Build a Mardi Gras Float: Information and Technique
Associated Content
There are a few different ways to dress up a parade float at Mardi Gras depending on who is financing the Mardi Gras float. The main thing to remember is to take even a simple concept and give it a bit of spice for Mardi Gras
Saints fans tackle big issues: A letter to the editor
New Orleans Times-Picayune
... Vilma's T-shirts, "Dept of Domeland Defense," after I read about them in The Times-Picayune, one of which I sent to a Louisiana soldier in Iraq along with a box of Mardi Gras stuff from an article I read in The Times-Picayune. The Saint...
Hotel adds Asian flare to Mardi Gras Ball
Daily News - Galveston County
GALVESTON — When The Tremont House staff began planning their 2010 Mardi Gras Ball, it didn’t take long to decide on a theme for the menu. “Having our event coincide with Chinese New Year is terrific, because Chinese is probably my favorite...
Double diva dose at Mardi Gras?
News.com.au
Mardi Gras rumours ... Whitney Houston and Kelly Rowland. Source: The Daily Telegraph AN AMERICAN diva is hotly tipped to headline at the Sydney Mardi Gras party later this month, but the question on everyone's lips is which one - Whitney H...
Mardi Gras in Southeast Texas kicks off in Orange
KFDM-TV
It's opening weekend for Fat Tuesday festivities in Southeast Texas, starting with the annual Mardi Gras on the Sabine parade rolling through the City of Orange. And while most families are looking forward to a good time, local businesses a...
Mardis Gras Party Making Wavves
New York Post
Known for its ostentatious pageantry, sparkly purple and gold beads, and ebullient brass ensembles, Mardis Gras is coming to williamsburg in a way more befitting of Bedford Avenue than Bourbon Street. On February 16, L Magazine will combine...
Safety and Comfort at Carnival, Mardi Gras, Parades, and Special ...
Associated Content
When heading down to the Island of Trinidad for Carnival, some preparations will help insure your safety and comfort. Most people are having a grand time, partying, parading, chipping (dancing), and drinking lots of beer and rum, but others...
Mardi Gras theme for Feb. 6 fundraiser
The Post and Courier
The Charleston County School of the Arts will hold its third annual "Swinging Good Time" dinner and dance 7-11 p.m. Feb. 6 in the atrium at Blackbaud headquarters on Daniel Island. This semiformal, adults-only event will feature a festive M...
Mystikal Making Comeback With Mardi Gras Gig
Post Chronicle
Newly-freed rapper Mystikal will take to the stage for the first time in six years later this month (Feb10) when he headlines a concert to celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. The hip-hop star, real name Michael Lawrence Tyler, w...
Madamoiselle Mardi Gras winners announced
Houston Community Newspapers
D’Juana Oxford, director for the Annual Miss Mardi Gras Pageant has announced the top winners in the competition in their specific categories: The winners will be seen on the Strawberry Festival Float on Feb. 6 at the parades in the Kemah K...
Football, Mardi Gras parties can use old or new flavors
Baton Rouge Advocate
With Mardi Gras fast approaching, and the New Orleans Saints advancing to Sunday’s Super Bowl, the Food staff decided to pull together as many party food recipes as space would allow. We are featuring oldies but goodies, such as the classic...
World’s smallest Mardi Gras parade to be held in Wathena
StJoenews.net
The world’s smallest Mardi Gras parade is taking shape. In Wathena, Kan. The town’s city council voted unanimously Monday to allow a St. Joseph radio station to put on the big parade at 8 p.m. on Feb. 13. With only a few concerns, K-JO 105....
Clay Center having 'Party Gras' Saturday
Charleston Gazette
Mardi Gras is Feb. 16 down in New Orleans, but parents and kids can get their masks in order ($2 per mask), along with making Valentine's Day cards and taking part in a dance party, cake walk and face painting at a Family Fun Day "Party Gra...
