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Following those of New Orleans, Louisiana's next-oldest krewes are mostly based near Lafayette, which crowned its first Rex-style monarch, King Attakapas, in 1897. [4] The state's oldest extant children's krewe, Oberon, is also based in Lafayette, and was founded in 1928. [5]
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The Half-Fast Walking Club is a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe founded and historically led by Pete Fountain, until his death on August 6, 2016. [1] Originally all on foot, in recent decades it has also featured one or two small floats. Fountain and other local jazz musicians played through much of the parade.
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From its inauguration in 1870, the Twelfth Night Revelers introduced the Twelfth Night Cake or King Cake cut by the leader, the Lord of Misrule. Also that year the Grand March, the first of the new wrinkles planned by the new krewe (and copied by almost all krewes that followed). [3]
The Knights of Momus (KoM) was founded in 1872 and was the second-oldest parading Old Line Krewe in New Orleans Carnival after the Mistick Krewe of Comus and is the third oldest krewe to continuously present a tableau ball, after the Twelfth Night Revelers in 1870. New Orleans Mardi Gras, 1907. Illustration showing King's float for Momus parade.
The Krewe of Orpheus was founded by Harry Connick Jr., his father Harry Connick Sr., Sonny Borey, and others. [1] When the krewe had their first parade on February 14, 1994, [ 2 ] there was a record high 700 riders on their parade, and they had then already established themselves as a super krewe.
The Jefferson City Buzzards are the oldest marching club in New Orleans Mardi Gras.The club was founded in 1890. [1] Named after the former New Orleans municipality of Jefferson City, the Buzzards have an all-male membership and are headquartered at 5215 Annunciation Street.