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Camas First Friday goes virtual in face of coronavirus closures

Downtown Camas Association to host online events and contests all week, from Sunday, April 26 through Friday, May 1

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(Contributed photo courtesy of the Downtown Camas Association) The "Gnome and Fairy Gala" May First Friday event in downtown Camas was originally scheduled to take place Friday, May 1. Due to COVID-19 closures, however, the Downtown Camas Association is taking the event online, hosting contests and virtual scavenger hunts on its Facebook page and connecting people to downtown merchants all week, from Sunday, April 26 through Friday, May 1.

After coronavirus closures forced the Downtown Camas Association (DCA) to postpone the group’s April First Friday festivities and long-awaited unveiling of a historic paper mill photo collage, DCA leaders knew they needed to figure out a way to celebrate the popular May “Gnome and Fairy Gala” First Friday event while still adhering to the state’s social-distancing guidelines. 

The result? A weeklong, virtual “First Friday” that kicks off this Sunday with a “best fairy” and “best gnome” costume competition and culminates on Friday, May 1 with a Facebook Live event on the DCA’s First Friday Facebook page. 

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