MARDI GRAS!It
is New Orleans' premiere party season! It's time to enjoy life,
party, and have a good time! It's irresistibly fun, vibrant, sarcastic,
and sassy! If you understand how this city hums during the day and sings
at night, you may be able to envision its celebration of Mardi Gras.
Perhaps it's the anticipation of the merriment, the excitement of catching
throws, the extravaganza of the parades, getting dressed up in costume,
or going to a Ball
-- but a frame of mind takes over
the Big Easy and says "forget your problems and have fun!"
When is Mardi Gras? You'll find the big day can
fall on any Tuesday between February 3 and March 9. Carnival celebration starts
on January 6, the Twelfth Night (feast of Epiphany) and picks up speed until
Midnight on Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday. How will you know which
Tuesday it will be? Mardi Gras is always 40 days plus 6 Sundays before Easter.
Easter can fall on any Sunday from March 23 to April 25 with the exact date to
coincide with the first Sunday after the full moon following a Spring Equinox!
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