Manners Club of the South

We would love to welcome y’all to our Holiday Manners classes this Sunday in the gorgeous headquarters of Very limited spots available!

There are just a couple of spots left for Holiday Manners this Sunday! Classes will be held in downtown Huntsville. Send us a DM with any questions.

Join Ms. Katie and Ms. Susie for Holiday Manners! 2 sessions on Sunday 12/2 - 1-3 pm or 4-6 pm.

Our 3-session Middle School Manners concluded this week with a focus on gratitude. The kids learned about monograms, made their own stationery, and practiced writing meaningful thank you notes. We couldn’t let them leave without more fun and games in the form of a chopstick competition! We are so proud of them!

We kicked off Middle School Manners yesterday by learning about dining etiquette! The kids also learned how to make a proper introduction and welcome others with kindness.

It was a pleasure to meet the ladies of National Charity League, Inc., Madison City, Alabama Chapter tonight! We talked about cell phone etiquette and their upcoming tea.

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Tired of trying to teach your children manners? Let Ms. Susie and Ms. Katie help! 1st sessions of Manners Club will be 4-7 pm for 3 consecutive Sundays. April 16, 23, and 30, 2023 focusing on tweens (10-13). Link in bio for more info and registration form.

We are humbled by this wonderful feature in Hville Blast! Thanks to Sarah and Michael for the opportunity to share Manners Club of the South with y’all!

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Meet Ms. Susie! Susie Swanson Fortner grew up in Huntsville and has been an etiquette buff since receiving her first copy of Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Book of Etiquette at age 14 from the Victorian Cotillion Committee. She is mama to 2 kiddos (Frances, 8 and Freddie, 11) and wife to Mark. She first began teaching etiquette classes through the Gothic Guild 15 years ago. Susie and her long-time friend, Cate DeFiore, started Miss Mabel’s Manners Camp in 2015 focusing on pre-school through middle school children. They enjoyed working with campers for 5 years. She has presented etiquette seminars to many local groups including Leadership Huntsville, Rotaract, and Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Debutantes. Susie is active in the Symphony Guild, Gothic Guild, and the Church of the Nativity, Episcopal

After graduating from the University of Alabama with a Finance and Computer Science degree, she worked in Birmingham. She then moved to The Bahamas, Vienna, and Monaco working as a Financial Analyst. Susie loves travel and discovering the cultures of the world. Her library includes etiquette books from her mother, grandmother, and estate sales.

Meet Katie Watson Butts Co-Owner and Teacher at Manners Club of the South!

Katie Watson Butts grew up in Louisville, Mississippi appreciating the welcoming atmosphere created by good manners. One of her early childhood memories was learning to set a table using a well-worn template stored in her grandmother’s china cabinet. Having watched her mother regularly consult the 1958 edition of Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Book of Etiquette, Katie recalls fondly the Christmas morning when she was given her own copy as a teenager. Friends would often consult Katie while studying at Ole Miss, and her copy of “Amy Vanderbilt”, and she developed an interest in sharing this knowledge with others. After graduation, she and her high school sweetheart, Will, married and spent several years in the Washington, DC area, where they welcomed their daughter, Betsy ,3, before moving to Huntsville in early 2021. While she spends her days working in talent development, she still delights in answering etiquette queries from family and friends and is thrilled to share all the best things about good manners with young children in the area. Katie is active with Junior League of Huntsville and loves working on the Book Ball Committee.