Mardi Gras in Covington and St. Tammany Parish
Mardi Gras is a State of Mind
(Mardi Gras is February 16, 2010)
Mardi Gras is Enjoyed by Young and Old
Although my husband was born in New Orleans, he has lived most of his adult life in Baton Rouge and Covington, but the fun of Mardi Gras runs through his veins. He has been attending carnival parades since he was a little boy. In fact, sometimes three generations of his family would go to the Mardi Gras. For the last 30 years or so, Mardi Gras Fever has been spreading north from New Orleans. Many towns on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain have been organizing parades and Krewes for years.
Go to the Mardi Gras by Professor Longhair
North Shore VS South Shore
Which would you rather attend?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byGive me the crush of crowds and night life of New Orleans
A North Shore Mardi Gras for the family sounds good to me
naturegirl7 says:
It's the Northshore for us. At our age, we like to enjoy the parades and catch some beads and be back home by 2:00 p.m.
Posted June 04, 2009
Parades and Schedules for St. Tammany Parish
There are several pages that list Mardi Gras Parade Schedules for both New Orleans and St. Tammany Parish. Here are a couple:
Mardi Gras Parade Schedule
NOLA.com Mardi Gras Parade Schedule
St. Tammany Parish on Wiki
St. Tammany Parish () is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area. The parish seat is Covington. As of 2000, the population was 191,268. In 2004, the population was estimated to have grown to 212,000, and after the landfall of Hurricane Katrina the following year, the population was estimated by St. Tammany Planners to be about 264,000. Most new residents are thought to have come from St. Bernard Parish. If correct, these figures make St. Tammany Parish the fastest-growing parish in the state, overtaking Livingston and Ascension parishes.
St. Tammany Parish is colloquially referred to as part of the "Northshore" or "North Shore" throughout metropolitan New Orleans, owing to its location on Lake Ponchartrain. It is the most affluent parish in the metro area, boasts a high-performing system of public schools, and is the most politically conservative parish in the New Orleans region.
The Moon Handbooks New Orleans: Including Cajun Country and the River Road, published in 2007, stated that people wanting to live in proximity to New Orleans without living in New Orleans will likely cause the population of St. Tammany Parish to increase. [http://books.google.com/books?id=3CDGQinECFgC&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229&dq=st+tammany+parish+suburb&source=web&ots=7lJchXZTFG&sig=AUmlh_0MGt24HT7LxnEiWUHiByI&hl=en]
Mask as a Greek Goddess
Carnival Time by Al Johnson
North Shore Mardi Gras
We stock it with all the necessities, including decorations, music, beads to throw to the kids before the parade, folding chairs, food, drink and a porta potty. We usually sit on top of the van, so that we will be on eye level with most of the floats and trucks. With the decorations and the eye contact, most krewe members throw us plenty.
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Abita Springs Lawn Mower Parade

The Queen of Sheets accepts the prize for the float with the most creative theme.
Mardi Gras 2008
We took so many sequencial photos of the parade, that I have made them into a slide show. It's almost as good as being there, except, you can't catch the beads.
Baby Duck Costume
Tiny Tiger
Munchkin Child Costume
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Some Krewe members need an incentive to throw accurately, hence the target. The men on the floats are particularly fond of this so you can catch more beads when wearing it.

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- naturegirl7 naturegirl7 Feb 25, 2009 @ 4:51 pm | in reply to tandemonimom
- Yes he was! He hasn't gone to a Mardi Gras (in the last 8 years) without it!
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- tandemonimom tandemonimom Feb 25, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
- Wow, this makes me want to hit a NOLA Mardi Gras celebration SOON. Very inviting, very colorful, very fun lens! (But I want to know, was Al really wearing the "secret weapon" under the knight's costume?)
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- rio1 rio1 Feb 16, 2009 @ 9:06 am
- Uplifting lens with great photos. Unique & entertaining sounds of Mardi Gras music. I can almost hear a band's drumb beat in the distance and now I want to see a parade.
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Jan 26, 2009 @ 6:32 pm
- Welcome to The Totally Awesome Lenses Group.
Lizzy
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Jan 26, 2009 @ 4:09 pm
- Its coming around again. Can't make it this year, maybe next year.
Great lens
Lizzy
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