Sunday, 1 August:

Ottawa’s Riverfest parade. Ladies Parade. Drop off your lady at the fire station, located at 301 West Lafayette Street. Muster at 12:00 a.m., at the U.S. Silica plant, located at 701 Boyce Memorial Drive, in Ottawa. We know this is further out than most of our parades, but we had such a great time the last few years, that we had to go back – plus they love us there! After we pack up the Roaring ‘57s, please join us as we caravan to a Dutch-treat afterglow, at Ripp’s Tavern, located at 311 North Main Street, in the neighbouring town of Ladd, and serving the best known US$4.00 fried chicken in LaSalle County. Mal and Mary Condie turned us onto this place three years ago, and it was fabulous. Uniform is blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

West Suburban Shrine Club cruise on Lake Michigan and official visit from our Illustrious Potentate, Jerry Wilson, his Divan, and their ladies. Board at 12:30 p.m., and shove off at 1:00 p.m., returning at or about 3:00 p.m., aboard Mystic Blue, departing from Navy Pier, located at 600 East Grand Avenue, in Chicago. For a mere US$50.00 per person, you get a two-hour party cruise, featuring a hot brunch buffet (included), cash bar, dancing to music spun by a disk jockey, skyline sightseeing along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, and optional free bus transport from Medinah Shrine Centre. Dress is casual, with no fez. Reservations must be received no later than 25 July, and include a cheque payable to WSSC. Click here for an informative flier and reservations form. For more information, email Noble Calvin Tazelaar.

Wednesday Evening, 4 August, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email 3rd Vice President, Noble Glenn Player. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Glenn know that you will not be there.

Sometime this Summer, (date & time to be announced):

WSSC trip to the Illinois Railroad Museum, located at 7000 Olson Road (no relation to Keith), in Union. Open to all nobles, ladies, and family. Details will be posted when published. The Illinois Railroad Museum is a sprawling campus of engines, passenger cars, equipment, trolleys, busses, subway trains, inter alia, and is the repository of the CTA's historical equipment.

Saturday, 7 August, exact time to be announced:

Medinah Shriners’ annual chilli cook-off. At our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Details will be posted when published. Proceeds benefit the Medinah Shriners and are not deductible. For more information, ring 630-899-1400.

Sunday, 8 August:

Mendota’s Sweet Corn Festival parade. Muster at a time and location to be announced. Uniform is blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Roundy Jewel brunch. The Medinah Shriners honour those nobles who keep Medinah strong by sponsoring new nobles, and present them the Roundy Jewel and/or appurtenances thereto, at this annual brunch. At our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Named for Imperial Sir Frank C. Roundy, 1899-1900 Medinah Potentate and 1907-1908 Imperial Potentate, the jewel is scimitar-and-crescent-shaped, suspended from a neck ribbon of red, yellow and green. Subsequent awards are recognized by appurtenances in the shapes of coloured arches and a star, suspended below the crescent. Details will be posted when published.

Wednesday Evening, 18 August, at 6:30 p.m.:

West Suburban Shrine Club’s dinner with our ladies, at Bohemian Crystal, located at 639 Blackhawk Drive, in Westmont. Wear your fez or pay the fine.  For more information, email Noble Keith Olson.  To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email 3rd Vice President, Noble Glenn Player.

Friday Evening, 20 August, at 5:00 p.m.:

Elburn Days parade. Muster at 5:00 p.m. at the grassy area near Lion’s Park on West South Street off of Route 47 (Main Street), in Elburn. Uniform is your choice of red or blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Wednesday Evening, 1 September, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email 3rd Vice President, Noble Glenn Player. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Glenn know that you will not be there.

Saturday, 4 September, at 9:00 a.m. (muster):

Lake In the Hills’ Summer Sunset Festival parade. Muster at 9:00 a.m. in the festival parking area located on Miller Road, east of Haligus Road, in Lake in the Hills; please note that Haligus Road and portions of Miller Road will close at 9:00 a.m. so please be on time or we will not be able to get to our line-up location. Uniform is red parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Sunday, 5 September: We’ll split the unit into two teams of four cars each. Email Petey to let him know in which parade you want to be.

Frankfort’s Fall Festival parade. Muster at 12:00 noon in the parking area located at intersection of West Nebraska and South Locust Streets, in Frankfort. Uniform is blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring '57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Buffalo Grove Days parade. Muster at 1:00 p.m. in the parking lot of Cooper Junior High School, located at 1050 Plum Grove Circle, in Buffalo Grove. Uniform is blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Monday, 6 September: We’ll spit the unit into two teams. Email Petey to let him know in which parade you want to participate.

Zion’s Jubilee Days / Labour Day parade. Medinah-wide participation. Assemble at 11:45 a.m. (the streets close 30 minutes later) in Shiloh Park on Bethel Boulevard, in Zion. The trailer will probably be in at Central Junior High School like the last few years, located at the corner of Bethel Boulevard and 27th Street. Parking should be available nearby at Shiloh Park School, located a couple of blocks away, at the corner of Gabriel Avenue and 27th Street. This is a one of our longer parades, starting in the park and weaving through several streets in town, it goes a couple of miles; the spectators are out in force, and they cheer loudly. The later streets are wide, with plenty of room for our best show formations, while the earlier streets are more intimate yet still wide enough for our loops and figure-eights. Afterwards, enjoy a refreshing afterglow. Bring both red and blue shirts, and we’ll either vote or mix-and-match; but, as always, wear your fez!  Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring '57 march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Schaumburg’s Septemberfest parade. Muster at a time to be announced, in the Jewel/Osco parking lot, located at the intersection of South Roselle Road and Wise Road, in Schaumburg. Bring both red and blue shirts, and we’ll either vote or mix-and-match; but, as always, wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring '57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Saturday, 11 September, at 10:00 a.m.:

Bloomingdale’s Septemberfest parade. Assemble at 10:00 a.m. in the parking lot of DuJardin School, located at 122 South Euclid Avenue, in Bloomingdale. The Medinah Shrine Centre is only a stone’s throw from Bloomingdale, so come out and show our neighbours who the Roaring ‘57s are and what we do! After the parade, enjoy musical performances, a motorcycle show, contests, and scholarship presentations. Uniform is red parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Wednesday Evening, 15 September, at 6:30 p.m.:

West Suburban Shrine Club’s dinner with our ladies, at the famous White Fence Farm, located at 1376 Joliet Road, in Romeoville. Be sure also to see White Fence Farm’s antique car museum and collections of antique dolls & hood ornaments, the miniature train display, and the petting zoo. Nobles, please wear a sport coat, with necktie and fez. For more information, email Noble Keith Olson.  To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email 3rd Vice President, Noble Glenn Player.

Sunday, 19 September: We'll split the unit into two teams of four cars each. Email Petey to let him know in which parade you want to participate.

Romeoville Founders Day parade. Assemble at 1:00 p.m. at a location to be announced, somewhere in Romeoville. Uniform is blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Dwight’s Harvest Days parade. Muster at 12:00 noon, under the grain elevator. Take I-55 south to Dwight, exit onto Illinois Route 17 and turn left; turn left again onto Old U.S. Route 66 and follow the signs to the grain elevator. Click here for an approximate MapQuest map & directions. The parade kicks off with the 10th annual Basset Hound Waddle, where hundreds of bassets and their owners parade down Mazon Avenue. We know that Dwight is a bit of a drive, but they are providing a very generous honorarium for our attendance; there is also a carnival, craft show and a petting zoo, so bring the family and make a day of it. Uniform is blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring '57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Saturday, 25 September, (muster time to be announced):

Great Lakes Shrine Association convention parade. Muster at a time and location to be announced, somewhere in Rockford. Details will be posted when published. Uniform is red parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring '57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Sunday, 26 September:

Grundy County’s Corn Festival parade, in Morris. Assemble at 1:00 p.m. at Morris Community High School, located at 1000 Union Street, in Morris. Uniform is blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Roaring ‘57s jacket or old-style WSSC jacket optional if the weather is cool or otherwise inclement, or you can wear a blue or black sweatshirt under your blue parade shirt. Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring '57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Wednesday Evening, 6 October, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email 3rd Vice President, Noble Glenn Player. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Glenn know that you will not be there.

Sunday, 10 October, at 12:00 noon:

Franklin Park’s Fall Fest parade. Assemble at 12:00 noon in the Metra parking lot on the south side of the tracks, located at approximately 3145 North Rose Street, in Franklin Park. Uniform is blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Roaring ‘57s jacket or old-style WSSC jacket optional if the weather is cool or otherwise inclement, or you can wear a blue or black sweatshirt under your blue parade shirt. Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring '57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Thursday, 14 October – Tuesday, 26 October:

Potentate's Pilgrimage through the Panamá Canal, Join Illustrious Sir Jerry Wilson, his lady Pat Biedar, and your Medinah Shriners friends on a ten-day cruise aboard Coral Princess, with two pre-cruise nights in exciting Acapulco. Ports of call include Huatulco México, San Juan del Sur Nicaragua, Puntarenas Costa Rica, Fuerte Amador Panamá, Cristobal Panamá, and Ocho Rios Jamaica, disembarking at Fort Lauderdale. Ship activities include pools, fitness areas, internet, shopping, casinos, shows in the Universe Lounge, constant dining options, exclusive Medinah cocktail party, and much more. Meals and beverages aboard Coral Princess and at the Camino Real Acapulco Diamante are included. Click here for a complete brochure, price guide, and reservations form.

Saturday Evening, 16 October, (time to be announced):

Roaring '57s parade appreciation dinner, at a location to be announced. Details will be posted when published.

Sunday, 31 October, at 12:00 noon:

Sycamore’s Pumpkin Festival parade. Muster at 12:00 noon in the parking lot of Ideal Industries, located at 1200 Park Avenue, in Sycamore. They liked us so much last year, they had to have us back. In addition to the parade, the festival includes a carnival and craft show. Uniform is blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Roaring ‘57s jacket or old-style WSSC jacket optional, or you can wear a blue or black sweatshirt under your blue parade shirt. Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Wednesday Evening, 3 November, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email 3rd Vice President, Noble Glenn Player. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Glenn know that you will not be there.

Saturday, 6 November, at 12:00 a.m. (muster):

Hillside’s Veterans’ Day parade. Assemble at 12:00 noon in the parking lot of Saint Domitilla’s Church, located at 605 North Hillside Avenue, in Hillside. Uniform is red parade shirt, and wear your fez! Roaring ‘57s jacket or old-style WSSC jacket optional, or you can wear a blue or black sweatshirt under your blue parade shirt. Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Saturday, 13 November, 1:00 p.m. (muster):

Wilmette Chamber of Commerce parade. Muster at 1:00 p.m. on Poplar Drive, south of Oakwood Avenue, in Wilmette. Uniform is red parade shirt, and wear your fez! Roaring ‘57s jacket or old-style WSSC jacket optional, or you can wear a red or black sweatshirt under your red parade shirt. Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Sunday Evening, 14 November, (time to be announced):

West Suburban Shrine Club’s Past Presidents’ dinner. For West Suburban Shriners and our ladies. This is our annual formal dinner at which we honour our past presidents, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. Details will be posted when published. For more information, email Noble Keith Olson.

Friday Evening, 26 November, we’ll spit the unit into two teams. Email Petey to let him know in which parade you want to participate.

Westmont Frosty & Friends night parade. Muster at 5:15 p.m., at Fitz Werley Park, located at the intersection of East Traube Avenue and Warwick Avenue, in Westmont. Uniform is your choice of red or blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Roaring ‘57s jacket or old-style WSSC jacket optional, or you can wear a red, black, or black sweatshirt under your red or blue parade shirt. Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Crystal Lake’s Festival of Lights night parade. Muster at 6:00 p.m. in the faculty parking lot of Crystal Lake Central High School, located at 45 West Franklin Street, in Crystal Lake. Uniform is your choice of red or blue parade shirt, and wear your fez! Roaring ‘57s jacket or old-style WSSC jacket optional, or you can wear a red, black, or black sweatshirt under your red or blue parade shirt. Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Wednesday Evening, 1 December, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email 3rd Vice President, Noble Glenn Player. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Glenn know that you will not be there.

Sunday, 5 December, at 8:00 a.m.:

Chicagoland Toys for Tots motorcycle parade. West Suburban Shriners will once again work the intersection of Ogden and Western Avenues, controlling traffic as each tier of several thousand motorcycles, fire trucks, Marine Corps HMMWVs, inter alia pass through on their way north from the Dan Ryan Woods at 83rd Street and Western Avenue, up to Foster Avenue and the Marine Reserve Centre, each one of them carrying toys for needy Chicago-area children. The Chicagoland Toys For Tots motorcycle parade is the largest motorcycle parade in the world, with tens of thousands of bikers – and runs for nearly nineteen miles along the world’s longest street (Western Avenue is 23½ miles long within the city, plus several more miles in the suburbs). Please, no stuffed animals; this is due to health concerns (allergies & hygiene). Uniform is blue parade shirt and unit jacket – and, of course, your fez, so everyone will see the Shriners' participation! You will be issued an orange safety vest on site. Email Petey to let him know you’ll be there to help.

Friday Evening, 31 December 2010 – Saturday Morning, 1 January 2011, 8:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.:

Medinah Shriners’ annual New Year’s Eve party, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison.

Details and price will be posted when published. Proceeds inure to the benefit of the Medinah Shriners and are not deductible. Reservations are required; telephone 630-458-0200 for reservations and more information.

Contact the hotels directly for hotel reservations; some suggestions from the Medinah office are: Hilton Garden Inn next door at 630-691-0500 (special pricing at the Hilton Garden Inn if you mention Medinah Shriners' event); Wyndham Northwest (in Itasca) at 630-773-4000; Wyndham Garden Wood Dale at 630-860-2900.

Saturday, 1 January 2011, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.:

Medinah Shriners’ annual New Year brunch, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Start the new year with Medinah over a brunch fit for a king and queen. Details will be posted when published. Proceeds inure to the benefit of the Medinah Shriners and are not deductible. Reservations are required; call 630-458-0200 to RSVP.

Wednesday Evening, 5 January 2011, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner & annual officer election, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email 3rd Vice President, Noble Glenn Player. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Glenn know that you will not be there.

Friday-Thursday, 1-7 July 2011:

137th annual Shrine Imperial Council session, in Denver, Colorado. Hosted by El Jebel Shrine. Come and cheer on many of Medinah Shriners’ marching units as they compete to be the best in all the Shrine. Click here for a full schedule.

Saturday Evening, 17 September 2011 (exact time to be announced):

Reception for York Rite Grand Presiding Officers, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. The Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Illinois, the Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Cryptic Masons of the State of Illinois, and the Right Excellent Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of Illinois will be honoured at a joint reception and dinner.

July 2012:

138th annual Shrine Imperial Council session, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hosted by Oasis Shriners. Come and cheer on many of Medinah Shriners’ marching units as they compete to be the best in all the Shrine. Details will be posted when published.