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Mardi Gras 2006 – Conde Cavaliers Ball

After the Conde Cavaliers Parade, the men returned to the Civic Center and climbed down from the floats, sweating and tired from all the bead and toy tossing to the crowds over the several mile course through downtown Mobile, Alabama. Many had taken their beer with them and were definitely in a fine mood upon […]

Mardi Gras 2006 – Conde Cavaliers Parade

My fun day with the Mobile, Alabama, Conde Cavaliers continued throughout the afternoon until late in the evening. At 6:30PM, the men paraded out of the Civic Center greeting the anxiously waiting and chilled crowd of well-wishers, fans, and family. Even before they got onto the floats, they were passing out beads, toys, and candies […]

Mardi Gras 2006 – Conde Cavaliers Prepare for Festivities

I was very lucky to be invited behind the scenes to the Mobile, Alabama, Conde Cavaliers Parade festivities. A men only parade, men ranging from 30 to 95 visit with old friends, drink too much beer, have too much fun, and don costumes, feathered and sequenced hats, and prepare for group photographs, the several mile […]