2003 Mardi Gras Pictures
Eunice: Monday Night in Eunice
March 3, 2003
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It began drizzling mid-morning on Monday, with
a cold wind blowing out of the northeast. The weather only got worse as evening
approached, but Fred Charlie would not be deterred. When he could not set up on the
outdoor stage, he moved everything into Dee's Cajun Gifts, the store that he and his wife
run. Musicians jammed inside, and then he set up his sound system for his band. He and
Jason Babineaux, Elridge Aguillard, and Jeffery Thibodeaux played while visitors danced in
the aisles. |
 It continued to rain while
Junior Melancon was setting up on the outside bandstand, but it stopped a few minutes
before he and the Come Down Playboys got under way. Even though it was still chilly,
people began to appear, and soon there was a large crowd dancing and partying on Second
Street in Eunice the evening before Mardi Gras. |
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Posted 3-30-03 |
