The Celebration Must Go On... Mardi Gras During COVID 19

 St.Tammany is keeping Mardi Gras 2021 alive this year in a special kind of way. Two Northshore krewes spread the "house float" idea that a New Orleans resident originated. Megan Boudreaux, an insurance agent in New Orleans, came up with the idea to keep Mardi Gras going through decorating her house as a float. She posted on social media to share her idea with a few friends and the idea spread from local New Orleans up to the Northshore and now has made its way to parts of Alabama and Mississippi.

“Everyone loved the idea and wanted to jump in to make their own house floats,” she said. “A shop owner decided to call her theme Yardi Gras, and it just exploded from there.”

The idea has been making its way through neighbors and friends who have been decorating their homes and office buildings to resemble floats. Many residents are also decorating their yards calling it Yardi Gras and for animal lovers, Mardi Paws is decorating doghouses and will have an animal costume competition.

Covington residence Gina and Buddy Campo decided to decorate their house as a part of the "Northshore House Floats" and Covington-centric "Rollin' on the Three Rivers" krewes. The Northshore House Floats theme is special vacation spots so the Campo's decked their home with a Jamaican flare calling it "Jamaican Me Crazy."

To keep with their Jamaican theme, they created a thatched roof dog hut in honor of their three doodles Bourré, Dani and Gabbie Roux. The three were dressed up and photographed for the Mardi Paws' Mardi Gras Costume Competition.

The community wants to lift Carnival spirits and is doing a great job of keep Mardi Gras alive this year.

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Krewe of Tchefuncte “Sails” One Day Early in Madisonville

Good news for Northshore Mardi Gras attendees comes in the form of two holidays colliding the weekend of February 6th and 7th.  The final crescendo to Mardi Gras weekend happens to fall on the same weekend as the Super Bowl, so parade goers on the Northshore get a treat to an exclusive Northshore Mardi Gras Parade on the Tchefuncte River in Madisonville, Louisina.

The Krewe of Tcheufuncte Boat Parade will “sail” on Saturday, February 6th at 1pm.  In addition to being a parade on water on the North Shore, as well as the only Saturday parade on the Northshore,

the Krewe of Tchefuncte also has judges available to judge participants in the parade on their boat decorations and costumes.  This year’s theme is Shaken, Not Stirred, and boater participants are expected to dress up and decorate in the theme of James Bond.  There are still available spaces left on the Krewe for $150 for a year’s membership which also includes a krewe T-shire and commemorative martini glass.

On the ground for parade goers and watchers, the Madisonville Community Benefit Organization, a new organization in St. Tammany Parish will be providing food and music on the riverfront of the Tchefuncte before, during, and after the parade.  Participating local restaurants will also be selling their wares and food to parade attendees.  Ironically, the Krewe of Tchefuncte is technically a boat parade, but people who attend will actually walk down the riverfront to the DOCKED boats to receive beads and trinkets thrown from the boat floats.

“I certainly am looking forward to a great time on the riverfront for the Krewe and the parade goers. We are praying for good weather. It’s carnival time and I’m happy to be a part of the Krewe of Tchefuncte,” said Parade Captain, Keith Dennis.

To participate in the boat parade contact Dennis at wkeithdennis@yahoo.com or call him at 985.264.8886. Co-boat Captain Lynn Haas can also be reached at 985.966.5619.
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