White Party

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

>
> in what i think is an entirely separate development, there
> have been gay-themed "circuit parties" (google on "circuit
> party" for several informative sites) for over 25 years, most
> of them with color names.
> the big White Party is in Palm Springs in april; this was its
> 17th year.
>
Is Truman Capote's famous "Black and White Ball" (1966) an antecedent?

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