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VOODOOFEST on the Blue Moon Halloween

11/1/2020

 
Storyboard - October 31, 2020
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Queen Cherise Harrison-Nelson was one of the presenters at the 22nd annual VoodooFest on rue Dumaine in the French Quarter.

Hosted by Voodoo Authentica, this educational and spiritual event has taken place on Halloween for the past 22 years.  This year, it coincided with a rare blue moon that rose over the final ancestral healing ceremony. 

- photos by Ellis Anderson 

Editor's note re. health precautions: VOODOOFEST attendees were required to wear masks and practice social distancing, with hand sanitizer being distributed often.  OPSO Detail Officer and 12 COVID-19 protocol enforcers were onsite to ensure public safety. Although the street was blocked to vehicular traffic, it was open to pedestrians and some of those passersby were unmasked.  Also, several folks temporarily took off their masks when we asked to photograph them.


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Revel on Royal Street

10/18/2020

 
Storyboard - October 2020
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The Martin Lawrence Gallery, 433 Royal Street

In one of the first official French Quarter events since March, 50+ shops, galleries and restaurants  welcomed guests on Friday, October 16.   

- photography by Ellis Anderson 


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The 50th Annual Greasing of the Poles

2/21/2020

 
Storyboard - February 2020
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For fifty years, a ceremony involving Vaseline and champagne has served as the official opening to the Mardi Gras weekend. 

- photos by Ellis Anderson


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Mystic Krewe of Barkus 2020

2/16/2020

 
Storyboard - February 2020
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This quirky canine parade that began in a French Quarter bar 27 years ago has become a favorite Mardi Gras fixture that benefits animal rescue groups. 

- photography by Kerry Maloney 


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titRəx Parade 2020

2/11/2020

 
Storyboard - February 2020
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This miniature take-off on the city's mega-parades, titRəx, may be diminutive in size but participants go for satire in a very big way. 

- photos by Kerry Maloney 


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Krewe du Vieux Parade 2020

2/9/2020

 
Storyboard - February 2020
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​The renowned and raucous punsters of Krewe du Vieux marched this year with "Erection 2020" as their general theme, which gave the sub-krewes infinite opportunities for fun.  Followed seamlessly by krewedelusion, FQJ caught the grand show from a balcony at the corner of Royal and St. Ann.  
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- photography by Kerry Maloney for French Quarter Journal


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Krewe of Boheme Parade 2020

2/8/2020

 
Storyboard - February 2020
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Boheme parade participants, bloggers Traveler Broads (Jessica Fender and the woman with the absinthe sugar spoon on her headdress, Kerry Maloney). The pair co-authored the popular 2020 Interactive Field Guide to Mardi Gras.

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, whose presiding regent is a green fairy representing absinthe, was made up of 18 sub-krewes in 2020.  Marching on February 7, it exuberantly wound its way through the Marigny and French Quarter neighborhoods with the theme of "The Soaring Twenties." 

- photos by Ellis Anderson


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Chewbacchus Parade 2020

2/2/2020

 
Storyboard photo essay - February 2020
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Chewbacchus rolled for the tenth year, celebrating with a parade that glowed brighter than any birthday candles.  

- by Ellis Anderson 

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Joan of Arc Parade 2020

1/8/2020

 
Storyboard - January 2020
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2020 Maid of Honor, Zoe Kanga as Joan of Arc at the corner of Bienville and Chartres Streets.
The Joan of Arc parade, the first of the Carnival season, celebrates the saint's birthday on 12th night marching through the streets of the French Quarter. 

​- photos by Ellis Anderson 


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Krewe Joan of Arc 2020 Royalty Coronation

12/12/2019

 
Storyboard - December 2019
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Self-described as a "short, family-friendly parade — quirky, whimsical and spiritual," Joan of Arc's royalty for 2020 exemplify those qualities.  Catch their coronation in FQJ's photo essay. 

- by Ellis Anderson 


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This Time They Won

11/10/2019

 
Storyboard Photo Essay - November 2019
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The reenactors at the Jazz Museum, readying to march through the French Quarter to Armstrong Park and Congo Square. Dread Scott, performance artist, far right.
The brainchild of performance artist Dread Scott, a two-day reenactment of the 1811 slave rebellion culminates in a march through the French Quarter - and a contemporary victory in Armstrong Park.

- by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
​- photos by Ellis Anderson  


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King Toffa IX Visits the Vieux Carré

10/19/2019

 
Storyboard - October 2019
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West African monarch, His Majesty King Toffa IX, visits the French Quarter as part of a United States tour.
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