Mardi Gras Gala at The Venue Scottsdale on Feb. 18, 2012.

The annual Mardi Gras Gala mirrors the festivities of a traditional Fat Tuesday celebration in the Big Easy, including street performers, fortune tellers, burlesque shows, casino gaming, silent auction, Cajun cuisine, and concert from Free Ride and a Mason Jar, a Baton Rouge born Rockabilly band. The Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona's board of directors crowns Larry Volkmar, CEO of Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center as the King of Mardi Gras.

Photography by Hollie Goss
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