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King cake season is upon us and you can buy a decent king cake around the metro area at every grocery, bakery, and most pharmacies and convenience stores. There are plenty of personal and cupcake size king cakes available.<\/p>\n
I’ve been in touch with my Krewe du Vieux, on krewe matters most important, since we roll February 4th. I sure love being part of a bigger part of Mardi Gras than just my extremely popular Mardi Gras Blog.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s still possible to reinvent the wheel when it comes to Mardi Gras parades. It\u2019s not easy, but it can be done. When parading down St. Charles avenue, convention rules, since the New Orleans City Council creates the rules for major parades. If you want to parade and do your own thing, that\u2019s more than possible though it\u2019s a ton of work; hence Krewe du Vieux<\/a>, \u2018tit REX<\/a>, Krewe of St. Anne<\/a>, Krewe of Chewbaccus, etc. Most of these are in the Bywater, 7th ward, or Marigny. Most roll on Fat Tuesday, and most are really fabulous. Kolossos is headquartered in and will march in Marigny and Bywater.<\/a><\/p>\n The spanking new Krewe of Kolossos<\/a> is seeking to \u201ccreate a new breed of parade,\u201d utilizing tradition while drawing on ideas of environmental sustainability and reuse, art director Steven Donnelly said.<\/p>\n The idea for the krewe came from a partnership with grand marshal-elect Karina Nathan, the artist a.k.a. Katrina Brees. Donnelly\u2019s drum cart creation, a mobile performance art drum show and Nathan\u2019s Bearded Oysters, an all female marching and social group. Both share a love of a good party, and Kolossos was formed with this in mind.<\/p>\n The krewe has around 200 members. While the membership is open, the majority of members are artists, including sculptors, costumiers, performance artists, etc.<\/p>\n ‘Tit Rex changed its name to ‘Tit R\u0259x,<\/a> inverting their ‘e’. What is ‘tit R\u0259x? The World’s First Mardi Gras Microkrewe, Social Aid & Pleasure Club…. and Live Miniature Parade. ‘<\/a>Tit stands for Petite R\u0259x, since they have all miniature floats and throws.<\/p>\n Tiny Flambeaux from Krewe of 'tit Rex<\/p><\/div>\n The reason for the name change was continued interference from the mighty King of Carnival, the School of Design’s Krewe of REX<\/a>. Somehow, someway, in REX’s infinite wisdom, they consider ‘tit R\u0259x to be an infringement of their REX copyright. I think they are mixing apples and oranges. REX offered them a ten year deal for $5.00\/year, but ‘tit R\u0259x rejected the deal because of potentially restrictive clauses about the size and nature of the ‘tit R\u0259x parade.<\/p>\n They march on Poland Avenue at 5:30 pm on February 11. 2012 theme- Napoleon Avenue Complex<\/em>. Rex parades on Fat Tuesday, February 21 at 10 am on the uptown route, starting from their dens on Claiborne Avenue at 2nd Street.\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n Here is a ‘tit R\u0259x tribute song!!<\/a>
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