Celebrate Fête en Blanc with us!

ByBunyaad

Celebrate community and join us in this virtual Party in White from the safety of your own home with your own quarantine-friendly grouping.

Thursday, August 6 starting at 6:45 p.m.

Here’s how it works:

  • Register online for the Bunyaad Fête en Blanc. A zoom link will be sent to you the day before the event.
  • Find a place around your house or a safely socially-distanced location outside.
  • Grab your quarantine-friendly grouping to join you in this party.
  • Dress in white and set up your tables and picnic. Set up your laptop, phone, tablet, whatever on your table so you can “dine” with everyone.
  • At 6:45 p.m., we’ll open the Fête as a virtual party and watch as we all put the finishing touches on our tables.
  • At 7 p.m., we will have opening welcome and the napkin wave (yes, the beginning of Fête always starts with the white napkin wave)
  • Enjoy an evening of dining together virtually and listening to the stories and music of Leo DiSanto who will be with us all evening.

Attending our local Fête en Blanc is an annual tradition for our Ephrata-based Rug Room.  We love the community party and if Covid-19 has taught us anything, our community is truly worldwide.

Invite your friends and family to join as well and let’s embrace this unique year together as we find new ways to celebrate our world community.

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