Mardi Gras 2010 » 2008 http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/blog Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:10:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Mardi Gras 2008 was early but still great fun for all! http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/blog/news/mardi-gras-2008-was-early-but-still-great-fun-for-all/ http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/blog/news/mardi-gras-2008-was-early-but-still-great-fun-for-all/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:59:06 +0000 admin http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/blog/?p=37 Mardi Gras Day, 2008, was February 5…the earliest it’s been in a very long time and the earliest it will be for quite a while (thank goodness!). Since the nightly parades begin two weeks prior to Fat Tuesday, the parades this year began in mid-January…which can be quite cold. However, the weather didn’t stop parade revelers from having a fabulous time.

Kevin Costner thrilled the massive crowds that lined the streets of Mid-City for the Krewe of Endymion. 2008 was the first year this extremely popular parade returned to their traditional route (since Hurricane Katrina). The pre-parade party on Orleans Avenue was a festival by itself…but then the parade started rolling at City Park & Orleans which brought tears to the eyes of everyone as this was yet another sign that New Orleans is recovering and life is back to normal.

Based on the crowds that lined St. Charles Avenue Mardi Gras Day and the traditional Mardi Gras madness in the French Quarter, the early arrival of Mardi Gras didn’t affect the spirit of Carnival that is unique to New Orleans!

]]> http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/blog/news/mardi-gras-2008-was-early-but-still-great-fun-for-all/feed/ 0 Mardi Gras 2008 officially begins http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/blog/schedule/mardi-gras-2008-officially-begins/ http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/blog/schedule/mardi-gras-2008-officially-begins/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:59:54 +0000 admin http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/blog/?p=39 Twelfth Night, or January 6th, opens Mardi Gras season 2008. The krewe of Phunny Phorty Phellows will take a not so traditional route this year on the street cars. Beginning at 7pm, they will travel a route street cars have never taken, through Mid-City, the CBD, Uptown, and back.

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