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"Laissez les bon temps rouler!" . . . and, just to make sure the good times keep on rolling, the Lake Wales Mardi Gras was born.
The Lake Wales Mardi Gras has been an annual event for more than two decades. Since the first outrageous parade in 1985 with fifty-something bold participants and a hundred or so confused but highly amused spectators, Mardi Gras has grown into a two-week celebration of costume balls, jam sessions, street vendors, New Orleans-style food, and non-stop fun. Exemplifying the spirit of the Lake Wales Mardi Gras, the parade has evolved into a near masterpiece of street theater highlighted by creative floats, flamboyant costumes and unabashed entertainment with more than four hundred participants cheered on by thousands of not-so-innocent bystanders.
To just about everyone, Mardi Gras also means Music. An annual crowd-pleaser, the Mardi Gras Music Festival has spotlighted a variety of musical forms from Dixieland jazz to Big Band swing to Zeydeco to Rock and Roll.
So come in costume or come as you are, but join in the fun at the Lake Wales Mardi Gras.
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