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Lodge 104: Elangomat Segments

Greg Grimes recently acquired a lot on eBay that consisted of several patches from Occoneechee lodge that have been missed by Blue Book. These are several segments for the lodge's "Elangomat Service" patch, listed in Blue Book as X21. The year segments were issued to those who served as an elangomat in those years. The "Spring Fall" segment required a person to serve as an elangomat in both the Spring and Fall of the same year.

I can see how these were missed.

First the Elangomat Service patch, X21, is listed out of order. Since it has to predate the 1999 segment, its correct chronological place is no later than between the X13 and X14. Apparently this patch was missed for a few years.

The Elangomat Service patch and its segments required a significant act of service to earn and were awarded one per person. As far as I know, none were made available for trading.

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OA Song - Original Words

The music to the OA song has been used in many places since it was first composed by Alexis Lvov in 1833 as the Russian (Tsarist) National Anthem. A performance of this orignal anthem can be found in MP3 format at the link below. Does your lodge sound like this when they sing? *grin*

Original music for OA Song

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