El Korah Shrine

It’s a chilly evening in December and dozens of families and friends line the walls and corners of the high-ceilinged El Korah Shrine dance hall in Boise. They are milling excitedly on the sidelines, all waiting for the same thing.

Square dancing is an American tradition with at least two couples dancing together to form a square. This weekend, a festival that usually convenes in West Coast cities is coming inland and to Boise for the first time.

Shriners are generally known for riding around in miniature cars in parades, for circuses they sponsor and for the hospitals they operate for children.But…

El Korah Shrine is one of those buildings in downtown Boise people pass by all the time, but probably haven’t ever been in. In the last couple of years,…