With king cakes and parties, Carnival keeps caterers busy. We do a lot of catering for kings and queens, tableaus, private parties, float parties, reviewing stands and pretty much just about any Mardi Gras event you can imagine. The supermarket sells hundreds of king cakes every week, sometimes thousands. For Homer McGee, Mardi Gras is a year-round business. He works for three area krewes, building floats and changing props.
Big parades have as many as four or five bands.
We have a limited amount of funds from the School Board, so the parades make up the extra. We use the money for anything from purchasing equipment to buying music or cleaning and repairing instruments. Everyone wants to be a part of south Louisiana during Mardi Gras season. Pretty much, everyone loves Mardi Gras.