Saturday, February 7, 2015
For the second year in a row as a fundraiser, the residents along Mead St. in Decatur have put on a Mardi Gras parade. This year proceeds from the festive event go to help the Decatur Education Foundation to provide music grants to students. A few hundred people came out on Saturday for an afternoon of merriment and revelry. Residents marched down the street to the tunes of instrument players that give the bands in New Orleans a run for their money. Beads were tossed out by the handfuls to people watching the procession. I love Mardi Gras. Many a year in my youth was spent in New Orleans during February watching the parades and taking to the streets at dark to celebrate an ancient tradition!
Maya Deodhar (center) gets her face painted as she prepares for the start of the Mead St. Mardi Gras parade in Decatur on Saturday, February 7, 2015.
Madison Harvey (right) gets help putting on her mask from her step father Johnny Langford as they prepare for the start of the Mead St. Mardi Gras parade in Decatur on Saturday, February 7, 2015.
Mike Murphy (right) lifts his daughter Teagan into a crawfish boiling pot as they prepare for the start of the Mead St. Mardi Gras parade in Decatur on Saturday, February 7, 2015.
John Moredock (left) blasts his trumpet to start off the Mead St. Mardi Gras parade in Decatur on Saturday, February 7, 2015.
Michelle Cullen (right) marches down Oakview Rd. in Decatur during the Mead St. Mardi Gras parade on Saturday, February 7, 2015.
Bo Emerson (center) plays the trumpet as he marches down Oakview Rd. in Decatur during the Mead St. Mardi Gras parade on Saturday, February 7, 2015.
Kate Galatas (left) and her husband Blane march down Oakview Rd. in Decatur during the Mead St. Mardi Gras parade on Saturday, February 7, 2015.
Eddie Galatas (right) hands a pile of beads to Courtney Goetzel and her son Miles as they watch the Mead St. Mardi Gras parade pass by on Saturday, February 7, 2015.
Jake Cooper (center) plays the trumpet as he marches down Oakview Rd. in Decatur during the Mead St. Mardi Gras parade on Saturday, February 7, 2015.