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Anybody ever heard of a 20 minute Mardi Gras parade?
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:23 am
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:23 am
Me neither until today.
Scott parade was absolutely terrible. Heard from family that the carencro parade got cancelled altogether.
Wtf is going on down here baw?
Rio parade in Lafayette tonight saved the weekend but damn.
Scott parade was absolutely terrible. Heard from family that the carencro parade got cancelled altogether.
Wtf is going on down here baw?
Rio parade in Lafayette tonight saved the weekend but damn.
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Posted on 2/8/26 at 5:27 am to NorthTxLSU
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Anybody ever heard of a 20 minute Mardi Gras parade?
In Houma, one year it was raining so all the bands pulled out. It was just the throwing floats going as fast as possible. Some of the older Krewes do not have as many floats. Krewes like Hercules have over forty floats, while Houmas is barely scraping by with about 20ish, but they do have competition because Kajuns follows them and dues are not as expensive.
This year must have been a record for Hercules to get downtown with as many floats as they have. Aquarius, a women’s Krewe, on the other hand was as slow as molasses with fewer floats.
This post was edited on 2/8/26 at 7:55 am
Posted on 2/8/26 at 7:08 am to NorthTxLSU
That one has never really been very long but last year while the floats were lining up they decided to start enforcing a rule they’d never enforced about wheels sticking out past truck fenders and were pretty anal about it and kicked out about half the floats morning-of. Tons of people said they’d never enter again. I’m sure they picked up a couple entries with Carencro cancelling but last I saw they had ~30 floats when in year past I think it’s been 60+.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:01 am to NorthTxLSU
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Scott
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carencro
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Lafayette
Noticing a trend here and may have identified why you had a shitty day.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:11 am to NorthTxLSU
Eve's first year (Mandeville) was a joke and lasted about 20 minutes. They had multiple back to back floats with no bands or marching orgs in between.
Its grown every year since then.
Its grown every year since then.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:18 am to NorthTxLSU
Shouldn't you staunch Catholics be prepping for Mass and resting on this fine Sunday?
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:20 am to NorthTxLSU
Our car group with city, state, sheriff, marshal's office, fire departments will have a drive through Mardi Gras parade Tues at a local children's home. We all line up a half mile down the road and pass through the gates with lights, sirens and horns blasting. The kids are showered with beads, candy and stuffed animals. And, an ice cream van will be part of the caravan. 
The parade will last 15-20 minutes, but the smiles last the rest of the day.
The parade will last 15-20 minutes, but the smiles last the rest of the day.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:21 am to NorthTxLSU
At what point is it not worth the expense to the city in terms of security and logistics (putting up barriers)? 30 ish floats? come on man.
There's videos out there of mobs of Acadiana high students fighting in front of fezzo's and the SPD looking like keystone cops chasing them all around the frontage road. I'm sure all the overtime hours were worth this kind of publicity for the city.
One of the reasons it's smaller is because they moved the parade from Sunday to Saturday to get more participation - but they're now competing with Rio - and I know a lot of people who were in both parades and dropped the Scott parade because Rio is a much bigger deal.
There's videos out there of mobs of Acadiana high students fighting in front of fezzo's and the SPD looking like keystone cops chasing them all around the frontage road. I'm sure all the overtime hours were worth this kind of publicity for the city.
One of the reasons it's smaller is because they moved the parade from Sunday to Saturday to get more participation - but they're now competing with Rio - and I know a lot of people who were in both parades and dropped the Scott parade because Rio is a much bigger deal.
This post was edited on 2/8/26 at 8:23 am
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:30 am to NorthTxLSU
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Scott parade was absolutely terrible. Heard from family that the carencro parade got cancelled altogether.
Guess they don’t want to get shot.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:35 am to NorthTxLSU
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what is going on down here
Maybe people are finally starting to grow up.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:38 am to NorthTxLSU
Everybody went to Jeanerette parade instead
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:50 am to NorthTxLSU
Went to Pontchatoula Saturday for some shopping and lunch with the lady. Walked out a shop and there where people lined up on the street and roads were blocked. We asked damn is there a parade today. Cop said yep. Total surprise.
So we walked over to the district for lunch. Window view and thought oh cool we get eat lunch and watch the parade.
The parade was over before food came out.
Few jeeps. Few corvettes. A flatbed and two garage dance groups.
15 minutes tops.
So we walked over to the district for lunch. Window view and thought oh cool we get eat lunch and watch the parade.
The parade was over before food came out.
Few jeeps. Few corvettes. A flatbed and two garage dance groups.
15 minutes tops.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:50 am to NorthTxLSU
Rio kind of sucked. Not a lot of riders on the floats and not a lot of good throws.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 9:40 am to Shreve Perry
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Shouldn't you staunch Catholics be prepping for Mass and resting on this fine Sunday?
I went to Sam’s at 7 am this morning in Houma for gas. I could hear music coming from the Mall Parking lot. When I left, I could see people already at their spots for a parade that starts at 12:30.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 9:53 am to Crawdaddy
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The parade was over before food came out. Few jeeps. Few corvettes. A flatbed and two garage dance groups.
Sounds more like a light Fri night in Chalmette.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 9:54 am to Shreve Perry
Night mass son
Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:00 am to Tempratt
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Heard from family that the carencro parade got cancelled altogether.
Carencro was supposed to be last weekend. They jumped the gun and canceled a week ahead because of a bogus weather forecast....
Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:25 am to NorthTxLSU
Lafayette, Scott, Youngsville have 3 of the worst parades for Mardi Gras
Posted on 2/8/26 at 11:18 am to BitBuster
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and I know a lot of people who were in both parades
Really?
Rio is an actual krewe while Scott is a bunch of Shane’s with $100 and a trailer
Posted on 2/8/26 at 11:39 am to NorthTxLSU
You spend more time finding parking than watching the parade. What’s the point.
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