Photos Courtesy of Dixie’s Tupperware Party
Dixie’s Tupperware Party Returns to Kravis Center
February 17 - 19, 2023
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he Belle of the bowls that “burp” is back! Dixie Longate herself is returning to the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts during Dixie’s Tupperware Party. The feisty redhead is excited to share the latest Tupperware catalog offerings, along with her trademark homespun wisdom, for five performances on February 17 - 19, 2023. OutClique caught up with Dixie as she was in her hometown in Alabama getting ready for the holidays before hitting the road on another nationwide tour. “I’m so excited to return to Florida where everybody is real neighborly, and it’s nice and warm, and people are only bundled up when they go to pee by the dumpster,” says Dixie. She speaks in rapid-fire Southern cadence, one “bless-your-heart” away from a quip at any moment. Created in 2007, Dixie Longate has traveled the globe, bringing laughter and joy as fresh as the food her
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Tupperware protects to thousands of fans and new clients each year. For those who aren’t familiar with a Tupperware party, Dixie is only too happy to educate. “It hurts my heart that kids today don’t know about Tupperware, but I’m gonna learn them about food storage, and that it lasts forever, and everybody loves it, and why it’s the best thing,” says Dixie. She sees herself as a woman on a mission, spreading a message of empowerment and continuing the legacy first started by Tupperware party inventor, Brownie Wise. “You wouldn’t even know about Tupperware without Brownie, who saw them sittin’ there on the shelves and thought, why don’t I just take those off the shelves and bring them to my friends?” The innovative product grew to be a worldwide phenomenon, with Tupperware parties providing income for thousands of women throughout the 1960’s to today. While the parties are no longer ubiquitous in American
