St. Alban's Lodge No. 1455, A.F. & A.M.
Annual Table Lodge
Once each year St. Alban's Lodge hosts a formal Festive Board, also known as a Table Lodge. The table is in the form of a horseshoe or elongated semicircle. The Master sits at the head, the Senior Warden at the northwest extremity, and the Junior Warden at the southwest, while the Deacons sit between the two Wardens. The Brethren are placed around the exterior margin of the table facing each other; the void space between the sides is occupied by the serving Brethren or attendants. The Table Lodge is formally opened with an invocation to the Grand Architect. This is followed by food and fellowship and seven toasts, called Santes d' Obligation, or obligatory toasts (Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry).
1st Toast: President of the United States
2nd Toast: Grand Master of Masons in Texas
3rd Toast: Master of the Lodge
4th Toast: The Senior and Junior Wardens.
5th Toast: Visiting Brethren.
6th Toast: The other officers of the Lodge, and the new initiates or affiliates if there be any.
7th Toast: All Freemasons wheresoever spread over the face of the globe.