RIVER PARISHES. ♪ THE LARGER, ELABORATE PARADES IN ST. JOHN’S PARISH AREN’T HAPPENING THIS YEAR. 2020 CELEBRATIONS ARE A LOT SMALLER, LIKE THIS ONE AT ST. PETER CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND RESERVE >> >> WE ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS— One Mardi Gras tradition has ...

Young people enjoyed hands-on Mardi Gras activities Saturday at the Algiers Regional Library. Blain Kern Studios artist Alex Sherrod led the free programs that included making shoe box floats, and ...

Practically a citywide holiday, the Battle of Flowers Parade is a Fiesta staple. And over the last two weeks, area schools have been gearing up with their own parades. Showing shoebox floats have been ...

Sixteen colorful Mardi Gras "shoe box" floats adorn the display cases at the Louisiana Exhibit State Museum, the result of "The 2017 Mardi Gras/Clean City Shoe Box Float Decorating Contest." The ...

Before San Antonio kids stand along this weekend's parade routes, shouting "show me your shoes" at Fiesta royalty, they created floats of their own for school events. The tradition of shoe box floats ...