Purple reign
Purple Party comes back with its ‘next chapter’ RICH LOPEZ | Staff writerrich@dallasvoice.com With a hefty lineup of DJs and events over the course of four days, it’s official that the Purple Party has returned.
After its COVID hiatus, the Purple Foundation has brought back its signature event that’s also a fundraiser for area nonprofits.
But getting to opening night on Thursday, April 28, was a bumpy road. The party had big plans for 2020 — until they didn’t. “That was supposed to be our 20th anniversary,” PF president Blake Baker said by phone. “COVID just flipped everything inside out and in 2021, we didn’t even try.” But it was also a time that the PF was undergoing some changes — or perhaps a reflective time that resulted in changes.
Baker had led the organization from 2005 to 2017 but left to focus on his career in interior design and lived part-time in New York.
