DeMolay Region II MATOC
2008 Mid Atlantic Tournament of Champions
      Mark your calendar now and plan to attend the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Tournament of Champions. Pennsylvania DeMolay is hosting this year's tournament in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania over the weekend of September 5-7, 2008. Be sure to check this web site for more information as the tournament date approaches. Tournament registration will open on June 1, 2008.

Tournament Site - All competition events will take place at the Harrisburg Scottish Rite Cathedral located at 2701 North Third Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105 (View Map). This beautiful building provides MATOC competitors with five competition areas and plenty of preparation space. Additional rooms have been set aside to host make-up, costume and stage performance technique workshops for MATOC attendees.

Tournament Hotel - The Radisson Penn Harris Hotel & Convention Center is the official 2008 tournament hotel. Located at 1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011 (View Map), the hotel is just four miles from the tournament site, a short 10 minute ride by car. The hotel is also less than a mile from a variety of restaurants and less than two miles from the Camp Hill Shopping Mall. For more information about the hotel, visit the Radisson web site: http://www.radisson.com/camphillpa.

The Contests - As in previous years, MATOC will offer competition in 3 divisions for 17 individual and team categories.

Individual Contests Team Contests
Ceremony of Light
Chaplain
Flower Talk
Magnificent Seven
Orator
Preceptor Trio
Rookie of the Year (1st-years)
Individual Preceptor (1st-years)
9 O'clock Interpolation
Chapter Proficiency
Chevalier Investiture
DeMolay Degree (Sections 1-3)
DeMolay Degree Fourth Section
Initiatory Degree
Majority Service
Preceptor Corps
RD Ceremony
* Each of the above listed individual competitions are offered in three Divisions. Division I is for 2-time division II MATOC champions. Division II is for Active DeMolays 15 to 20 years of age, or for two-time Division III winners. Division III is for DeMolays between ages 12 and 14.

** All competitions are offered at the "Open" and "Champion" levels. "Champion" level competitions are only open to state/jurisdictional champions. "Open" level competitions are open to all competitors.

Tentative Schedule

Friday, September 5, 2008
 7:00 PM -- 11:00 PM Registration (Hotel)
 8:00 PM -- 11:00 PM Competitors' Workshop (Hotel)

Saturday, September 6, 2008
 7:45 AM -- Breakfast (Hotel)
 8:15 AM -- Judges' Briefing (Scottish Rite Cathedral)
 9:00 AM -- MATOC Competitions / Special Workshops Begin (Scottish Rite)
 11:30 AM -- Lunch (Scottish Rite)
 5:00 PM -- MATOC Competitions / Special Workshops End (Scottish Rite)
 7:00 PM -- Dance & Casino Night (Scottish Rite - ends at 10:30 PM)

Sunday, September 7, 2008
 8:30 AM -- Awards Breakfast (Hotel)

     
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