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Shangri-La Gives Up the Ghost!!
about 4 weeks ago - No comments
Sad day indeed when the former mighty Queens of St. Bernard Mardi Gras, the Krewe of Shangri-La, ceases to exist as a parading Krewe!
My family had a real blast during Shangri-La’s heyday in St. Bernard, with over 1,000 Krewe members riding in a huge parade with around 38 units. I’m talking about the mid 1980s, [...]
Mardi Gras parades in Slidell should pay their own way, krewes are told
about 2 months ago - No comments
Meeting with Slidell krewe captains on Tuesday, the city’s events committee proposed that krewes pay the city 25 percent of their parade costs in 2011, with their contribution increasing to 50 percent the second year and to 75 percent in three years.
“Everyone calls Mardi Gras the largest free party in the world [...]
Zulu coconut lawsuit thrown out on appeal
about 4 months ago - 1 comment
Yes, Mardi Gras parade goers still sue even though most locals and many tourists know that you cannot sue from being hit by a throw in New Orleans in almost all cases.
Daisy Johnson Palmer, a 74-year-old retired Orleans Parish public schoolteacher, wants the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club to pay for the bloody [...]
2010 Muses Parade Review
about 6 months ago - 2 comments
When you are number 1* other Krewes come gunning for you. The top krewes all compete like Olympians for the best floats, costumes, and throws. The other krewes may specialize in one aspect of a parade, that’s all the money they have after their membership has fallen after Hurricane Katrina & Rita plus the recession. [...]
HAPPY MARDI GRAS TO THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
about 6 months ago - No comments
That’s it, just HAPPY MARDI GRAS TO THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!
WDSU Parade Tracker System Review
about 6 months ago - No comments
I’m a big fan of this parade tracker system, when you want to find the start of a parade that’s rolling or a parade stops for some reason. How does the system operate? WDSU puts a car near the front of the parades they cover. The car uses the GPS tracking system to pin point [...]
Iris & Tucks roll down St. Charles on beautiful Saturday
about 6 months ago - No comments
Iris and Tucks rolled down beautiful St. Charles Avenue on a clear blue day. After all the cold and rain of the last few days, it really helps to finally have some great weather to enjoy Mardi Gras to it’s fullest. It was a good sized family oriented crowd. Iris, the oldest parading women’s krewe [...]
Saints Super Bowl Party “SUPER”
about 6 months ago - No comments
The consensus is in! The finest parade in recent New Orleans history, according to many eyewitness accounts, was last nights parade for the New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl Champions 2010. Drew Brees stopped in Lucy’s Retired Surfer Bar after the parade & taught his Pre Game Countdown Chant to the crowd, watch it here: Drew [...]
Chilly Carnival Season Forecast
about 6 months ago - No comments
The Northeast USA has gotten a lot of snow again, and eventually that cold air finds its way to the deep South. The next week will be frigid in New Orleans, and that means a COLD Mardi Gras. Here’s a link to the National Weather Service Forecast Office Baton Rouge/New Orleans Mardi Gras Climatology Chart. [...]
about 6 months ago
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