MARDI GRAS - The Salon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 24, 2013 / updated Jan 31st
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THE SALON proudly presents
MARDI GRAS
on Fat Tuesday – February 12, 2013
The Big Easy comes to the Big Apple on Fat Tuesday with vintage glamour courtesy of The Salon
over 25 performers on 3 floors including 3 bands, 3DJs, burlesque, and Cajun Food!
New York City, NY (January 24, 2013) – The Big Easy comes to the Big Apple on Fat Tuesday, with
vintage style courtesy of THE SALON! This Creole carnival features a spectacular lineup of more than
25 performers, including a stellar lineup of 3 Dixieland and New Orleans style jazz bands, 3 DJs, classic
burlesque dancers, Cajun food and more - all for your lounging 'n dancing pleasure... plus we'll have
Mardi Gras beads for every dame & dapper gent.
Following our wildly successful New Years Eve Eve with over 600 people, THE SALON returns by
popular demand to the swank new venue, THE DL... Each of the three floors will feature its own bar,
band, DJ, and dance floor. Plus, the gorgeous rooftop lounge even has a separate outdoor smoking area,
so bring your cigars and pipes!
For those craving more Nawlins, bring an appetite 'cause we've got the crawfish cookin! THE DL's fab
chef is preparing a special Cajun 3 course prix-fix menu at the restaurant on the first floor... during
dinner we'll keep your toes tappin to live music by JESSY CAROLINA & THE HOT MESS (featuring
“BLIND BOY” PAXTON) and DJ VAVAVOON spinning between sets.
Head upstairs for two more floors of live music, dancing, lounging and imbibing from some of
the top talent in town. Featured live musical performers also include the THE GRAND STREET
STOMPERS, a traditional Dixieland & New Orleans-style jazz septet (featuring TAMAR
KORN on vocals, and GORDON AU on trupmet) playing on the gorgeous 3rd floor rooftop
along with DJ ADAM LEE. On the 2nd floor’s hot “Red Room” is the BABY SODA JAZZ
BAND, (featuring BRIA SKONBERG), is a favorite among dancers and at the forefront of street
jazz playing New Orleans jazz & 30’s era swing. Also on the 2nd floor is DJ STAN, from Friday
Night Blues, spinning sultry New Orleans influenced blues and Dixieland.
Additional performers throughout the night include Emcee Extraordinaire DANDY WELLINGTON; sizzling
burlesque dancers LEGS MALONE and GAL FRIDAY; and our lovely vintage Go-Go dancer and stage kitten
SYDNEY SUNRISE, and pinup beauty MISS KACIE MARIE. For the bar, a craft cocktail menu has been
created by FREDO, The Salon's cocktail impresario (from Loungerati.com), which will be prepared by
CLAUDIA SCHUMACHER (USBG, LUPEC and Lucey’s Lounge). To start the evening on the right foot, we
are offering a FREE beginner swing dance lesson from 7:30-8 pm by ARTURO PEREZ.
THE SALON is on Fat Tuesday, February 12, 2013. The party and live music begins at 7pm, with the restaurant and bar opening at
5:00pm. THE DL is located at 95 Delancey Street (Corner of Delancey St & Ludlow St) in NYC. General Admission tickets are $25
in advance, or $30 at the door. Dinner Packages include a 3-course Cajun prix-fixe dinner, one drink, and general admission ticket to
the party for $35 (early bird discount), $40 (in advance), or $45 (at the door). Dinner seatings are at 5:30, 7:00 and 9:00pm. All guests
receive Mardi Gras beads! Discounted VIP Packages for $59 (including a 2 hr open bar) are available through GUILT CITY at
http://www.giltcity.com/newyork/dinneronludlowjan
The event is 21+ (ID required). A limited number of under 21 tickets will be sold in advance, but only allow access to the 1st floor.
There is no dress code, but we strongly encourage people to dress up (most people do!)… think flappers, Boardwalk Empire, or Mad
Men. For public transportation, take the F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey/Essex, or B/D to Grand St.
For more information and advance tickets please visit http://www.thesalon.biz
Hi-Rez photos available upon request.
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Additional Information
At the forefront of the "Retro Nouveau" scene in New York City (Wall Street Journal),
THE SALON has been producing events since 2001. Each event celebrates the past
and the future by bringing together some of the top talent in New York City to
perform music, dance, and share their creativity to appreciative and discerning guests
who dress-to-the-nines and enjoy bespoke cocktails in classic New York venues such
as The Players Club, Edison Ballroom, the Copacabana, Empire Hotel Rooftop, The
DL, Rebel, and Galapagos. The tradition of great salons from the past have been
reinterpreted for the modern world by pulling from a creative community of friends
and colleagues who come together to share, collaborate, and showcase their incredible skills in an atmosphere of oldschool glamour with an up-to-the-minute appreciation of the finest talents in vintage-inflected music and performance that
New York City has to offer. Over the years The Salon's events have received press from the Wall Street Journal, Time Out
NY, Metromix, Huffington Post, Newsday, MTV, NY, and WBGO Jazz FM, as well as international press and write-ups
from the blog-o-sphere. Time Out NY called The Salon one of “The four big event producers on NYC’s booming Jazz
Age scene…” (http://www.thesalon.biz)
Baby Soda Jazz Band is on the forefront of a new movement loosely known as street
jazz; with an eclectic set of influences ranging from 30’s era swing, New Orleans jazz,
and southern gospel. The ensemble doesn't desire to recreate the past, rather they bring
the concept and joy of the music to the present. Baby Soda is an adaptable and ever
changing group made up of New York's finest musicians; featuring trumpet, trombone,
clarinet, banjo and the unique one string box bass. (http://www.babysoda.org).
Jessy Carolina & The Hot Mess is a New York City based ensemble specializing in American
music from the late 1800's-1930's, primarily jazz and blues reminiscent of The Ziegfield Follies,
The Great American Song Book, and early medicine shows. The group features Jessy Carolina on
vocals and washboard, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton on piano, banjo, and vocals, Jordan Hyde on
guitar, Jay Sanford on bass, Mario J. Maggio on clarinet and saxophone, an Satoru Ohashi on
trumpet and trombone. (http://www.jessycarolinahotmess.com)
The Grand St. Stompers, a project of rising young trumpeter Gordon Au, is a swinging-hot traditional
jazz band with modernist tendencies - rooted in New Orleans yet flowering in the futurism of New
York. The band is a direct product of Gordon's experience living in New Orleans as a fellow of the
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, directed by Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer
Terence Blanchard. With one foot stomping in vintage tradition and the other in modern style, the
Stompers delight audiences with everything from Louis Armstrong hits and New Orleans favorites to
exciting originals, covers of famous classical themes, and even their own joyous adaptations of Disney,
TV, film, and pop music. Their appeal to both young and old – to both swing dancers and sit-down
music lovers, has earned them a devoted and diverse following in their hometown of New York City.
(http://www.grandststompers.com)
The dapper DANDY WELLINGTON has been the Salon’s Master of Ceremonies for the last two
years, starting with New Year’s Eve Eve 2009 at the Players Club, and 2010 at Rebel NYC. He sings, he
dances and he always looks sharp! (http://dandywellington.com)
Burlesque has long been a part of The Salon, and the evening wouldn’t be complete
without the talents of some of New York’s loveliest burlesque dancers. We proudly
present GAL FRIDAY and LEGS MALONE.
LINKS
http://www.thesalon.biz
www.thedl-nyc.com
http://dandywellington.com
http://legsmalone.com/
http://galfridayburlesque.tumblr.com/
http://www.loungerati.com
http://www.yehoodi.com
http://www.patricksoluri.com
http://www.soluri-architecture.com