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The 2009 - 2010 Season Calendar is up for the New Season of
City Second Lines!
The season for New Orleans Second Lines is fast
approaching! The usual start date is the last Sunday in August with the
Valley of the Silent Men, and then the Black Men of labor on Labor Day! Keep
up with the parades with Digest Reports of the happenings on the routes! Mardi Gras
clubs have gotten a
lot smaller, but are on the rebound since we took a hard look after Katrina.
 Club
& Brass Band Synergy: Are
There Still Those who Believe?
It used to be that the
club was a Brass Bands Priority and visa versa! They took each
other along for the ride, helping each when they could. Then the
Brass Bands discovered Record Deals! Now the bands and clubs
have gone their separate ways. But are there still those who
believe?
Get to know the history of the Second Line Parades in New
Orleans..
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The Goodfellas Social & Pleasure Club
fills in with Season's 3rd Parade!
Pictured: The Queen & King for the
GODDFELLAS Social & Pleasure Club, leads the Main Line Club as the parade
leaves it's Second Stop!
Sunday, September 6, 2009....... The
GOODFELLAS Social and Pleasure Club commenced their 3rd season as the newest
club to parade in the streets of New Orleans.
The club, all men , led by the current
president, moved through the streets led by a King & Queen of their Home Bar,
the Box..
We have totally redone the Second Line
section to feature the parade and the home bar, plus other bits of news that
are pressing! Go to the second Line section to see more of this parade and
more!
Young Men Olympia Social Aide & Pleasure
Club Celebrates 125 years of Service
Sunday, September 27, 2009....... The Young
Men Olympia Social Aide and Pleasure Club commenced their 125th season as
the oldest club to parade in the streets of New Orleans.
The parade was a celebration of fashion,
history, and fun highlighted with their older members, showing form and how
they have preserved the culture in the newest brothers, who are to carry on!
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The Big Nine introduces the 6T9 Social
Aide & Pleasure Club to the Culture!
Pictured: Club captain, L. J. Goldstein awaits the Big
Nine as they approach his stop!
Sunday December 20, 2009 New Orleans, La.
.... In the lower 6th Ward the Mainline today accomplished an awful lot! In
the mix, was a newly minted Social Aide & Pleasure Club happily going about
its role in the culture and serving as a stop for the Original Big Nine!
Yes we asked a lot of questions and you can have the answers when you
click on "Full Story".
Lower 9th Ward Divas, The Original Big Nine, and
the Lower 9 Steppers Take Control!
Pictured: In Firm control of their real estate the Lower 9th Wards
Divas usher in their Queen, Mrs Mercedes Gibbs
Sunday, December 20, 2009 ....... New Orleans, La.
With one of the longer routes in the parade circuit, the Original
Big Nine of the Lower 9th Ward, joined the Lower 9 Steppers, and
the Women of the Lower 9th Ward Divas and took to the streets
Sunday as they placed their Kings & Queens on their respective thrones and allowed the
fans to see them and their entourage through the streets of the
6th Ward of the city in route to the Lower 9.
Dumaine Gang Parades in the
Purple Green and Gold!
 
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this club's story!
New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday,
December 7, 2009 Noon
As the New Orleans Saints were starting their game the streets of
the Big Easy were also commencing another cultural event for about
another 2500 or so natives who are accustomed on Sundays to their
weekly Second Lines. This week the Dumaine Gang set on their
annual parade to allow their King and Queen to greet the club's
followers in the streets of the city.
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Ego's, Attitudes, and Style
take center Stage as the Buck Jumpers Celebrate 25 Years!
Pictured: The Lady Buck Jumpers in the first of
two outfits, and both very dazzling!
November 29, 2009 New Orleans, Louisiana ....There always
comes a point in a club's history where success breeds a type of
arrogance that places you on track to take a hard fall from the
lofty pinnacles of power. The Ladies of substance and style, the
ladies who were up to now, the ones to beat, Lady Buck Jumpers
may be at that point!
"How Many Times!? .... 9
Times!
Sunday, November 22, 2009 New Orleans, La. Members of the
SAPC, Nine Times, take time to pose for our cameraman as they
prepare to hit the streets, Sunday, two weeks ago!
The Red, White and Blue costumes were not new on color, but the
styles were definitely new and worn for the moment which was all
their own.
Nine Times is a group in the uptown district of New Orleans in
the Ninth Ward of the city, and they are remarkably proud of the
area, as it continues to make a come back.
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Culture Falls Back On it's Roots to
Survive
Wednesday, October 21,
2009 Hammond, La. ...... Clubs now
falling back on the traditional services that were rendered when they were
providing them in the early 19th and 20th centuries. The old style
professional services at funerals, parties, parades and events are now once
again available to the general public at large.
The costs are reasonable and the service is quality driven
as it was more than 200 years ago. Of course no one can match what these clubs
started yet we attempt to do every chance we get.
Truth be told, there are none better than the originals, and
the professional clubs who use to render the final call to all New
Orleanians.
Call a club today and relive a REAL Second Line!!!
The Sudan Pair Up w/ the
Versatile Ladies of Style!
Sunday November 15, 2009 New Orleans, La. In what could
only be describes as a celebration of Life, the Sudan moved a
procession from the entrance of the center to the streets near
Armstrong Park Sunday marking their Anniversary in the city.
Still sporting the Social Aid & Pleasure moniker this is one of
the older clubs still on the streets in the city. The character of
the club reflects the age as did the fashion sported this season.
Also testifying to this fact, in one of the season's better days,
was the route and its layout.
Sunday, September 6, 2009 ......New Orleans, La.
Digest
Sends out calls for all Clubs to register with the Company!
New
Orleans, LA .....Mardi Gras Digest is
making the request of all Main Line Clubs to please fill out and return the
mailed questionnaire so we can contact you, when we need to make
arrangements for interviews, schedules, or other club business.
This is not
just for the New Orleans Clubs, no matter where you are, please register your
Main Line group with us today! You'll be glad you did....email us if you did
not receive one in the mail.
 New Orleans, LA. .......The
Taskforce for the Second Line Parades in New Orleans is under new
Leadership. They're looking for a whole new Day! They have
registered the taskforce as a 501 (c3) organization. Now comes word of a new
website that is being built as we speak. We'll keep you up to date on the
taskforce as it seeks to bring order to the Culture.
Men Of Class Social Aid & Pleasure
Club
October 18, 2009 ....... New Orleans, La. The Men of Class
joined briefly by the Women of Class took to the streets Sunday as they
placed their Queen on her throne and allowed the fans to see her and her
entourage through the back streets.
For some odd reason, the Men of Class, didn't have a banner
and the club is five (5) years old. It took a little away from them as we
caught up to them and the chaos that is New Orleans second Line culture.
Original Prince of Wales
Third Oldest Club in Culture Parades as
rain threatens deluge! 
October 11, 2009 Rain threatened to pour as the members
of the Original Prince of Wales, and the female side known as the Lady Wales
social aid and Pleasure Club move through the streets of New Orleans.
We had a chance to see and photograph the Queen for the
2009 season, Ms. Tanesha Santemore took her place as Royalty to lead her
club on it's 81rst parade.
The club parades on every 2nd Sunday in October, and in
today's parade, the two clubs were full of pride of it's history and all the
accomplishments that the club is again on the verge of completing. Read
about the parade in the Second Line section.
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Valley of the Silent Men Lead off New
Season of Parades!
Pictured: A
member of the club decked out in his finest for this season moves to the beat
of the brass band in the rear.
Sunday, August 30, 2009 .......New Orleans,
La. The club, took to the streets Sunday, to jumpstart the 2009 - 2010
season.
Family Ties takes to the Streets in 7th
Annual Trek!
October 4, 2009 .........New Orleans, LA Rain
threaten to pour down on the brothers, sisters, aunt uncles and cousins that
form the club, Family Ties, last Sunday as the brand spanking new women's
division
Finally although the parade was a strong show, the
heavens opened up on the club before they could reach another stop.
When we caught up to them they had been rained on, but the
spirit was absolutely fully charged.
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Young Men Olympia Social Aide & Pleasure
Club Celebrates 125 years of Service
Sunday, September 27, 2009....... The Young Men
Olympia Social Aide and Pleasure Club commenced their 125th season as the
oldest club to parade in the streets of New Orleans.
The parade was a celebration of fashion,
history, and fun highlighted with their older members!
The club, all men ,is one of the oldest clubs in
existence today in the city of New Orleans, and will put on the streets, 6
divisions, along with others on the route.
Black Men of Labor Show Their Roots with
Labor Day Parade!
BMOL Annual Labor Day Parade paraded Sunday, September 6,
2009 at 3 p.m.
The BMOL is
Celebrated its 16th Annual "Labor Day Parade in the Shade" on
Sunday, September 06, 2009 @ 3:00pm starting at Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club,
located at 1931 St. Claude Avenue.
Over the years, The Black Men of Labor have tried to continue it's heritage of
elevating, and educating, it membership and the community in how to preserve and
perpetuate the African American culture as it exited the door of Loraine's to
journey through the streets of New Orleans.
This year parade is dedicated in Memory of Legendary Jazz Musician Danny Barker
who would have turned 100 years old this pass January 13, 2009.
Come hydrate yourself in a Living Culture and listen and dance to New Orleans
Traditional Jazz Brass Music!
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