Announcing the 76th Odd Fellows Cave Degree: September 5-7, 2025
The 76th Odd Fellows Degree weekend is going to be different from our regular tradition in several important ways. Since the cave degree is now run by a formally-instituted degree lodge, the members have been thinking about how to make the experience more beneficial to the Order as well as more enjoyable for those who attend. Instead of the usual program where people arrive Saturday morning, take initiatory through second degree throughout the day, and follow it with the third degree on Sunday before they head home, the schedule will begin on the Friday evening before.
- Friday
- 5-6PM – Meeting of Richard Brouse Degree Lodge #190 (open to 3rd degree members)
- 7:30-10PM – The “Odd Ball”, a called English Country style dance, with professional dance caller and live music
- Saturday
- 11AM – Initiatory Degree
- 12PM – Lunch
- 1PM – First Degree
- 2-6PM – Member/Officer Training and Good Fellowship Sessions*
- 6PM – Dinner
- 7:30-10PM – Second Degree**
- Sunday
- 9-10AM – Third Degree
- 10-11:30AM – Brunch and Fellowship
- 10:30-11:15 – Rebekah Degree
- 11:30AM-12:30PM – Installation of Officers for RBDL190
- 12:30-2:00PM – Three Links Odd Cast Live!
- 2:00-4:00PM – Patriarchal Degree of Encampment Odd Fellowship at Cave**
* training sessions schedule not yet finalized
** includes travel time to the Pythian Cave and back
We are now completely out of space, even for people willing to provide for their own meals.
Next year’s degree weekend will be September 25-27, 2026. Registration will open in March.
To receive one or more degrees, you must have a letter under seal of your lodge naming you as a qualified candidate. The letter should be addressed to Richard Brouse Degree Lodge #190, sealed, and signed by the lodge Noble Grand or Secretary of your lodge.
To receive the patriarchal degree on Sunday afternoon at the cave (initiatory degree for the encampment), you must bring a letter addressed to Davis Encampment #21, which should be sealed, and signed by either the scribe or chief patriarch of the encampment which has elected you to membership.
To receive the Rebekah degree on Sunday morning after the third degree, which will be held in the Yreka #19 lodge hall, you will need to have a letter addressed to Clara Rebekah Lodge #34, sealed and signed by the Secretary or Noble Grand of the Rebekah lodge that you’ve been elected to join.
Anyone who plans to stay at one of the local hotels will have a few options in the area, but if staying at the Best Western Miner’s Inn, which is the closest hotel directly opposite the street corner where Yreka 19 is located, we have a room code – 5C2SS3P4 – which offers a discount over the usual price.