Practically a citywide holiday, the Battle of Flowers Parade is a Fiesta staple. And over the last two weeks, area schools have been gearing up with their own parades. Showing shoebox floats have been ...

NEW ORLEANS— One Mardi Gras tradition has been around for decades and, fortunately, it has not been affected by the pandemic. There are pinks, purples, greens and reds, made with toys, masks, and even ...

A third-grader at J.C. Ellis Elementary School in Metairie, Danatus Jordan King, recently created a Carnival shoebox float inspired by the military service of his father, Sgt. 1st Class Danatus King ...

Sixteen colorful Mardi Gras "shoe box" floats adorn the display cases at the Louisiana Exhibit State Museum, the result of "The 2017 Mardi Gras/Clean City Shoe Box Float Decorating Contest." The ...

This Mardi Gras season has been full of more pleasant surprises than a smorgasbord of the city’s best king cakes. New Orleanians have witnessed a wave of pandemic-era creativity with the emergence of ...

The first step is picking a shoebox. Usually whatever is hanging around your house that isn't holding bills or other random junk will work. Oh, and by the way, it will need to have a lid. Now it is ...

Dozens of smiling, energetic children flocked to the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum on Friday to receive awards for the "2017 Mardi Gras/Clean City Shoe Box Float Decorating Contest." The contest, ...

Creating a shoebox float during Fiesta is very much a family project. It’s something that many San Antonio-raised adults remember making as children and one that most labor over as parents now. “This ...

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. (WCAX) - The Winter Carnival is returning to Saranac Lake next week and so is a new tradition that was launched last year. The Village Mercantile, formerly the Community Store of ...

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