+when is mardi grai
Otherwise, Tuesday usually doesn't get too much attention. That is, unless it's Fat Tuesday, otherwise known as Mardi Gras! Mardi Gras is a celebration held every year on the Tuesday before the Christian holy day known as Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is celebrated around the world and, in some places, is known as Carnival. In the United States, Mardi Gras is associated primarily with New Orleans. Notice is given to members of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Limited that the Annual General Meeting is to be held on Saturday 14 November 2015. Elvis: Officially known as the Krewe of Elvis Marching Club, it was founded in the Summer of 1998 by two Internet junkies.. This marching cyber-based Krewe first paraded at Mardi Gras in 1999 with a following of 20 people. 150 Days to go until the 2016 Parade on Saturday 5th March! Parade applications will open very soon on our website. Tickets for our premium parade viewing will go on sale later in the year too. The first official Krewe meeting was held in January of 1993, when the members elected Jo Jo McWood as Queen Barkus I. Jager Freeman was selected as King Barkus I. This annual French Quarter event...the only Mardi Gras Parade and Krewe for and by dogs...is open to the public. Take a trip down memory lane to the year 1994. We've certainly come a long way but we still have a ways to go yet. Q30 Poofters In Oz (1994)A look at LGBT life in Australia during our trip down under for the 17th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebration. Grela: Founded in 1947, the Krewe of Grela takes its name from the first three letters of Gretna (the West Bank community through which it parades) and the abbrevliation for Louisiana (La). Grela staged the first Mardi Gras parade ever held in Jefferson Parish in 1948. Bacchus: This Krewe is considered to be one of the Super Krewes of the Carnival due to its invitation to celebrities...a practice started by the Krewe of Zulu in 1949 (which itself no longer follows the custom). Dozens of Carnival Parades fill the schedule between January 6 (Twelfth Night, also known as the Feast of the Epiphany, which marks the end of the Christmas Season) and Ash Wednesday...particularly during the two-and-a-half weeks prior to Mardi Gras. Congratulations to all the recipients of Honour awards last night, especially to the wonderful Steph Sands who has contributed an enormous amount to Mardi Gras over many years as a past Director & Co-chair, and as founder of Women Say Something.
Mardi Gras is a celebration held every year on the Tuesday before the Christian holy day known as Ash Wednesday.