The Midnight Dumb Supper
The Kneading of the Dough for the Dumb Cakes
At the appointed time, our mysterious maven will silently beckon seven volunteers to knead the dumb cake (click here to learn more) dough per ancient tradition, with several of us kneading the dough in silence with our left thumbs:
"You must know, two must make it, two bake it, two break it," and so you will sit with and break the dumb cakes with a partner (how the much more delightful should you choose to sit next to a masked stranger you have not encountered throughout the eve)
"But you must not speak a word all the time, then you will dream of the human you are to dine (your true love),"
The Dumb Supper
At fifteen minutes to midnight, we'll assemble in the main hall and distribute your dumb cakes. At the stroke of midnight, the Dumb Supper will begin. When summoned, we will observe a minute of silence for visiting wandering spirits and the dead, break our dumb cakes, take a bite of our half of each dumb cake, and package the remaining dumb cake to take home with us.
We will share a single bite of our dumb cakes in silence (as we began our evening in silence), then observe one minute of silence for any wandering or visiting spirits. After, we will stand up and exit the venue, walking backwards to and through the front door (please have designated walker helpers for those who might be tipsy or ask for help before the dumb supper begins)!
You must maintain your silence from our assembly at the supper and breaking of the dumb cakes until you lay down to sleep and must walk backwards away from the haunted hall to your vehicle. Upon arriving home, you should continue your backwards walk from your vehicle into your home, stopping to eat another bite of your dumb cake on the way to your bed. You cannot speak until the next morning for the charm to work (note: no one should practically attempt to drive home in reverse unless you'd like to visit with the Casper Police Department).
Upon reaching your home, you should enter it walking backwards and continue walking backwards in silence to your bed where you'll place the leftover dumb cake under your pillow and maintain your silence until you fall asleep. If you follow these instructions, tradition had it, you will dream of your one true love that night.
We hope for the sake of most couples they dream of each other, and cannot be held responsible or liable for any nocturnal revelations. Couples may choose not to participate in the Dumb Supper but are asked to stand along the walls rather than taking a seat and to maintain utter silence as they exit the venue.