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3rd Annual Mardi Gras Parade at Patrick Farms Subdivision

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Real Estate Agent with Front Gate Real Estate Broker 11085

Mardi Gras season is underway! The 3rd Annual Mardi Gras Parade was held Saturday at Patrick Farms Subdivision in Pearl, MS.

 Grand Marshall Scott Simmons

Grand Marshall for the parade was Scott Simmons, local TV news anchor for WAPT-TV in Jackson, MS.

 

Mardi Gras float

You may notice the "floats" are unique. The Patrick Farms parade was conceived by friends and residents Melissa Randall and Jacki Barton three years ago as they longed to attend a Mardi Gras parade. The course of their conversation led them to start their own tradition in their neighborhood.

Mardi Gras float

 The weather co-operated and 10 "floats", i.e., golf carts, participated in the annual event.

Krewe Captain for Parade

 Seen here is Krewe Captain and neighborhood resident Guy Palmertree offering this writer a bounty of beads.

Small child with beadsSmall child with beads

Lawn chairs sat on front lawns and residents visited with each other as the parade travelled down the parade route. Kids, adults, friends and neighbors waved and shouted "Throw me something, Mister!"  

Mardi Gras float

The Patrick Farms Parade is an event residents look forward to each year. But, who do you think had the most fun...the parade goers or the participants in the carts?

 Happy Mardi Gras!

 

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Pat Starnes, a Realtor since 1988, specializes in Mississippi Residential Real Estate and can assist you with buying or selling in the Jackson MS Metro area. photo of Pat Starnes

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Written and Published by Pat Starnes REALTOR

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Flowood, MS 39232
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Comments(5)

Jack Gilleland
Home Inspection and Investor Services, Clayton - Clayton, OH

Pat, next year you should have your own float.

Feb 22, 2009 06:47 AM
Bill Gassett
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Hopkinton, MA
Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate

The Mardi Gras parade looks like a lot of fun Pat!

Feb 22, 2009 06:53 AM
Ryan Shaughnessy
PREA Signature Realty - www.preasignaturerealty.com - Saint Louis, MO
Broker/Attorney - Your Lafayette Square Real Estate Partner

Great fun - looks like a more family friendly event than what I had next door to us.

Feb 22, 2009 07:00 AM
Pat Starnes-Front Gate Realty
Front Gate Real Estate - Brandon, MS
601-991-2900 Office; 601-278-4513 Cell

Jack, I am NOT a golfer, but a cart would be fun to have.

Bill: The parade was fun. My two granddaughters are in the photos, plus one family friend's child.

Ryan: I would bet a trunk full of mardi gras beads that the Patrick Farms Parade was much quieter than yours!

Feb 22, 2009 09:21 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Pat, any excuse for a parade, I say!  This one looks like it was fun.

Feb 22, 2009 12:58 PM