How to do Mardi Gras: forming the Blanc et Noir Marching Society in Shreveport

Order of the Obituary Cocktail
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Got to have a banner and a brass marching band as well as a bunch of vividly-costumed second liners, then you're doin' Carnival, aka Mardi Gras.

Please see Blanc et Noir Marching Society for more on Shreveport's newest Carnival society. S'il vous plait.