Ten operatives gathered Sunday night at their home base on Laurel Street, donning their team uniform of hot pink hoodies and “Spanish Town” baseball caps.
For decades, Baton Rouge has rung in the Mardi Gras season with hot pink plywood flamingos, which populate University Lake near LSU one chilly January morning each year for brave
Spanish Town Mardi Gras parade canceled; board hoping to reschedule
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BATON ROUGE - Amid ongoing COVID-19 concerns, the 2021 Spanish Town Mardi Gras parade won t roll through downtown on Feb. 13, after the city-parish did not approve plans, board president Robert King tells WBRZ.
While officials hope to reschedule the 41st installment of the pink parade later in the year, it s unclear when that would be.
As other Baton Rouge Mardi Gras krewes, like Orion and Southdowns, previously nixed plans for their 2021 parades, Spanish Town officials had been holding out hope.