When one thinks about balls in New Orleans, it’s almost always related to Mardi Gras, and that usually meant the Municipal Auditorium with it’s grand facade and remembrances of tableaux and call-outs, and the big finale at midnight on Shrove Tuesday with the meeting of Rex and Comus to officially end the Mardi Gras season. It was, indeed, a grand setting.
Read MoreKatrina Upped The Ante
Hurricane Katrina upped the ante for The Pro Bono Project and for the Justice For All Ball going forward.
Read MoreYou Should Be Dancing
As Marianne Hawkins Sabrier said so eloquently in yesterday’s post, “… I love how the variation in the entertainment can influence the atmosphere of the part, as well!”
Read MoreTwo Is A Magic Number
I volunteered as a member of the Ball Committee upon the urging of two past Board and Ball Chairs.
Read MoreWeathering The Weather
Don’t like the weather in New Orleans? Just wait a minute, it will change. The weather has always been a factor in the Justice For All Ball – whether heat, rain, winds, tropical storms or hurricanes – the JFAB has learned to weather the weather.
Read MoreThe Ball That Never Was
I was the Chair of the JFAB in 2005 when Katrina hit our city.
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