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The West Tyrone demonstration will take place in Newtownstewart, hosted by Newtownstewart District No. 9.
The demonstration takes in the six Districts that cover North and West Tyrone - Strabane, Killen, Newtownstewart, Omagh, Fintona and Sixmilecross - a total of fifty-eight lodges and around forty accompanying bands.
The host district is particularly proud to have the Grand Master as their guest speaker. Bro. Edward Stevenson is a member of one of the lodges in our District, Ardstraw "Death or Glory" LOL 502. The service will be conducted by Deputy Grand Chaplain Bro. Rev. Trevor Boyd.
The main parade will start at 12.30pm and cover a route from Baronscourt Road (Assembly field), Strabane Road, Millbrook Lane, Mourne Park, Millbrook Lane, Oldcastle Road, Dublin Street, Main Street, Castle Brae, Old Douglas Road, to Castle Brae and the Demonstration field.
The platform proceedings will start at 3pm.
The return leg of the parade will commence at 4pm.
Some milestones being marked on the day will be LOL 850 from Omagh District will be 200 years old, while both the Omagh District Junior Boys Lodge and the Castlederg "Sisters of Elizabeth" Junior Girls Lodge will be out on parade for their very first Twelfth.
In the fortnight leading up to the Twelfth the District will be hosting events in some of our rural Lodges around the District.
