93Q A Day in the Country — Don’t Miss It! It’s This Saturday!

Award-winning Black Iguana is back – by popular demand — at the 93Q A Day in the Country Festival, May 17 (Saturday) at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds in Rosenberg!

All you 93Q fans, you’ll be glad to know that there will be thousands and thousands of Black Iguana Frozen Ritas! And this year’s surprise is that we’re launching a new flavor: Strawberry!  We’re betting that the new flavor Strawberry will be a huge hit!

So all you Black Iguana fans — you now have two flavors to choose from: Classic Lime and Strawberry!

We expect to set a new record!  So send us your photos or videos of living it up with Black Iguana, and we’ll post ‘em on the Black Iguana weblog. (But remember, drink responsibly and drive responsibly!)

And if you missed the Houston Art Car Parade, our one-of-a-kind, award-winning Black Iguana Chuc-deVille will also be at the Black Iguana tent. Come take a photo in this crazy hip Chuc-deVille.

 

Readers Choice Award Goes to Black Iguana!

Part of the Houston Business Journal’s four-day Celebrate!Enterprise program, the first annual Houston Idea*Ation Awards held at the Wortham Center on May 14 recognized some incredibly ingenious products and services developed by business entrepreneurs from the Greater Houston Area.

Sponsored by Sterling Bank, Oracle, the Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University, the Jones Partners and Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, the awards were made in 12 categories encompassing most areas of business and industry in the Houston area.

Black Iguana won the Readers Choice Award in the Retail/Consumer Category!

The Black Iguana team table — the most visibly fun and raucous table — included Earl, Paul, Curtis, John, Solomon, Chris, Gloria, Marcus, Lucretia, and Darrell. 

We brought our subtle advertising — we all sported Black Iguana pouches clipped to lanyards, showcased Black Iguana 4-Packs as table center-pieces, and propped up two 3-ft cutouts of Black Iguana pouches for more impact!

On top of that, Paul brought a case of Black Iguanas to pass out. And that raised the buzz level! It didn’t take long before all the 4-Packs were gone! Lots of sad faces when that happened.

Curtis and Paul accepted the Readers Choice Award on behalf of the entire Black Iguana team. Curtis’ acceptance speech was awesome!  Within a few minutes he had the entire audience excited about Black Iguana, soon-to-be the next biggest global sensation!  Way-to-go !

Black Iguana (DGI Beverage, LLC) is extremely proud to be have been selected as one of the 3 finalists in the Retail/Consumer Category. TODO Texas Magazine and the Men’s Wearhouse were the other 2 finalists in this category. The judges award for this category went to TODO Texas Magazine. 

Congratulations to the entire Black Iguana team!  We definitely entertained, connected, and inspired!

 

And thanks to all our Black Iguana fans for voting — Black Iguana is the people’s choice!

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Black Iguana Chuc-deVille Car Wins 1st Place!

The Black Iguana Chuc-deVille car by Chuca Apolinar #7 won First Place in the Painted Art Car Category (which garnered a trophy and $250) !

 

This 1970s classic Black Iguana Chuc-deVille car was exclusively designed by Underground Lifestyle artist Chuca for the Houston Art Car Parade 2008.

From the entire Black Iguana Team:  Awesome work and congratulations, Chuca!!

 

If you missed the Houston Art Car Parade, the Black Iguana Chuc-deVille will also be at the 93Q A Day in the Country Festival, May 17 (Saturday) at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds in Rosenberg.

Black Iguana Chuc-deVille Car Leads the Houston Art Car Parade

The 2008 Houston Art Car Parade rolls on Allen Parkway at 1:00pm on Saturday, May 10.  There will more than 260 amazing mobile works of art to dazzle over 250,000 spectators all along Allen Parkway and one block of Bagby in downtown Houston.

Come check out our exclusively designed 1970s classic Black Iguana Chuc-deVille car. Underground Lifestyle artist Chuca Apolinar created this one-of-a-kind Black Iguana car art for the parade. Awesome work, Chuca!!

The Black Iguana Chuc-deVille car will be the lead car in the parade. How cool is that?!

We’re asking all our Black Iguana fans to go out there and look for the Black Iguana Chuc-deVille car — and take lots of pictures and video. Please share those with us: we’ll post ‘em here on our blog with your comments!!

 

The Houston Art Car Parade is a yearly event, featuring a display of all types of rolling art: cars, lowriders, bicycles, motorcycles, roller-skaters, and may other types of motorized and even human-powered vehicles! The Art Car Parade started in 1988 when 40 decorated vehicles participated in a parade down Montrose Boulevard.

The Black Iguana Chuc-deVille will also be at the 93Q A Day in the Country Festival, May 17 (Saturday) at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds in Rosenberg.

Marfa Film Festival

Black Iguana is heading out to high-desert terrain in West Texas. Film aficionados will be sampling Black Iguana Frozen Ritas at the first annual Marfa Film Festival (May 1-5), where over 40 features, shorts and experimental works will be screened.

CLICK HERE for our Marfa Road Trip chronicles.

Marfa Film Festival is opening with a screening of THERE WILL BE BLOOD on the set where it was filmed. Closing out the festival (on May 5), movie legend Dennis Hopper will return to the area for the first time since acting in the movie GIANT in order to screen his seldom-seen Venice Film Fest-award-winning western, THE LAST MOVIE.

Because Marfa’s wide-open plain, distant mountains and incomparably starry sky are part of the draw, Marfa Film Festival will have outdoor screenings set up by the Alamo Drafhouse Rolling Roadshow.

Indoor screenings will be anchored at the state-of-the-art Goode-Crowley Theater. Festival headquarters are at the famous Paisano Hotel (where James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor lived during the filming of GIANT).

93Q A Day in the Country

This year, the New 93Q and the Fort Bend Society for the Arts join together to present “A Day in the Country 2008” - Saturday, May 17. Recording Artist Phil Vassar headlines this year’s event which takes place at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds in Rosenberg. 

All-time favorite — Black Iguana — will again be part of the “fun-in-the-sun”. At last year’s ADITC event, Black Iguana was the official margarita! 

Tickets are FREE – Black Iguana will be at these Ticket Stops. Swing by — get your free tickets and check the Black Iguana booth for samplings and surprise giveaways!

TICKET STOP #1

May 4 (Sunday) at 2:00 to 4:00pm

HEB, 9828 Blackhawk Blvd

 

TICKET STOP #2

May 9 (Friday) at 5:00 to 7:00pm 

Main Street Crossing in Tomball

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Black Iguana has recently entered the San Antonio market at liquor stores Riverwalk Wines & Spirits, Gabriel’s, and Don & Ben’s Liquor Barn.

San Antonio’s world-famous Riverwalk is the top entertainment destination in Texas! We’re betting that Black Iguana and the Riverwalk will be the top combo for tourists!

Longtime San Antonio liquor czar Johnny Gabriel Sr. and various members of his family own Gabriel’s, Don & Ben’s Liquor Barn, Mike’s Beverage Warehouse, Western Beverages and SeaZar’s Fine Wine and Spirits.

Bingo & Black Iguana = Fun

The Big Tex Bingo Hall crowds in Houston are fast discovering that Black Iguana Frozen Ritas can add some real fun to bingo nights!

For all you avid bingo players, here’s one bingo tip: Don’t continually gripe out loud about your lousy numbers. It can really get on your neighbor’s nerves. However, as you sip and enjoy your refreshing Black Iguana Frozen Rita — go ahead and talk up its great taste! That would not be annoying — that would simply be inspiring. Bingo! Spread the fun!

Did you know that a constitutional amendament in 1982 made bingo legal in Texas? In 1994 the Texas Lottery Commission took over administration of Texas bingo.  35% of all proceeds must be given to charity in order for the bingo hall to be in compliance with the Bingo Enabling Act. You must be at least 18 years old to play bingo in Texas. Since 1982, bingo halls in Texas have distributed over $796 million to over 1290 charities.