This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS— One Mardi Gras tradition has ...

Practically a citywide holiday, the Battle of Flowers Parade is a Fiesta staple. And over the last two weeks, area schools have been gearing up with their own parades. Showing shoebox floats have been ...

A third-grader at J.C. Ellis Elementary School in Metairie, Danatus Jordan King, recently created a Carnival shoebox float inspired by the military service of his father, Sgt. 1st Class Danatus King ...

Creating a shoebox float during Fiesta is very much a family project. It’s something that many San Antonio-raised adults remember making as children and one that most labor over as parents now. “This ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Visit Lake Charles is inviting the community to participate in the 13th Annual Mardi Gras Shoebox Float Contest. With the VLC Welcome Center currently under construction, ...

Sixteen colorful Mardi Gras "shoe box" floats adorn the display cases at the Louisiana Exhibit State Museum, the result of "The 2017 Mardi Gras/Clean City Shoe Box Float Decorating Contest." The ...

VINTON, Va. – It may sound silly, but a virtual shoebox parade is the board’s creative way to savor the parade tradition and still social distance. This year would have been the 65th annual Dogwood ...

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - The Lake Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau is getting ready for Mardi Gras with shoe boxes. The Bureau announced the winners of their 9th annual Shoebox Float Contest ...

This Mardi Gras season has been full of more pleasant surprises than a smorgasbord of the city’s best king cakes. New Orleanians have witnessed a wave of pandemic-era creativity with the emergence of ...

These little floats are much simpler logistically, but still as elaborate as wagon floats. You should accept nothing less than a majestic transportation device for your beloved Barbie doll rider.

RIVER PARISHES. ♪ THE LARGER, ELABORATE PARADES IN ST. JOHN’S PARISH AREN’T HAPPENING THIS YEAR. 2020 CELEBRATIONS ARE A LOT SMALLER, LIKE THIS ONE AT ST. PETER CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND RESERVE >> >> WE ...

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