The Krewe of Cleophas parades past our church on the Sunday before Mardi Gras. The congregation and friends and family have a pot-luck lunch and then watch the parade from the church grounds.
The children play football before the parade starts. The blond girl will be a quarterback when she grows up. She can throw the ball!
Thibodaux High School Band. My three children attended Thibodaux High, and my daughter was in the band. She played the clarinet and the oboe.
Below are a few of the floats from the Krewe of Cleophas parade. The riders design and make the floats themselves. Another name for the krewe is The Poor Man's Parade, so-called because the members of the krewe do not pay to have their floats made.
My loot. I gave stuffed animals and toys to the kids. One nine year old girl in our congregation held up a sign saying, "Today is my birthday!" hoping that the float riders would throw her beads and especially toys as birthday presents.
Plus décolletage plongeant = bijoux beaucoup
ReplyDeleteJe sais, je sais, Crapaud. Mais pas moi. Je suis vielle, mon ami. Tu peux voir que j'ai beaucoup des bijoux sans le décolletage plongeant.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are such fun --I think the 'poor' floats are perfect!
ReplyDeleteWe too had a little pre-Lent bash Grandmere! But, I think our pictures will only be good black mail....
Margaret, the Rich Man's Parade followed Cleophas, but we didn't stay to watch. It's become a poor example of a parade, indeed. Over the years the parade became shorter and shorter till it's down to a very few floats.
ReplyDeleteOh, I wish I were in NOLA
ReplyDeleteElizabeth, Tom and I are talking about getting a hotel room on the parade route for Mardi Gras next year. We did it the year before Katrina and had a lovely time. I'm ready again.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing close to Mardi Gras up here in Gotham is St. Patrick's Day; people out in the street drinking and fighting and the local Archdiocese claiming the parade is a "religious" event.
ReplyDeleteI think you have much more fun in Thibodaux.
Counterlight, it's not what I'd call a bacchanalian celebration here on the Sunday before Mardi Gras, but if you go to the downtown area where several bars are located, you'll see a few sights, young people who have imbibed a few too many, and a rather heavy police presence to guard against urinating in the streets and the occasional fight.
ReplyDeleteToday the folks who want a parade will need to go to Houma, about 20 miles away, or to New Orleans. I'm going to neither place. Instead I'll stay home. It's still cold here. Boo-hoo.
Grandmere, whether you're out in the cold or home staying warm, have a happy Fat Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteCounerlight, thanks. Next year New Olreans! I'm pushing the idea already to Tom. We shall see.
ReplyDeleteGreat Swag Mimi!
ReplyDeleteI love the pictures, especially your "loot". On to Ash Wednesday now.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne, thanks.
ReplyDeleteSCG, the party's over, and Lent's begun.