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Houma Continuing with Plans for Mardi Gras...New Route
Posted on 12/1/20 at 7:55 am
Posted on 12/1/20 at 7:55 am
Last night on HTV, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet talked about the parish’s upcoming plans for Mardi Gras.
During the interview, he revealed that Houma’s 2021 west side parades will feature a new twist, a new route.
Instead of the traditional route that starts at the mall and ends at Barrow Street by Town Hall, next year’s parades will follow a reverse route. The parades will stage at the Houma Terrebonne Civic Center and then line up down Barrow Street, and start throwing once the parade is by Town Hall. The parade will then follow the reverse route until it reaches the mall to disband.
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During the interview, he revealed that Houma’s 2021 west side parades will feature a new twist, a new route.
Instead of the traditional route that starts at the mall and ends at Barrow Street by Town Hall, next year’s parades will follow a reverse route. The parades will stage at the Houma Terrebonne Civic Center and then line up down Barrow Street, and start throwing once the parade is by Town Hall. The parade will then follow the reverse route until it reaches the mall to disband.
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This post was edited on 12/1/20 at 8:10 am
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Posted on 12/1/20 at 7:56 am to Tarps99
How dey gonna get them horses to march backwards? 
Posted on 12/1/20 at 7:57 am to Tarps99
I hear Houma Mardi Gras is a wild time.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 7:57 am to Tarps99
Good. No reason not to
Posted on 12/1/20 at 7:59 am to Tarps99
Are all the floats pulled by gators and airboats down there?
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:00 am to Tarps99
Build floating floats and go down the canal.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:00 am to Tarps99
any word on Mammou?
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:03 am to 225Tyga
Massive reason not to. The reverse ride is a terrible idea. Every rider prefers to end the night at Downtown Houma, than at the mall. The reasoning is that the Kings toast takes a while, so they would rather start it at the beginning because it would mean the "larger crowds" would disperse earlier. What it really means is that most of the people who watch it DT, are now going to hope in their vehicles and drive closer to the mall to catch it again, creating larger crowds closer to the more "family friendly" areas.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:04 am to Tarps99
Sounds like they are doing this to help the parades flow faster and have less of a wait by doing the toasting at the end. I am really not for it but whatever.....
Inside source told me that they may cancel Mardi Gras also this year due to the Police force is worried about more people coming into town since NOLA has canceled. Sheriff Soignet is worried that with more ppl coming in and if things break out there won't have enough cops to handle it all.
Inside source told me that they may cancel Mardi Gras also this year due to the Police force is worried about more people coming into town since NOLA has canceled. Sheriff Soignet is worried that with more ppl coming in and if things break out there won't have enough cops to handle it all.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:09 am to Tarps99
I think I would have preferred this when I rode in houma. Get that toast crap out of the way early. Also the downtown crowds are a shell of what they used to be. And much trashier.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:10 am to Tarps99
Hercules parade in Houma is best parade I’ve ever been to.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:19 am to BorrisMart
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any word on Mammou?
I've been hearing that nothing short of nuclear holocaust would force Mamou to cancel Mardi Gras.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:20 am to DaphneTigah
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Hercules parade in Houma is best parade I’ve ever been to.
Houma Mardi Gras beats Mobile Mardi Gras, but that isn’t saying much
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:21 am to Tarps99
Houma should invite JBE to be the Grand Marshall. Just for fun.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:23 am to Tarps99
It’s completely irresponsible to have a Mardi Gras at all during these times.
That was the main reason that New Orleans and Louisiana had such huge numbers. You only have yourself to blame for your businesses and jobs being shut down!
That was the main reason that New Orleans and Louisiana had such huge numbers. You only have yourself to blame for your businesses and jobs being shut down!
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:25 am to LSUDUCKMAN67
They are not worried about that
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:25 am to Tarps99
Telling JBE to chew on a fat one
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:26 am to HSCoach2298
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You only have yourself to blame for your businesses and jobs being shut down!
It's cute you think we can actually stop this virus from spreading through the entire population.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 8:27 am to LSUDUCKMAN67
Its the exact same route, with the exact same traditions, but you move the end to the beginning. You aren't making it quicker, and in fact, you are causing even more traffic. For those who haven't been to a Houma Parade, once the end of the parade passes, they open up everything behind it to traffic to allow traffic to disperse. You are now going to stop traffic from flowing on the major part of the route for much longer than you originally would have if you left it alone.
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