Tornado rips across East Houma street
January 2, 2008Brian Champange
January 7, 2008January 2008. It’s hard to believe we’re here already.
The new year holds great promise. We started off with a bang: Our LSU Tigers vying for the BCS title! Kudos to the Purple & Gold, and here’s hoping the guys in Black & Gold can get back on track in ’08.
So, the fun never stopped from 2007. We rolled into the New Year with purple and gold – add some green and you’re ready for the start of Mardi Gras.
And not a moment too soon! The 12th Night Rendezvous at the Plantation Inn falls Jan. 6.
Historically, the 12th day after Christmas is known as “Epiphany,” “Kings’ Day” or “Twelfth Night.” It marks the day the gift-bearing Magi visited the baby Jesus. In Louisiana, 12th Night marks the start of the Carnival season. Right through Feb. 5, Mardi Gras Day, there will be parades, balls, beads and King cakes galore.
The rest of the nation marvels at the month-long street parade that follows 12th Night. After all, no one does Mardi Gras like south Louisiana.
And while many will trek into New Orleans to celebrate, there’s plenty of family-friendly fun to be had in the Tri-parishes. We dive for plastic cups, specialty beads and doubloons with the best of them. In fact, what most people don’t realize is that this area hosts the state’s third-largest Carnival celebration, second only to the party in Orleans Parish.
So, Terrebonne, Lafourche and St. Mary parish riders, the Gumbo krewe will be out there, hands up and voices at full tilt. After all, ’tis the season: Throw Me Something, Mister!
