Kilted Lodge

**Don** · 30th October 07, 08:49 PM

I haven’t seen a similar posting so I thought I’d create this one.

A few years ago a couple of us who were both Masons and active Clan conveners were chatting (and sipping) at a highland games and thought that having a lodge that focused on Scottish history and tradition would be a fun addition to the Washington (state) Masonic scene. From that conversation grew a Kilted Lodge.

In 2005 we received a dispensation to form Alba Lodge and open for business. We later changed the name to Lodge Alba to better reflect common naming practice in Scotland. At our first meeting our member roll was 26 guys. That night we read membership petitions for 19 more and we have continued to grow. Our meetings are on Saturdays near the Celtic cross-quarter days and we meet in the Scottish style - -brief business meeting at 5pm (between 45 mins and 75 mins) then adjourn to the banquet room for wine, scotch, dinner, toasts and general good fun.
We turn no one away for being un-kilted but the percentage of kilted attendees continues to increase. Last weekend 85% of those present were in kilt.

Speaking of last weekend, I guess we were participants in the general kilt night being organized even though we had planned to meet long before the kilt night was announced.

I thought you all might enjoy hearing of another kilted venue.