Amid COVID-19 uncertainty, hidden clockwork of Mardi Gras still turns
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
A photo from the 2011 Mobile Carnival Association coronation, in which King Felix III Edward Dickson Williams III crowns Queen Lynn Wentworth Morrissette, shows some of the fanfare ahead for the MCA's 2021 king and queen. But due to COVID-19, the dates at which 2021 events will take place remain unknown.Chip English/AL.com
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For a few hours Friday afternoon in the Mobile Saenger Theatre, as a king and queen posed for official portraits in elaborate royal attire featuring sweeping 20-foot-long trains, it was possible to feel like Mobile’s Mardi Gras business was proceeding as usual.