo Degree

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Water Buffalo Degree

Everyone remembers the Flintstones. Young or old, you have seen or heard at least a reference or seen an episode of them. On Saturday, August 22nd at 8:00 am, we conferred the Water Buffalo degree on 92 candidates, representing six different states, at the first annual Aleppo Loyal Order of Water Buffalo degree. The degree was a blast for all of those in attendance. This is going to be a once-a-year event for Aleppo, and we are hoping to make it just as fun as this last time.

The degree was first used in Sioux City, IA at the 2016 mid-winter convention of the International Shrine Clown and later in Canada in March 2018. The degree was then spread to other Shrine Centers. There are fun things like Flinstone Bowling, everyone has a Water Buffalo name created just for them, and there is even a secret greeting that you learn once you have received the degree.

I would like to send a huge thank you to the following people and Nobles who, without their help, this would not have been made possible: Kristie DeCola, Steve Dalrymple, and others. We also can’t forget the degree team from Guiding Light Olympia Lodge #808 that put on the degree for us: Mike LaRocco, Berdj Agopain, Mike Corrado, Miles Maier, Tony Candreva, Ryan Ludde, and Mitch Goodkin. These brothers and Nobles are the reason we had so much fun and fellowship at the event.

We at Aleppo now have a Loyal Order of Water Buffalo Lodge and I pose to you all, “Are you a Water Buffalo?”

We will be planning to hold the degree again next summer, so please keep an eye out for further information.