Grand Assembly 2003

It seems impossible to believe that yet another Grand Year has come and gone.  We headed down to Fresno, in the heart of our Great Central Valley, for the final concert our 2003 Grandies would perform - "Rainbow:  Live on Tour".

Grand Officers 2002-2003  "Whismically Wacky Walruses"
All along, we've known the starpower of our two Grandies - Cindy F., Grand Representative to Maryland & West Virginia, from Tracy, and Pamela K., Grand Circulation Manager, from Manteca, and after this year's spectacular sessions, everyone else does too!  They blinded us with their celebrity down in the mosh pit, er...  the opening marches, wearing the gorgeous red, silver and white dresses.  The dresses are just impossible to describe, so we'll let you see the pictures, when we get them!  We were so thrilled to have three Maryland Rainbow Girls - their GWA, GWAA and Grand Representative to California, present for our sessions.  It was so much fun meeting them and letting them see California Rainbow in action.  Then, when it was Cindy & Pam's turns to grab the microphone, they garnered laughs from the audience with their unique and creative reports - they put the whimsical and wacky into Whimsically Wacky and couldn't have made us more proud to call them our own!

Grand Officers 2003-2004 "Legendary Llamas"
This year, Mrs. Martin, our Supreme Deputy, put a twist on Revelations, announcing the new Grand Officers in random order, but saving Grand Worthy Advisor for last, as always.  So, we didn't know when to stand up and start screaming, but we got started right away, when the second Grandie announced was the new Maryland & West Virginia.  Our Grandie, Cindy, got her ultimate wish - a Grandie who lives close to us - when Erin H. from Livermore was appointed.  Livermore is just twenty minutes away, and while not in our district, we try to visit them at Installations, OVs and Receptions on a regular basis, and they come to ours as well.  Then, we settled in to wait and see if anyone from our district would be appointed a Grand Office.  It was a long wait before we heard our very own Ashley Y. announced as Grand Service 2004 but boy did our entire district scream loudly.  We're thrilled for Ashley and know that she is going to be the most Legendary Grand Service ever!

Grand Choir
The "Grand Divas" made Grand Assembly just a bit more star-studded, in their royal blue dresses.  We were so proud of our own Heather S., as well as Manteca's Grand Choir girl, Nicole M., who was also retiring as the Northern Pot of Gold Staff Member, and Modesto's representative, Deidre J., who affiliated to Modesto after Patterson closed last summer.  They were all enthusiastic and beautiful during the Grand Assembly Sing-A-Long before Revelations.

Grand Pages
We had to scream loud for our "Grand Groupie", Jolene M., from Manteca.  She was the second girl from our district in the past three years to serve as the Personal Page to Miss Rita, our Area Grand Deputy who is the Meals Chairperson for Grand Assembly.  She was gorgeous in her purple dress and her basket was a beautiful Mardi Gras-themed creation.  

Majority
Tracy Assembly, for the second year, had another girl out on the Grand Assembly floor receiving her Majority.  Cindy F. ended her Rainbow career as her Grand Year came to an end, though most of the district seemed to be saving their tears for her "real" Majority Ceremony, which was performed at our first meeting in May.  We love Cindy very much and will miss her as an active Rainbow Girl, though we know she's going to stick around, as she is now the Assistant Pledge Mother for our growing group of future Rainbow Girls.

To sum up our 2003 Grand Assembly, here is a little anecdote from our Maryland friends.  The GWA's mother had told Dara to pick the Grand Assembly that was most different from Maryland's and they would go, so she chose California and thoroughly enjoyed herself, knowing she made the right choice.  We hope that they go home and tell all their Maryland Rainbow sisters to come to California Grand Assembly if they ever have a chance!  Grand Assembly was everything it always is, and we're proud that our Whismically Wacky Walruses kept things unique and special.

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