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The Induction Ceremony
Paul Curtin (Délégué Général Nord-Est) was supposed to
preside over the induction ceremony, but he came down with COVID-19 the day before.
This meant that the Grand Sénéchal of our chapter, Larry Teal, and
the other officers of our chapter (Argentier Jared Shulman, Archivist Rob Brass,
L'Intendent des Caves George Weissman) had to lead the induction for the first time.
Because Paul couldn't make it, they were short one red robe, so Rob had to improvise:
The victimns await: Nate Sullivan, Kat Wisnosky, Dan Wisnosky:
The crowd awaits:
Our leaders march into the room:
A video of the march (will take a little while to download):
The Induction begins:
Our Officers: Larry, Jared, Rob, George:
Larry reads a speech in some kind of Pig Latin. George translates.
(The video will take a little while to download.)
The inductees must swear to live a good gastronomic life.
(The video will take a little while to download.)
More is read and a toast is made. Normally there would be a metal chalice,
but due to covid, everyone gets a separate glass:
The wine for the toast is special:
The inductees drink up:
Larry inducts Nate with a gnarled grape vine:
Larry inducts Kat:
Larry inducts Dan:
Nobody warned Kat she would have to give a speech, but she did it well:
