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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>As a relative newcomer to town, having only been here ten
years, what was special and "better" about "the Mardi Gras of old"? Who
organized it? What was done differently? And actually, what is it
like now, not ever having gone out to it. My sense is that it is a night
when live music is available all over town, and that does not seem like a
bad thing, so why is it sometimes characterized as now being just a "drunk
fest"?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>This thought that "Mardi Gras is no longer as good as it
once was" is a complaint/regret that I have heard more than a few times in the
last five years, and I wonder how the "Mardi Gras of old" might be
revived. It is a fond memory for numbers of people. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I am on the Moscow Arts Commission, and though I have just
stepped down as chair as of last month, an effort to revive Mardi
Gras might find support on the Commission, particularly if other citizens
wanted to participate and help. A vibrant Mardi </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Gras celebration that was more than a "drunk fest" (that
seems to be the biggest part of the complaint on Mardi Gras of old's
deterioration) might qualify as cultural tourism, something that we are on
record as favoring and encouraging.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Any folks out there who can elaborate on the "way it was"
and the good things that are missed?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bruce Livingston</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=gussie443@hotmail.com href="mailto:gussie443@hotmail.com">Ellen
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jampot@adelphia.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020]
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<P><STRONG>Moscow always has Mardi Gras on the first Saturday in March.
It's not much of an event anymore. . . maybe that's why no one can remember
when it is. I haven't seen any posters around town with the exception of
The Beach advertising the wet T-shirt contest on it's readerboard. Sad
that a fun, annual family event has been allowed to deteriorate into no
more than a drunken frenzy.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Dare I even mention that the Mardi Gras of old was REALLY good for
business. Not just bar business. </STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Ellen Roskovich</STRONG><BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"g. crabtree"
<jampot@adelphia.net></I><BR>To: <I>"Tom Hansen"
<thansen@moscow.com>, "Vision 2020"
<vision2020@moscow.com></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Vision2020]
Mardi-Gras</I><BR>Date: <I>Thu, 1 Mar 2007 07:02:24
-0800</I><BR>>Saturday, 03 March. Better shine up your party
shoes.<BR>><BR>>g<BR>>----- Original Message -----<BR>>From:
"Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><BR>>To: "Vision 2020"
<vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 6:36
AM<BR>>Subject: [Vision2020] Mardi-Gras<BR>><BR>><BR>> >
Quick Question: For which weekend is the Moscow Mari-Gras
scheduled?<BR>> > Anybody know?<BR>> ><BR>> > Tom
Hansen<BR>> > Moscow, Idaho<BR>> ><BR>> > "Life should NOT
be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving<BR>> > safely
in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in<BR>> >
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body
thoroughly<BR>> > used<BR>> > up, totally worn out and screaming
'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>>
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