A Grand Setting

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.

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You 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!”

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A Different View

I attended my first Justice for All Ball (JFAB) back in those days as a fun thing to do with friends and quickly became aware that it was so much more than just an elegant, fun-filled party. 

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