H-BC prom goes outdoors as state eases COVID restrictions

Parent organizers for Saturday’s Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School junior-senior prom plan to conduct this year’s event outside at SpringBrooke Events, Golf & Grill in Beaver Creek.
The public may attend and are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and practice social distance on the golf course.
The evening’s events begin with the Grand March at 4:45 p.m. Students will walk the cement pathways on the back side of the SpringBrooke building.  
Cost is $2 for anyone from kindergarten through adult.
Kari Kueter is one of the junior parent organizers.
“This is all weather permitting,” she said. “If the weather doesn’t cooperate, the grand march will be held inside with only parents able to attend.”
As of Monday, 43 couples are participating in the grand march.
In March the junior parents announced the annual prom activities would move from the Hugo Goehle gym in Hills to the events center in Beaver Creek due to current coronavirus restrictions on the number of people inside the building.
“It is not that we didn’t want to have it at school, we just wanted to attend in person,” Kueter said. “So, we as junior parents decided we would do it all.”
Saturday Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz removed some capacity limits and distancing requirements on outdoor events. No masks are required for outdoor venues of fewer than 500 people.
For indoor events, occupancy numbers were increased for large venues to no more than 250 people.
All H-BC prom activities take place at SpringBrooke, including the meal, dance and after-prom activities that are scheduled to end at 1:30 a.m.