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Time again to make merry: Mardi Gras season 'great for curing the winter blahs.'.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 31-JAN-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Time again to make merry: Mardi Gras season 'great for curing the winter blahs.'.(Fairs and festivals)

Article Excerpt
Who knew making merry before the onset of 40 days of Lent could be so profitable and fun?

Since Pierre LeMoyne D'Iberville and his band of homesick French explorers opened a bottle of wine and toasted to the king of France in 1699, proclaiming their campsite "Bayou de Mardi Gras," revelers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast have celebrated the season leading to Fat Tuesday, better known as Mardi Gras, in grand spirit.

"It's the land of all carnivals," said Reed Guice, president of The Guice Agency in Biloxi. "The Mardi Gras parades on the Coast ... truly the greatest free show on earth."

Jerry Munro, captain of the Gulf Coast Carnival Association's 2005 Mardi Gras celebration, said, "if you're a rowdy person, go to New Orleans and have fun. But our association tries to make it a more...

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