Somehow my neighbour Linda and I became the entertainment committee for the Mardi Gras celebration at the RV park. This kept us out of trouble for days. We were in charge of the games, the dog show and the after dinner program. The games were easy, we just asked Darryl and Glenn to take care them. The dog show was my idea, betcha no one is surprised by that, so I attempted to organized it. I think 12 dogs participated and there were no fights or excessive barking so I think it was a success. Luckily, many talent people live in this RV park so we were able to find a number of willing participants to make a great show. Being the helpful people that we are, Linda and I helped to cut the meat and vegetables for the supper and there's a lot of cutting and chopping required when preparing Jambalaya for 100. We also helped to cook the test dinner a week before the main event. For some reason the cook thought we should try out the recipe before we served it to a 100 people. Think we filled our helping quota for the season.

As Zaph and I participated in the parade and the dog show part of the day was a blur. Good thing Ed took lots of photos.

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The start of the parade. There even was a funeral procession ..... boy could those ladies wail.

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Zaph and I walking in the parade. Ed caught me throwing beads to the crowd.

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The park manager's daughter even got into the act. This photo was taken right after she ran into Ed.

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John was the emcee for the day. Not sure how his wife talked him into the outfit.

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Quick change from parade costume to dog show costume.

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Like father, like son............ my boys.

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Bear, Snicky and Dakota .... Snicky is in the purple coat and Dakota is wearing a green coat. I'll let you guess which one is Bear.

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Gypsy even managed to wear her mask part of the time.

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Zaph strutting his stuff. He won two first place trophies --- one for best costume and one for best trick. Only a couple of dogs did tricks --- Zaph shook a paw and flip a cookie off his nose into his mouth.

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Clarence likes to wear his best outfit for special occasions --- thus the fur coat. Can you find the dart flying through the air.

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Judy and her decorating committee did a fabulous job.

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After dinner everyone wearing costumes were asked to walk across the stage. The audience chose the best costume by the loudest clapping.

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The final event of Mardis Gras was a lighted parade featuring motorcycles. Elvis won first place.