Tamarack will transform into a speakeasy in the 1920s during Prohibition, a secret place for drinking, dancing and flirting with the opposite sex. Live performance by MALEANA, Magic, Mystery and Mahem by The Mohawk of Magic Sean Padrigh, Fortune telling by Madame “Queenie” St. Sarah, Festive Food & Cocktails and Party Favors…get your attire together and let’s bring in the New Year in Style!
Flapper dresses and fishnets or your mobster attire and fancy suits highly recommended!
Event Time: 7:30 PM – 1:00 AM
💵 $60 (includes tax & gratuity) PER PERSON
INCLUDES:
🎶 Malaena Concert
🎟️ 2-Drink Tickets
🍾Champagne Toast at Midnight
🎉 Fun Party Favors!
🍴 Festive Hors d’oeuvre Stations
🃏 Hair Raising Magic Show
🔮 Fortune Telling by Madame “Queenie” St. Sarah
🍕 Late Night Pizza
MENU
APPETIZERS
Baked Stuffed Oysters
Smoked Salmon / Rye Toast Points / Alouette Cheese
Stuffed Mushrooms with Crab and Parmesan
Deviled Eggs
Candied Spiced Nuts
Assorted Olives
CARVING STATION
Glazed Ham
Turkey
BUFFET
Ceasear Salad
Waldorf Salad / Celery Root / Candied Walnuts
Potatoes Dauphinoise
Pastry Pigs / Sausage wrapped in Bacon and Puffed Pastry
Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce
Lamp Medallions / Marrinated Lamb Lollipops
Lemon Fried Chicken / Hot Sauce / Pickles
ASSORTED DESSERTS
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FEATURED SPECIALTY COCKTAILS FROM THE 1920’S
MARY PICKFORD
What’s in it: White rum, pineapple juice, maraschino liqueur, and grenadine.
Where it comes from: Although she was Canadian, Mary Pickford was known as America’s sweetheart in the 1920s and starred in silent movies alongside famous chaps like Charlie Chaplin. (I guess Americans have a thing for claiming Canadians as their sweethearts.) The story goes that she, her husband Douglas Fairbanks, and Chaplin were in Havana when a bartender whipped up this tropical concoction and named it in her honor.
Melaena is a 6-piece cover band based out of Norwich, CT whose sole mission is to execute music that “makes you want to dance.” Melaena has been built on a foundation of musicianship, showmanship and professionalism mixed with raw talent. For over 30 years, the “Melaena Party” has been performing songs from every decade, from Top 40 to Motown to classic rock; Music that hits home is perhaps what has kept them ranked as one of the top cover and wedding bands in the area.
FEATURED SPECIALTY COCKTAILS FROM THE 1920’S
WARD EIGHT
What’s in it: Rye whiskey, lemon juice, orange juice, and grenadine.
Where it comes from: It wouldn’t be the 1920s without seedy politics, and that’s exactly why the Ward Eight was (allegedly) created. A Boston bartender made the drink on election night, when a local political boss won his seat on the Massachusetts state legislature — thanks to some election rigging in Boston’s Ward Eight voting district. (Apparently, his win was such a shoe-in they started celebrating before the votes were even tallied.) It came to national fame when Esquire named the Ward Eight one of the top cocktails of 1934 — an important year for drinking history, because the Volstead Act had just been repealed at the end 1933.
GIN RICKEY
What’s in it: Gin, half a lime, and club soda.
Where it comes from: Turns out DC politicians can agree on one thing: the Gin Rickey is the capital’s official cocktail. Seriously. In 1883, a Civil War colonel turned Washington lobbyist invented the drink at local dive bar, Shoomaker’s, where the regular crowd was mostly journalists and politicians. (His name, not surprisingly, was Joe Rickey.) The original likely contained bourbon or whiskey, because that was preferred before they started mixing up gin in bathtubs during Prohibition. The gin version, though, was a favorite for F. Scott Fitzgerald, who thought you couldn’t smell gin on someone’s breath after imbibing.
Driving Directions
38min from NEW LONDON, CT – Take I-95 N and CT-49 N to Forge Hill Rd in Voluntown. Continue on Forge Hill Rd. Drive to 10 Rod Rd Voluntown.
42min from PROVIDENCE, RI – Follow I-95 S to RI-102 S in West Greenwich. Take exit 5A from I-95 S. Take RI-165 W to 10 Rod Rd Voluntown.
48 min FROM GLASTONBURY, CT – Get ON ct-2 e FROM Three Mile Rd and New London Turnpike. Follow CT-2 E and I-395 N to Griswold Expy in Griswold. Take exit 22 from I-395 N. Take CT-138 E to 10 Rod Rd in Voluntown.
58 min FROM HARTFORD – Get on I-83 E and follow CT-2 E and I-395 N to Griswold Expy in Griswold. Take exit 22 from I-395 N. Take CT-138 E to 10 Rod Rd in Voluntown.
59 Min MANCHESTER, CT – Get on CT-2 E and I-395 N to Griswold Expy in Griswold. Take exit 22 from I-395 N. Take CT-138 E to 10 Rod Rd in Voluntown.
1hr 24min from SOUTHERN CT NEW HAVEN – Follow I-95 N and I-395 N to Griswold Expy in Griswold. Take exit 22 from I-395 N. Take CT-138 E to 10 Rod Rd in Voluntown.
1hr 23min from FRAMINGHAM, MA – Follow I-90 W and I-395 S to CT-14E in Plainfield. Take exit 29 from I-395 S. Continue on CT-14A E. Take CT-49 S to 10 Rod Rd in Voluntown
