Infinity Music Hall in Hartford and Connecticut Distributors, Inc. (CDI) teamed up to support the hall’s first annual Mardi Gras bash with beads, masks, music and brands on February 17, 2015. Sugar Island Rum by Trinchero Family Estates was the featured spirit. Sugar Island Rum Hurricane cocktails were served and, in keeping with the brand’s icon, mermaid models posed with guests and handed out Sugar Island Rum tattoos. Over 300 people attended and Buckwheat Zydeco, known for authentic New Orleans-style music, performed.
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- Hurricanes were the featured cocktail.
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- Mermaid models with Sugar Island Rum.
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- Mermaid models with Nadine Gengras, Account Development Specialist – Spirits, Connecticut Distributors, Inc., at the “selfie station.” Gengras organized Sugar Island Rum’s participation in the event.
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- Local music group Colonel Albert Pope & The Hartford Hot Several also provided entertainment.
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- Masked guests.
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- Stanley Dural, Jr., famed New Orleans accordionist and zydeco musician, who performs under the name Buckwheat Zydeco.
Photos by Joe Palisi.
