re: Nyx is now the largest NOLA non-truck mardi gras parade

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Comus and Momus.

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The three true "old line" krewes are the three that told Dorothy Mae Taylor (RIP) to take her nondiscrimination ordinance and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

That would be Comus, Momus, and Proteus.

Years later, after the Supremes threw it out, Proteus came back to parading, but the other two decided to stay away.

Comus was a truly awful parade, with some really bizarre, George Will - style themes such as "Famous 12th century European dramatic authors"

Momus wasn't a huge parade, and didn't throw crap, but was a satire parade, the forerunner of d'Etat in that genre.

Anywho, the ability for a non-relative to get in, is about the same as the ability for a non-relative to get a commission as a lower mississippi riverboat pilot. It is a family affair, steeped in old, old, OLD money.

Whereas Rex, while it has a TON of rich and influential members, regularly will accept new members if you have the right amount of money. Many large company CEOs and bankers and attorneys, both in NOLA and nearby, are members.