The District Deputy Grand Master is always announced as “about to enter” for his official visits. Does this mean he seeks admittance on other occasions in his District?

Three Grand Lodge officers have an absolute right to enter a tiled Lodge Communication: The Grand Master, the Deputy Grand Master, and the District Deputy Grand Master in his District. As a result of the foregoing, none of these three are required to seek admittance and will be “about to enter” any time they visit a Lodge after it has opened. Whether or not they enter with pomp and circumstance every time they attend a Lodge Communications on “unofficial” occasions is largely a matter of style, personal preference and local tradition. It is fairly common, for example, for a Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master or District Deputy Grand Master to attend his Mother Lodge as “just a Brother” by sitting on the sidelines for the Ritual of Opening, and some District Deputy Grand Masters do the same when making friendly visits within their Districts. Others always make an entrance. To paraphrase a familiar piece of Ritual, their own good judgment must teach them when and where to make an entrance.