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Fat Tuesday is February 16th, which means Mardi Gras celebrations can begin! Just because we re not in New Orleans doesn t mean we can t participate in the festivities! The Washington Pavilion will host Family Gras Extravaganza on February 20th! A family friendly celebration complete with all the Mardi Gras favorites. Get our free mobile app The event starts at 11 am on February 20th and will end at 3 pm. The activities will be spread out throughout The Washington Pavilion lobbies so social distancing can be practiced. Face masks are required. Don t worry, those masks won t hinder the fun! Such great activities like decorating eye masks, making Mardi Gras slime, a children s parade, and a balloon drop! ....
Jefferson Parish Parades Still On, St Tammany Cancels If you traditionally start making your plans for Mardi Gras season during Christmas, you might have to wait a little bit longer this year. News has been rolling in about Mardi Gras parades and balls being canceled for 2021, the latest being the Carencro Mardi Gras Association yesterday. This is disappointing for so many reasons, even though we know it is for the health and welfare of our fellow Louisiana citizens. The latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic is St Tammany Parish. Parish President Mike Cooper told NOLA.com that the difficult decision to cancel Mardi Gras parades in 2021 was made after consulting with St. Tammany Parish Coroner Charles Preston, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith, local fire districts, local police departments and a consensus of local mayors. The one holdout in an earlier conference call with parish officials was Slidell Mayor Greg Cromer. St Tammany joins Orleans Parish in ca ....
Jefferson Parish is planning to move its St. Patrick s Day parade to the Fourth of July weekend next year and push the Irish-Italian parade to June 6. The decisions are bundled up in the Parish Council s proposal to delay 2021 Mardi Gras season parades to Memorial Day weekend, a measure that the council decided Wednesday to defer to Jan. 13. Council members said the parade ordinance, first discussed publicly last month, needs fine-tuning amid changing developments in coronavirus vaccine distribution plans and potential tightening of post-Thanksgiving public health restrictions in Louisiana. Even then, float riders must be masked, gloved; brass and woodwind instruments need bell covers ....