Hail Endymion!
Yay! Mardi Gras was great this year...my mom picked me up from LSU on Friday afternoon and we drove over to Metairie (where my aunt lives...it's right outside of New Orleans). So we saw the end of the Knights of Jason parade (like 2 floats), then we walked back to my aunt's house.The next day, we woke up bright and early to go to the Uptown parade route...saw Iris and Tucks, then went back to Metairie to get ready for the Endymion Extravaganza. haha...well...so we got dressed and everything and rode to the Superdome at about 6. It was AWESOME. We went into the dome and sat at our table, ate, and listened to music until about 8. At 8, the parade reached the Superdome. All the floats paraded through it and threw lots of things for 3 hours, then the entertainment began. At 11, Al Green took the stage for an hour. Next came Taylor Hicks, who was the Grand Marshall of Endymion. He was seriously awesome. After him came Styx at 1:00 am and they were good...they just kept going on and on, though. Next came JOURNEY (who was the Co-Grand Marshall). They took the stage at about 2:15 am...it was very cool. I have pictures, but I had to take them without the flash and it's hard to do that and not have them come out blurry. I'll post some, though. Enjoy... :)
Here's the Superdome all decorated...can you imagine how much fabric they used? It was very beautiful.
Here is the Captain's float...the Fleur-de-Lis changes colors.
Here is Taylor Hicks playing the guitar on stage.
Here is Styx performing. It was cool because the guy's keyboard spun around..hahaha...and the front had this thing that lit up and said "Styx."
Here is Journey performing...it's a bad picture because they liked to move around a lot. Happy Mardi Gras!
-Meredith
Labels: Endymion Extravaganza, Journey, Styx, Taylor Hicks
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