To: New York DeMolay
Fr: “Dad” Peter Brusoe
Subject: An Opportunity for our Representative DeMolays
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE DEMOLAY COMPETITION
This is a new competition where Representative DeMolays will participate in panel interviews to discuss their views on DeMolay, our teachings and their lives. Regional winners will move onto finals at the International Congress in June. Our Regional Contest includes: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia.
The competition has two divisions:
Junior Division: 10th grade and below
Senior Division: 11th grade and above.
Each state may only send 1 participant for each division.
PRIZES: Regional $300, International $1200 per division. This is generously sponsored by the Scottish Rite of the Southern Jurisdiction.
ELIGIBILITY: DeMolays must have been approved for the RD by 2/28/2021 and have that recorded in their eScribe profile by submission deadline (2/28/2021) and they must be active DeMolays as of 3/1/21. Names of participants must be submitted by their Executive Officer.
If a young man would like to participate, they need to write a brief paragraph (50 to 100) words why they would like to represent New York in this contest by 2/21/2021 to “Dad” Brusoe (PWBrusoe@gmail.com).
If there is more than one applicant. The State Advisory Council and the State Executive Committee has been debating about the best way to select who would represent New York in this. With the approval of the State Officers we are going to employ a “coach’s poll”: The written responses will be anonymized and sent to the Representative DeMolays in that age category for them to rank order, but they may not vote for themselves. Those ballots are due no later than 2/28/2021 to “Dad” Brusoe. This way the Representative DeMolays are selecting who will represent them.
NOTES
1. Participation in this is 100% voluntary and you need permission of your parents/guardian.
2. The panels on the regional level virtual. The final will be during the DeMolay Congress session in June during Regents Week. Currently
3. The International Congress is currently scheduled for Dallas Texas during Regents Week, please check to make sure you do not have a testing conflict. School work always comes before DeMolay.
4. NYS DeMolay will cost of participation.
Please contact me if you have any questions.