Gumbo 2014 Mardi Gras Perade Schedule
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and is designed to allow the ladies of Morgan City to share in the Carnival experience.
The parade starts on the corner of Second and Brashear streets and travels to Onstead, turns right on Sixth Street, left on Marguerite Street, right on La. Highway 70, left on the north side of Brashear Street, right on Victor II Boulevard and right again on Myrtle street where it disbands.
Krewe of Cleopatra
Monday, Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m. (Houma)
The Krewe of Cleopatra is Terrebonne Parish’s only Lundi Gras parade.
Founded in 1987, this is the krewe’s 28th anniversary. Cleopatra has more than 600 members, making it Terrebonne’s largest women’s Carnival club.
Members ride on 21 double-decker floats, plus the queen’s float.
The parade features music from Terrebonne, Ellender, St. James, Morgan City, Delcambre and South Terrebonne high schools and Houma Jr. High, as well numerous truck bands, sound systems, marching groups and deejays.
The Selucrey Sophisticats also partake in the merriment.
Throws include doubloons, cups, koozies, light-up items and stuffed animals.
Cleopatra’s floats are rented from the Krewe of Caesars in Metairie and the artwork is done by Blaine Kern. Cleopatra takes great pride that when they roll down the streets of Houma their floats are being seen for the first time in the area. This year’s theme is “Cleopatra Dances Thru Broadway.”
Members are issued tunics, which they decorate to match their float theme.
The 2015 Royal Court is:
Queen Cleopatra XXVIII Jackie Ledet
Ladies-in-Waiting: Barbara Carter, Angel Glisson, Tracey Hebert and Wendy Rodrigue
Karen Rhodes is parade captain.
Cleopatra annually hosts “Mona’s Kids at Heart,” a Halloween charity. Members dress in costume, decorate Courthouse Square and hand out candy to Terrebonne youngsters. The event draws more than 1,000 children each year.
Club members also donate yearly to the Good Samaritan’s Food Bank.
The members try to live by the motto: “Women are not only generous through our hearts and wallets the day we ride, but also throughout the year.”
The parade begins at Southland Mall, rolls down West Park Avenue to Hollywood Road, takes a right then a left to West Main Street where it proceeds to
Barrow Street, takes a right and disbands at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center.
Krewe of Christopher
Tableau Only Monday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m. (Thibodaux)
The Krewe of Christopher was organized in 1954 and currently has 110 members. The organization does not have a parade and holds only a tableau and ball.
The krewe’s tableau, which is open to the public, is scheduled for the evening before Mardi Gras at the Warren J. Harang Jr. Municipal Auditorium. As per tradition, the 2015 theme and royal court are revealed to the general public on the night of the tableau.
Last year’s theme was “World Tour.”
The 2014 Royal Court were King Christopher Barry Ledet, Queen Gabrielle Marcello, eight dukes, eight maids, six pages and eight ladies in waiting.
The krewe’s ball captain is David Gauthreaux. Co-captains are Randy Teeter, Glenn Froisy and club President Mark Perque.
The krewe was organized in 1954 by several Catholic men who wanted to bring New Orleans’ Mardi Gras pageantry to Thibodaux. Their motto: “Every Man a King!”
The year’s previous king selects the incoming king through a random drawing. All members are similarly chosen as dukes, ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to sit on the royal court. The queen, maids, pages and ladies in waiting are daughters, granddaughters or nieces of members of the krewe.
The court is revealed several weeks before the tableau at a private function, however, remains secret until the night of the event. Christopher’s royalty and theme are revealed Lundi Gras at the Warren Harang Municipal Auditorium in Thibodaux. An invitation-only ball follows at Nicholls State University in the Bollinger Ballroom.
Krewe of Gheens
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m.
(Gheens)
The laid back Krewe of Gheens allows for anyone to participate in their parade as long as they have “something to pull.”
Each year the members make their own floats, without the restrictions of a particular theme. This year the 13 floats wind through the streets of Gheens with revelers tossing traditional throws, such as beads, cups and more. Deejays
Queen Cleopatra XXVIII Jackie Ledet
