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Monday, February 11, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
6:30PM - Rex Parade
I was fortunate enough to have access to a parking lot on St Charles Ave. near Lafayette Square to veiw the Rex parade this year.
One of the highlights came when the bagpipe & drum corp stopped in front of us. a little girl talked to them and was invited by one of the drummers to play his drum. She was terrific! She had both the crowd and band members cheering her on. What a treat for those of us nearby.
The complete Rex photo set is here:
http://flickr.com/photos/amberle/sets/72157603864771192/
Monday, February 4, 2008
5:30PM - Mardi Gras Streaming Video?
Can anyone recommend a good site that features streaming video of the Quarter, or anything Mardi-Gras related? I'm having a Mardi Gras get-together tomorrow in NYC and want to give my guests a sense of what it's like, although I know the parades are done rolling by the evening (the party starts at 8:00). I found video of the 2006 Rex parade that I'll use and just keep rewinding it (it's about 27 minutes long) but it would be great if we actually had a live feed.
Failing that, I'd love to find some quality video of this year's parades.
Thanks for any help you can give me!
x-posted to ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) neworleans
6:08AM - World's Shortest Coldest Driest Highest Windiest Mardi Gras Parade. Also Southernest Ever
A New Orleanian spending the year at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station brings Carnival Time to the Southernmost place on the earth:
South Pole Mardi Gras
Thursday, January 31, 2008
11:18PM - A Glimpse at Mardi Gras 120 years ago
"Before the day had advanced drunken masqueraders were numerous and made themselves repugnant to people who lined the banquettes to view the parade of Rex. [...] there was a degree of immodesty exhibited by nearly all the female masqueraders seen on the streets. It seemed that nearly every woman in town who has a nice shape or uniformly nice limbs was out displaying her attractive qualities, and in many cases their conduct was disgraceful. The particular case which suggested this article and the cartoon [...was] at the corner of Canal and Bourbon streets [...] the crowd of women [...] came rushing up to the above corner regardless of the pleasure or convenience of others and pushing right and left made a general disturbance. When remonstrated by the police they only became furious and elevated their voices to such a tone that they were placed under arrest. At this juncture the scene became disgusting. The women rolled around on the banquette with clothes uplifted and scratching and biting the officers. Finally the beligerant females were overpowered and waltzed to jail." -- "The Mascot" newspaper, 9 March, 1888
1:32PM - Parades reschedualed due to weather
Three carnival krewes scheduled to roll tonight in New Orleans have either rescheduled or cancelled because of the weather, said a spokesman for New Orleans Police Department.
The Krewe of Muses has reschuled for Friday at 8 p.m., and the Knights of Babylon will roll Sunday at 11 a.m., said Officer Gary Flot.
The Knights of Chaos has decided not to parade because of schedule conflicts with other krewe events, he said.
The National Weather Service forecast calls for a good chance of rain tonight with northwest winds 15 to 25 miles per hour.
Via Nola.com
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
11:14PM - Mystical Krewe of Barkus
This year, I filmed the Mystical Krewe of Barkus parade. It's now live on Current.
Be sure to vote and leave comments! :)
Since 1993, The Mystical Krewe of Barkus has marched through the streets of the French Quarter every Mardi Gras. It is the only Mardi Gras Krewe whose membership is made up of ONLY dogs (whose owners are allowed to walk with them).
By 2008, their membership has swelled in the years to over 1000 and has become one of the most popular parades of the entire season. Many thousands of people come out to see the King, Queen, their court and the rest of Canine Tailwaggers march through 13 blocks of the New Orleans French Quarter.
All proceeds of this parade go to benefit humane and animal rescue groups.
For information on The Mystical Krewe of Barkus, you can go to www.barkus.org
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
2:50PM - Official MG drink for 2008?
Since it's going to be really cold, I'm considering some traditional British Navy Grog:
2 parts water
1 part rum
Lime juice to taste
Dark cane sugar to taste
The water used can be hot and the lime prevents scurvy.
What drink will you be bringing to the parade route to ward off a chill?
Current mood:  curious
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
1:33PM - Krewe du Vieux!
The Krewe du Vieux Parade is schedualed to roll at 6:30pm Saturday , starting and ending by Chartres & Elysian Fields, parading around Marigny and the French Quarter.
Route map:
Website: http://www.kreweduvieux.org
Theme is "Magical Misery Tour." Krewe du Vieux Doo afterwards, tickets $25 (reccomend you buy em in advance, at one of the places listed http://www.kreweduvieux.org/route.html, and costumes are very strongly encouraged)
Sunday, January 13, 2008
11:01PM
so i bought a vintage mardi gras costume for dirt cheap at an auction the other day. it needs a little repair, but the biggest thing is there's a piece that i can't figure out.
simply put, i don't know where on my body to wear it.
( 2 photos of the costume )
any thoughts are appreciated!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
11:43AM - Costumes
I'm trying to decide what to do for costuming this year! I want to see past pictures from everyone! :)
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
8:40PM - Carnival schedual
Via neworleans by ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tripolarexpress:
Mardi Gras Schedule
SUNDAY, JANUARY 6
• Phunny Phorty Phellows - Streetcar Route, 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 13
• Claude - Slidell, 1:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 19
• Krewe du Vieux - French Quarter, 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 20
Orleans / Jefferson
• Little Rascals - Metairie, 11:00 a.m.
St. Tammany
• Perseus - Slidell, 1:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25
Orleans / Jefferson
• Oshun - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.
• Cleopatra - West Bank, 6:30 p.m.
• Pygmalion - Uptown, 6:45 p.m.
• Excalibur - Metairie, 7:00 p.m.
St. Tammany
• Eve - Mandeville, 7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANAURY 26
Orleans / Jefferson
• Pontchartrain - Uptown, 1:00 p.m.
• Shangri-La - Uptown, 2:00 p.m.
• Caesar - Metairie, 6:00 p.m.
• Sparta - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.
• Pegasus - Uptown, 6:45 p.m.
St. Tammany
• Olympia - Covington, 6:00 p.m.
• Mona Lisa and Moon Pie - Slidell, 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27
Orleans / Jefferson
• Alla - West Bank, Noon
• Carrollton - Uptown, Noon
• King Arthur - Uptown, 1:15 p.m.
• Barkus - French Quarter, 2:00 p.m.
• Rhea - Metairie, 3:30 p.m.
• Centurions - Metairie, 4:15 p.m.
St. Bernard
• Nemesis - Chalmette 2:00 p.m.
St. Tammany
• Dionysus - Slidell, 1:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30
• Druids - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.
• Thor - Metairie, 7:00 p.m.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31
• Babylon - Uptown, 5:45 p.m.
• Chaos - Uptown, 6:30 p.m.
• Muses - Uptown
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Orleans / Jefferson
• Hermes - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.
• Aquila - Metairie, 7:00 p.m.
• d'Etat - Uptown, 6:30 p.m.
• Jason - Metairie, 7:30 p.m.
• Morpheus - Uptown, 7:45 p.m.
St. Tammany
• Selene - Slidell, 6:30 p.m.
• Orpheus - Mandeville, 7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2
• Nomtoc - West Bank, 10:45 a.m.
• Iris - Uptown, 11:00 a.m.
• Tucks - Uptown, 12:30 p.m.
• Endymion – Mid City, 4:30 p.m.
• Isis - Metairie, 6:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3
Orleans / Jefferson
• Okeanos - Uptown, 11:00 a.m.
• Thoth - Uptown, 11:30 a.m.
• Adonis - West Bank, Noon
• Mid-City - Uptown, 2:00 p.m.
• Bacchus - Uptown, 5:15 p.m.
• Napoleon - Metairie, 5:30 p.m.
St. Tammany
• Tchefuncte - Madisonville, 2:00 p.m.
LUNDI GRAS, FEBRUARY 4
• Proteus - Uptown, 5:15 p.m.
• Orpheus - Uptown, 5:45 p.m.
• Zeus - Metairie, 6:30 p.m.
MARDI GRAS, FEBRUARY 5
Orleans / Jefferson
• Zulu - Uptown, 8:00 a.m.
• Rex - Uptown, 10:00 a.m.
• Elks Orleans - Uptown, 11:30 a.m.
• Crescent City - Uptown, follows Elks
• Argus - Metairie, 10:00 a.m.
• Jefferson Trucks - Metairie, follows Argus
• Elks Jefferson - Metairie, follows Jefferson
• Grela - West Bank, 11:00 a.m.
• Choctaw - West Bank, Noon
St. Tammany
• Lions - Covington, 10:00 a.m.
• Covington - Covington, follows Lions
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Additional notes:
Rumor has it: The PPP 12th night streetcar ride will for the first time ever go on both the Canal Street AND St. Charles routes. The Krewe of OAK will parade around the Carrollton neighborhood the night of Friday the 1st, and Drieux will parade in Gentilly the afternoon of Saturday the 2nd. St. Anne to return to the traditional Bywater starting place Mardi Gras morning.
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Friday, December 21, 2007
6:20PM - Carnival's early this year
The Arthur Hardy Mardi Guide for '08 is out.
Monday, February 26, 2007
10:55PM - The Gandolfini file....
Photos of James Gandolfini as Bacchus. The set includes a slight mishap on the float.
( 11 photos behind cut )
Friday, February 23, 2007
3:38PM - nola_photos
For anyone here who doesn't follow nola_photos, that community has a number of recent posts of Carnival pictures.
3:32PM - Who Dat 13?
On Mardi Gras Day I was in Marigny and the lower French Quarter. We spent part of the day with the Krewe of Kosmic Debris, one of various parading Krewes that frequent the area. We also encountered the Society of St. Anne, Lyons Carnival Club, Jieux, Mondo Kayo, and the "Krewe of Grotesque and Outlandish Habiliments", the last of whom I'd never knew existed before, but was favorably impressed by (other than their lack of a live band.) Anyway...
I don't know the name of this group we spotted coming up Royal Street. Dancers, a band, shoping cart float, and a Lady Godiva were with them when we saw them. They had "13"s on their hats-- from the 13th Ward?
Anyone here got more info on this nifty group?
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