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<P><STRONG>Oh, yes! I remember one of the first "parades" we participated in. Must have been 1982 or so. The two youngest were in Moscow Day School and they were part of the caterpiller. Yes, you are right. . . Cope Gale, Jr. deserves the credit.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Good memories.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Ellen Roskovich</STRONG><BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>Steven Basoa <sbasoa@moscow.com></I><BR>CC: <I>Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Vision2020] Mardi-Gras</I><BR>Date: <I>Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:48:43 -0800</I><BR>>If I remember correctly, Cope Gale Jr came up with the original idea<BR>>for a Moscow Mardi Gras celebration. I think it started as a<BR>>celebration at his store in the heart of downtown (Ward Paint and<BR>>Hardware). It was intended to help bring customers to his shop and<BR>>to shake off the winter blahs (remember when februarys in Moscow were<BR>>frigid times?). It started small and escalated quickly to a town-<BR>>wide festival. And the rest, as they say, is history...<BR>><BR>>SB<BR>><BR>>-----<BR>>On Mar 1, 2007, at 10:38 AM, Ellen Roskovich
wrote:<BR>><BR>>You would think that if any one group wanted Moscow's Mardi Gras to<BR>>thrive, it would be the Moscow Arts Commission. The whole reason<BR>>behind our Mardi Gras was to further and benefit art here on the<BR>>Palouse.<BR>><BR>>If I was to name any one person at the UI, I would say David Giese.<BR>>Dr. Nick already mentioned the huge undertaking of the beautiful milk<BR>>carton floats. You have to understand, they were huge. . sometimes<BR>>bigger than a bus. . . and they almost looked like ivory. They were<BR>>a similar color. Amazing works of very temporary art. . . but still<BR>>art in my book.<BR>><BR>>On the business end, I would have to say Charlotte Buchanan, owner of<BR>>a wonderful little eclectic shop called "One More Time", was the<BR>>driving force for the downtown
merchants. I think she was also the<BR>>"glue" that helped bind the UI and the downtown. Mardi Gras started<BR>>to unravel the year after she left town. You can see it in the old<BR>>posters. . . it was like they "forgot" to make a poster and that<BR>>first year without Charlotte the poster is a thrown together collage<BR>>of black and white pictures of past Mardi Gras celebrations.<BR>><BR>>What would it take to revive Moscow Mardi Gras? Very hard work.<BR>>Communication between ALL businesses. . . not just bars. Business<BR>>needs to understand that we NEED the UI to flourish and there has to<BR>>be cooperation and communication between the two.<BR>><BR>>Ellen Roskovich<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>=======================================================<BR>> List services made
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