Event 

Title:
2013 Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday | Feb 12, 2013
Where:
Hilton Fort Collins - Fort Collins
Category:
Plays & Events

Description

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You're Invited to
Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday Celebration
Fat Tuesday comes to Fort Collins as Bas Bleu Theatre Company cooks up a Mardi Gras party with all the spicy ingredients of Bourbon Street. Experience a festive night of costumes, music, dancing and decor, topped off with delectable food and drink, to make it a memorable celebration of this New Orleans tradition.

Fantastic Cajun Food + Complimentary beer + Costume Contest + Cash Bar + Silent Auction + Live Auction

festive attire encouraged

call 970.498.8949 for more information

BUY TICKETS!

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Menu

Sweet Cabbage Salad with Crawfish Beignets

ENTREES

Shrimp Etouffee

Vegetarian Jambalaya

Cajun Baked Chicken

SIDES

Cajun Roasted Potatoes

Creole Vegetable Saute

Hush Puppies with Honey Jack Butter

Louisana Hot Sauce

Coffee Service

 

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Live Auction Items

Wine, Women & Song! May 17 OR June 15, 2013

Celebrate an evening of 'Wine, Woman & Song' with a wine tasting hosted by Pam & Dave Pettigrew at their elegant home featuring specially selected wines from Dave's cellar with the tasting, notes and comments conducted by Jay Witlen (Jay's Bistro) accompanied by Pam's famous hors d'oeuvres / desserts and featuring chanteuse Kate Austin-Groen and pianist David Wohl. Available for four to six guests.

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Margaritas, Martinis, Madhatters and Mayhem! March 23, 2013

Enjoy an evening of exquisite gourmet tapas, exotic martinis and "get down" margaritas for 12 guests. Wear your most outlandish hat and something bleu. Live music provided by Dakota DeIrueste. This exuberent evening is hosted by Paul Versteeg and Gwen Hatchette at Paul's beautiful home on Harbor Walk Court.

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Spend the evening in Provence without jet lag! July 2013
Enjoy dinner and conversation with Oz Scott--a highly sought after New York and Hollywood director--and Wendy Ishii, Bas Bleu’s artistic director, at Chez Monfort, Fort Collins own French-inspired chateau. Myra Monfort will host what is sure to be a memorable evening.  The dinner will take place in July when Scott directs Ishii in The Year of Magical Thinking.

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Renowned painter Amelia Caruso has created a one-of-a-kind painting especially for Bas Bleu’s 2013 Mardi Gras.

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Not your typical beer and pizza party! April 27, 2013  7-9 pm
Some beer now sells for the same price as fine wine. Join Dave Pettigrew and Tim Hagar for a professional beer tasting experience. Jordan Augenstine, from O'Dells Tap Room, will help refine your palate and provide tasting guidelines about each featured brewery, beer style and ingredients.  The event is hosted by Tim at his spectacular home, located on Loveland’s Marianna Butte Golf Course that features views of Longs Peak, the Devil’s Backbone and the Big Thompson River. Wilbur's Total Beverage is donating the beer for this tasting designed for six to eight guests. Ladies welcome.

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Rawah Ranch overnight fly fishing getaway for two


Arrive in the afternoon,  eat dinner and drink cocktails before spending the night in the serenity of the star-filled skies. After breakfast, you’ll be expertly guided on a fly fishing trip and/or hiking, have lunch, then more fishing and/ or hiking. Package includes all flies and terminal gear.
Bas Bleu Board president Tom Campbell and his partner Dawn can personally vouch for how awesome this place is. It's magical.   Photo: Dawn Putney “bagging a big one.”

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Silent Auction Items

Aspen Grove. Bring a piece of Rocky Mountain National Park into your home with an original acrylic-palette knife painting by legendary artist Bob Coonts.  This 12” x 12” piece of art is a versatile size that will let you look at the Colorado mountains everyday!

Make-a-statement Gary Hixon original necklace features Chinese silver accents from the village of Miao, gray quartz chips and blackstone. A true one-of-a-kind piece of wearable art.

Same time, next month; lunch for a year! Hot Corner Concepts is donating lunch for two at The Moot House, Enzio’s or Austin’s once a month for an entire year! Visit a different restaurant or stick with your favorite.  Grab a friend and enjoy.

Make a special occasion even more memorable. Start your evening at The Canyon Chop House, then enjoy one of Bas Bleu’s spring 2013 productions and end your night in a luxurious King Deluxe Mountain View Room at the Hilton Fort Collins. Linger a little longer and start your day with breakfast for two at the Spring Creek Grill, located within the Hilton.

Wine and Dine in style. Enjoy dinner for six at the main dining room of the elegant Fort Collins Country Club.

la-de-da is a performing arts school for all ages and offers one intensive ($350 value) workshop of purchaser’s choice during the summer of 2013.

Treat your family and friends to an outing from days gone by. Stockton’s Carriage Service & Wagon Rides of LaPorte invites 16 people to enjoy a an hour-long hayride at their farm.

Garwood’s Jewelers offers a stunning, colorful hand-made Murano glass bead necklace.

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Venue

Venue:
Hilton Fort Collins
Street:
425 W. Prospect Road
ZIP:
80526
City:
Fort Collins
State:
Colorado

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