Happy August! Feels like we are really into summer, with sun, hail, and tornadoes. But our pretty little Hall is still standing and looking great after a Spring Cleanup + BBQ. Thanks to all you Volunteers!
Past Events
Highway 762/549/22 Safety & Rural Crime Meeting, July 6: a community open house with a guest panel of Foothills Divisions 3 & 4 Councillors, RCMP, Foothills Patrol, and local crime watch members. Residents joined the conversation with ideas, concerns, and suggestions on practical solutions round traffic and safety issues on our highways. Our MLA Sarah Elmeligi was also in attendance. Sarah listened to our concerns and committed to help move safety priorities up the government channels. Foothills County will distribute a summary of the conversation and progress/ next steps to the community through their regular channels.
Upcoming Events
Community Breakfast, August 27, 8:00am. Bring your appetites, family, and friends as we host the most delicious breakfast this side of the Rockies. This year we also have live music! Enjoy the sounds of local band Cadence Creek as you enjoy the festive feet-frolicking fun.
Family Day Potluck & Games, Sept 17. Hosted by Square Butte Ladies Group.
Fall Dance, September 23. Ages 18+. Get ready for great music, dancing, and fun with a wonderful mix of age groups from late-twenties to over-eighties! Beef on a bun and refreshments, with licensed Bartender service.
Chili Cook Off, October 21. Think you got what it takes to win? Are you channeling the southern culinary skillsvof Bobbie Flay? Perhaps your style diverges from con carne and into the veggie zone? All recipes welcome!
You may have noticed that we love hosting dances at Square Butte Hall. Here’s a little history about that…
Heritage Moment: Our Hall came from Kew Knew Where (Adapted from Joan Kendall, Foothills Echoes, p.80)
In late 1959, Square Butte Community members and their friends from Kew moved the Kew Hall to the site of the old Square Butte Schoolhouse, which had to be removed due to its dilapidated state (from the ravages of 20 years of school children or numerous community dances? Maybe both!). By 1961 the new Square Butte Hall was ready for its first dance and by 1962 the late night beef supper became a staple of such events. Remember at that time there was no kitchen, no bathroom (!) and no gravel road. Some had to come by horse, some by foot, and some by car, but come to dance the people did. Rain, snow, chinook or shine, many nights of heel kicking fun were had at Square Butte Hall and continue to this day. As one who grew up with Ukrainian traditions, I fondly remember ‘midnight lunch’ at weddings and dances. Square Butte Hall dances, with beef on a bun late night dinner, bring me closer to my roots than anywhere I’ve been. It is truly fun and memorable.
Next month, I’m excited to write about the Square Butte Community Club and Square Butte Ladies Group (thanks to the fund raising walkathon of the latter, our Hall received plumbing in 1975!)
Book Square Butte Hall for your next event, meeting, training course, or special occasion! We are on Hwy 762, 3km north of Hwy 549.
Connect with us:
Direct: info@squarebuttehall.com
Web: squarebuttehall.com
Social: facebook.com/squarebuttehall
See you next month! Lindsey Kindrat, SBCA – Director, Property Management (and interim Archivist)
