2. Navigation1.History of Mardi Gras 4. Parades 1. Official
Holiday1. History of Parades 2. America2.Metairie Parades 3. New
Orleans 3. New Orleans parades2.King Cakes5. References 1. Origin
2. Types of cakes 3. Buying3.Mardi Gras Balls 1. History 2. Rex
Ball 3. ExtravaganzaMatt Bonura 2 3. History of Mardi GrasMatt
Bonura 3 4. Official Holiday -Officially in 1582-Private clubs held
balls-Krewes4 Matt Bonura 5. Mardi Gras inAmerica -Iberville and
BienvilleLemoyne -March 3, 1699-Mouth of the Mississippi Pointe du
Mardi Gras -1st Mardi Gras5 Matt Bonura 6. New Orleans 18th Century
New Orleans founded and Carnival began Private and public parties
Official parades began in 1838 Mardi Gras almost ended in 1857
Saved by the Krewe of ComusMatt Bonura6 7. King CakesMatt Bonura 8.
Origin Special cake in honor ofthe three kings King Cake Party
Feast of Epiphany The BABY!8Matt Bonura 9. Types of King Cakes
Original a ring of dough with small amount of decoration Todays
King Cakes Braided and baked Colorful sugar Creative cakes in
recent years fillings9 Matt Bonura 10. Where to Purchase Randazzos
Manny Randazzos King Cakes Haydels Bakery King Cakes Gambinos
Bakery King Cake packagesMatt Bonura10 11. Mardi Gras BallsMatt
Bonura 12. History ofMardi GrasBalls 1857 by Comus Krewe atthe
Gaiety/VarietiesTheatre Consists of royal courts inlavish costumes
Most private but very few sell tickets 12 Matt Bonura 13. Rex Ball
Mardi gras evening Private event Held recently at NewOrleans
Sheraton Hotel Meeting of the two courts13Matt Bonura 14.
EndymionExtravaganza Held since 1974,moved toSuperdome in 1981 2500
members, 15,000guests in 2012 Celebrity Grand Marshals14 Matt
Bonura 15. ParadesMatt Bonura 16. History of Parades1st parade in
1711 in Mobile, ALLate 1830s New Orleans heldstreet
processions1856, Mystic Krewe of Comusbrought dazzling floats to
New Orleans1870, Twelfth Night Revelers,first Mardi Gras throws 16
Matt Bonura 17. Metairie Parades 1st parade in 1958 by the Krewe of
Zeus 1st suburban krewe 13 parades in 2013 Zeus, Argus and Elks
Jefferson Family Gras Free concerts, family oriented17 Matt Bonura
18. New OrleansParades Muses The heel Endymion and Bacchus Super
krewes Rex and Zulu18 Matt Bonura 19. Mardi Gras History King Cakes
History of Mardi Gras Balls References Rex Ball Endymion
Extravaganza History of ParadesMatt Bonura 19
