Time of Celebration at the Commerce Towers

From a historical building to a modern luxury building in the present, it is a “Time of Celebration”-at the Commerce Towers. Houston’s past and future monument is celebrated its Open House on Feb. 29th, 2008, with a blast from the past; The Roaring 1920’s.

Mikel Marketing brought the Roaring 20’s back to the newly renovated Commerce Towers. A metaphoric twist from past: flapper girls, “Big Band” music, and lots of dancing with a fantastic view of Houston’s skyline. Fancy Flappers Unique Costumes provided all the costumes worn by the models that worked the event. They looked fabulous!

Jesse Jones built the Commerce Towers in the 1920’s, which was once called the Commerce Building. Now, the 25-story architectural achievement has been transformed into beautiful, high-end condominiums. Fancy Flappers not only provided the costumes, but attended this swanky event with friends (Sheryl, Jami, & Stephani), who were also dressed to the nines in Fancy Flapper costumes.

Here's a view from one of the balconies on the 23rd floor of the Commerce Towers.

Guests arrived dressed as Flappers and Gansters.




They made a stop at the best bar in town. The “Speakeasy” bar was set up to serve Classic 1920’s Martinis, the popular Mint Julep, the sassy Pink Murder, and the Backseat Boogie. The servers were also passing around cognac for guests to sip and champagne. Top resteraunts served delicious and well-known hors d’oeuvres from classic dishes that started in the 20’s, such as the lamb "lollipops: with classic BBQ sauce, bread pudding with sauce, crab cakes, “Speakeasy” spinach dip, Prime Rib with 3 different sauces, and a few select Greek dishes.

The highlight of the evening, nationwide independent recording artist, “Maria Williams Band” performed their “Big Band” sounds with classics from Sonatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tommy Dorsey, etc. The music set off the flapper girls to dance the night away. Guests who know the Fox trot, the Charleston, or the Black Bottom had a chance to show off their moves in the dance contest.

This was a spectacular event. Very posh, with the best of the best of everything. The food was scrumptious, the alcohol flowed, and the band played on. Mikel Marketing did a great job.

See another great article about this event in the Mikel Marketing newsletter http://mikelmarketing.com/0408.html.