CENTRAL BUTTE — Tickets are still available for a musically humorous fundraiser that the Town of Central Butte’s fire department is holding to help support its
Two duelling pianists from the are bringing their comedic schtick and party-song repertoire to the east-central Saskatchewan community on Saturday, Nov. 9. The duo will sing songs from the 1950s to the present and from country to rock to hip hop and R&B; they will also take requests.
The event — taking place at the Centre Butte School — kicks off at 4 p.m. with cocktails, followed by supper at 5:30 p.m., a silent auction around 7 p.m., and then three hours of duelling pianos starting at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are still available, but the deadline to purchase them is Friday, Nov. 1. Tables seat six or eight people, while tickets are $100 each regardless of which seating option groups or individuals choose.
There will be 40 tables in total, while organizers expect roughly 300 people to attend.
For tickets, call Eldon at .
“(I’m) looking forward to it. We’ve had duelling pianos in the past and it went over real well,” said Fire Chief Myron Fowler. “… it was a formal evening for that event and we decided to keep that up for this year.
“It was a lot of positive feedback (we received). People actually enjoyed getting out dressed up a little bit and having a nice evening out,” he continued.
The Aussie Rules pianists were in Central Butte seven years ago for a fundraiser. Fowler noted that they were great then and they should be great again this time.
This event is the fire department’s largest fundraiser in its quest to build a bigger new fire hall that can accommodate its equipment and vehicles and provide more meeting spaces.
This additional space will ensure firefighters can train and learn throughout the week instead of on specific nights that may not fit their schedules. It will also ensure firefighters can access all the equipment easily and quickly when responding to calls.
The building will cost $1.1 million to build, with the fire department aiming to raise roughly $300,000 from the community.
River Grove Homes from Outlook is constructing the new hall, which will be located on Highway 19 south of the Co-op. The company started construction in September and expects to hand over the building keys by next spring.
“So we gotta try to have all the money raised and ready for construction finalization in the spring so we can move in and start utilizing the new building,” said Fowler.
The fire department has so far received cash donations from donors, while it is also acquiring door prizes and silent auction items for the musical fundraiser, he added. After the event concludes, organizers will see how much money they have raised and how much more they have left to acquire.
