The first parade
The first parade of Mardi Gras in our book starts this Saturday night with Krewe du Vieux and the theme this year is 25 Years Wasted. For Tin, who saw Mardi Gras last year for the first time, this will be his real first because it will have his favorite theme: MARCHING BANDS! For adults, it is simply the best parade to kick off Mardi Gras with, hands down. Don Marshall is the king this year and hence the theme, and along with him there will be seventeen subkrewes who will each present their own interpretations of the theme.
Subkrewes include the Krewe of C.R.U.D.E., Krewe of Space Age Love, Krewe of Underwear, Seeds of Decline, Krewe of Mama Roux, Krewe of L.E.W.D., Krewe of Drips and Dis- charges, Krewe of K.A.O.S., Knights of Mondu, T.O.K.I.N., Krewe Rue Bourbon, Krewe de C.R.A.P.S.,Krewe of PAN, Mystic Krewe of Spermes, Mystic Krewe of Comatose, Mystic Krewe of Inane, and Krewe du Mishigas.
And if all this wasn’t enough to tickle your fancy, how about this is the latest Mardi Gras has been in the year in a long time and so we are expecting that the half naked marching people will not be shaking like a leaf but rather shaking their bootys for all the world to see.
Oh joy, Mardi Gras has come at last.