By Catering Magazine

TCG Events brought Margaritaville to Charlotte, NC, for the 40th birthday celebration of Robert Frost, the president of a Charlotte-based company, who enjoys traveling around the world with his wife to attend Jimmy Buffett concerts. Inspired by the Parrothead lifestyle and the Tommy Bahama luxury brand, TCG created an event of tropical sophistication at the Ritz-Carlton Charlotte. As they entered, ladies received fresh floral leis and men kukui nut leis from Hawaii. During cocktails, guests mingled amongst tropical plants, while being served tropical-inspired appetizers and drinks as a ukulele player performed. In the background played a photo montage of the guest of honor’s favorite island vacations and Jimmy Buffet concerts. In a photo booth, guests could pose with live parrots; the images were printed on site and put in custom frames for guests to take home. After cocktails, doors opened to a room filled with cabanas, lounge furniture, hammocks, tiki huts, a steel drum band, flair bartenders, and a custom dance floor draped with bamboo, string lights and fabric. Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean—one of the host’s favorite characters—greeted guests as they entered. Hula dancers performed a traditional Hawaiian dance for guests, who were then invited to learn the moves themselves. The linens, flowers and décor created a lush, breezy, tropical vibe. On small cards, guests wrote notes to the host, responding to prompts such as “The first time I met Rob…” and “If I could dedicate one Jimmy Buffett song to Rob, it would be…” Guests were sent home from the tropical bash with bottle openers for the men and nail polish bottles (with such names as Bikini-So- Teeny and Barefoot) for the women.

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