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Tacoma’s First Night festivities with a picnic in the park

Le
Diner en Blanc event features bluegrass, fire dancing,

and an excuse to wear white after Labor Day

The creative minds behind Tacoma’s annual First Night
festivities are starting the magic a little earlier with Le Diner en Blanc from
6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at a location to be announced, in Tacoma, last
minute. This pop-up event is a fundraiser for First Night Tacoma Pierce County and
a great opportunity to get fun photos with your friends and family.

Tickets are $12 each and can be purchased through www.firstnighttacoma.org
or at https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d2/default.aspx?wid=91080.  Get your tickets now so we provide enough
tables and chairs!

The event, Le Diner en Blanc
comes with rules: Everyone wears white and packs a picnic. The point of it? It’s a feast for all the senses.

Tables, tablecloths and chairs will be provided. Entertainment includes a
bluegrass band, fire dancer L. Lisa Lawrence, and Steve LaBerge with his
Burning Man Gondola.

About Le Diner en Blanc

The concept for Le Diner en Blanc began in 1988 in Paris; there it has
grown to about 15,000 people a year. The Le
Diner en Blanc website explains the raison d’etre for the event: “[It]
recalls the elegance and glamour of court society, and diners engage one
another knowing they are taking part in a truly magical event.”

“It’s exciting to challenge Tacomans to indulge in something new and different.
It’s a city that loves great food and feasts for the senses, and we really want
to celebrate the people of Tacoma and the downtown core,” says one of the
organizers. “In other cities, they go all out
and over the top. A lady in New York puts white feathers on her table and
candelabras. Some bring white balloons,” someone says, encouraging a white-out.
Others don white masks and costumes.

About L. Lisa Lawrence – http://wildcelticrose.net/fire.html

Based in Tacoma and
performing throughout the greater Puget Sound Region, L. Lisa Lawrence – aka
the Wild Celtic Rose -- performs a variety of dance styles with any combination
of the graceful fire orb, levitation wand, spinning poi, windfire rings,
sensual fans, powerful staff, tribal belllydance with palm torches and the
exciting flaming hula hoop. Lisa was trained from an early age in classical
ballet, interpretive and contemporary dance, musical theater and other
performance arts. She has
performed in film, live theater and festivals on the West Coast since the age
of 8 years old. Fire dancing has
become her passion. When not
performing, she is a triathlete, ceramic and glass artist, urban farmer, writer
and photographer.

About First
Night Tacoma-Pierce County – www.firstnighttacoma.net

First Night Tacoma-Pierce County is an
all-ages-friendly, arts-centered, alcohol-free celebration of New Year's Eve
that takes place throughout the downtown Tacoma theater district. In its
20-year history, First Night has developed a reputation as a safe, exciting,
family-friendly alternative to traditional New Year's celebrations. Tacoma's
was the first First Night to take place west of the Mississippi.  MEDIA CONTACT:Lynn Di Nino, 253-396-0774, lynndin@msn.com after Sept 1

With one day to go you don't want to miss Le Diner en Blanc: buy tickets immediately at www.firstnighttacoma.org              photo by Rick Semple 2013Support
Tacoma’s First Night festivities with a picnic in the park

Le
Diner en Blanc event features bluegrass, fire dancing, David Boe as emcee, Steve LaBerge's Burning Man GONDOLA. . .

and . . .  an excuse to wear white after Labor DaySEPTEMBER 11TH FROM 6-8PM

Buy your ticket to get the exact location. This pop-up event is a fundraiser for First Night Tacoma Pierce County and
a great opportunity to get fun photos with your friends and family.

Tickets are $12 each and can be purchased through www.firstnighttacoma.org
or at https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d2/default.aspx?wid=91080.  Get your tickets now so we provide enough
tables and chairs!

The event, Le Diner en Blanc
comes with rules: Everyone wears white and packs a picnic. The point of it? It’s a feast for all the senses.

Tables, tablecloths and chairs will be provided. Entertainment includes a
bluegrass band, fire dancer L. Lisa Lawrence, and Steve LaBerge with his
Burning Man Gondola.

About Le Diner en Blanc

The concept for Le Diner en Blanc began in 1988 in Paris; there it has
grown to about 15,000 people a year. The Le
Diner en Blanc website explains the raison d’etre for the event: “[It]
recalls the elegance and glamour of court society, and diners engage one
another knowing they are taking part in a truly magical event.”

“It’s exciting to challenge Tacomans to indulge in something new and different.
It’s a city that loves great food and feasts for the senses, and we really want
to celebrate the people of Tacoma and the downtown core,” says one of the
organizers. “In other cities, they go all out
and over the top. A lady in New York puts white feathers on her table and
candelabras. Some bring white balloons,” someone says, encouraging a white-out.
Others don white masks and costumes.

About L. Lisa Lawrence – http://wildcelticrose.net/fire.html

Based in Tacoma and
performing throughout the greater Puget Sound Region, L. Lisa Lawrence – aka
the Wild Celtic Rose -- performs a variety of dance styles with any combination
of the graceful fire orb, levitation wand, spinning poi, windfire rings,
sensual fans, powerful staff, tribal belllydance with palm torches and the
exciting flaming hula hoop. Lisa was trained from an early age in classical
ballet, interpretive and contemporary dance, musical theater and other
performance arts. She has
performed in film, live theater and festivals on the West Coast since the age
of 8 years old. Fire dancing has
become her passion. When not
performing, she is a triathlete, ceramic and glass artist, urban farmer, writer
and photographer.

About First
Night Tacoma-Pierce County – www.firstnighttacoma.net

First Night Tacoma-Pierce County is an
all-ages-friendly, arts-centered, alcohol-free celebration of New Year's Eve
that takes place throughout the downtown Tacoma theater district. In its
20-year history, First Night has developed a reputation as a safe, exciting,
family-friendly alternative to traditional New Year's celebrations. Tacoma's
was the first First Night to take place west of the Mississippi.