Wearing green as it’s key color this season the club took to the streets of New Orleans in great style, after pulling a wardrobe switch from the original casual outfits that the strollers wore.

The highlight of the day’s parade was the club’s start from George & Jackie’s Lounge, located on Claiborne. The lounge provided the club with an almost perfect platform to redress and mount several carriages and seat their King & Queen upon the provided Float.

The wardrobe was flashy, but very nicely done in all areas. The fans complimented the new suits with very little balance, which is in itself a neat trick. The club used different shades of the same color to work the suits and in     the same breathe, add depth to what would otherwise be a monotone outfit.

The King and Queen were dressed exceedingly well, adorning themselves with pins, and custom jewelry. While the King sported his white suit, the Queen stayed faithful to the key color, but balanced the dress with her maids who wore, what else, white!

As the club left the lounge, the carriage ride with the King seemed to be the best mode of transport for the day, as he and his young dukes jumped on and off the carriage to dance to the tunes of the Hot 8 brass band.

Again the Brass Band Hot 8 did the honors as the club, after arriving a bit late, filed into the street in military shirts, khaki pants, and get this, camouflaged tennis shoes! They started their route by dancing out one by one from the uptown bar, Gracie’s Lounge. A quaint little joint, that has so much atmosphere that it started to bring back memories from long ago.

Several clubs cooperated to bring this parade to a great reality, as the 2004 Queen, one of the Undefeated Divas, Ms Net, rode in the front to welcome in her successor, and wish her well. The current Queen Ms. Sylvia Shields looked very radiant and Vibrant in her royal garb as her highness waited to be shown to her float for her special ride through the streets of New Orleans.

The Devastation club had also another reason for the parade this season other than the club’s twentieth birthday. One of the very own, Mr. Charles (Popee) Harris was retiring that day and the club wanted to be sure that Mr. Harris received a great and a rememberable send off. The club wants you to know Mr. Harris that you will be missed.

Participants for this parade also included, Pee Wee, the club’s current president, Johnny, Tony, Paul, Janero, Jonathan, and Don. The group looked fantastic and really did a great job showing the club’s pride. The Devastation parade ended, where it began, Grace’s Lounge!

The next club showed up on the streets and almost got by us without Mardi Gras Digest even knowing it existed. Apparently we really need to get by the permit office, a little more often, as this one wasn’t even listed on our or their calendar. None the less, here they were strutting down Broad Street for the third season, we were told by some of the members, and we knew absolutely nothing about them.

They are called the "First Lady S&PC, and the ladies were, parading with the better known club of the, "Treme Sidewalk Steppers." Since they were parading downtown on Super Sunday the club obviously had a good following to pull fans from across town and inside Treme’.

The king and Queen wore yellow outfits, adorned in stones and accented with feathers and plumes. They were sporting yellow and white trains and the collars were very tastefully done. Since we were not expecting the Treme Steppers group, we do not have their names, or the names of the maids, but we do have some great photos of the parade and you will enjoy the color scheme of the parade.

The Treme Steppers themselves were all adorned in yellow with a white accent. Several of the members are very adapt at the second line, and the footwork was really a sight to watch. Hopefully, the Treme Sidewalk Steppers will contact us soon to complete their page and give us a little more background into the nature of the club and where it hopes to go in the future.

Well that’s it for the main line parades for the month’s of February and March, until next month, I’ll see you on the streets of New Orleans as the culture continues.