WHERE ARE WE TODAY?

• WE’VE LOST (OR MISPLACED)

• RELATIONSHIPS

• WORKING TOGETHER

• SENSE OF BELONGING

• CAMARADERIE

• UNDERSTANDING OF OUR ROLES IN THE TOTAL KREWE

SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?• INCREASED MEMBERSHIP TO 70

• REVIEWED ALL COMMITTEES

• ELIMINATED ALUMNI COMMITTEE

• DEPENDING ON OUTCOME OF QUESTIONS TO PAXTON, ELIMINATION OF BALLOON COMMITTEE

• REVIEWED PARTY STRUCTURE

• COLLAPSED FOUR SMALL PARTIES INTO TWO LARGE ONES AND ONE SMALLER ONE

• REVIEWED TABLEAU STRUCTURE

• CREATED NEW TABLEAU ORDER

• REINVENTED FLOATS AND MERRYMAKING PROCESS

CHANGE NO. 1—PARTY STRUCTURE

COURT PRESENTATION

CAPTAIN’S PARTY

QUEEN’S TEA

QUEEN/KING/CAPTAIN’S DINNER

COURT PRESENTATION PARTY REVAMPED

• RENAMED “CROWNS AND COCKTAILS PARTY” AND WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT EVENTS

CENTER

• HELD ANNUALLY IN OCTOBER, WITH PLANNING CONSIDERATE OF NSU AND LSU SCHEDULES

• COURT AND ROYALTY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THIS PARTY

• LADIES IN WAITING AND SQUIRES IN TRAINING NOT INCLUDED IN THIS EVENT

• COMBINED BUDGETS OF FORMER COURT PRESENTATION AND CAPTAIN’S PARTY TO CREATE ONE SUPER PARTY

• LARGER COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

• SEYMOUR, BARRON, WRIGHT, EVANS J, COKER, ACKEL P, CUNNINGHAM R, WOLFF, GODFREY J, SAMPITE, CREWS,

HUDSON, BALL, MAGGIO, VIENNE, DEVARGAS, MURCHISON TOM, HALE, CORKER RON, MELDER T, MASSIA

“CROWNS AND COCKTAILS”

• DRESS WILL BE A FALL-TYPE SMART CASUAL

• I.E. NO JEANS, SHORTS; COATS WITHOUT TIES/KHAKIS FOR NON-COURT MEMBERS

• COURT COMMITTEE WILL WORK WITH COURT FOR APPROPRIATE DRESS SO THAT PHOTOS CAN BE TAKEN FOR

NEWSPAPER

• WILL RETURN TO ENTERTAINMENT-TYPE PROGRAM WITH COURT PRESENTATION IN MIDDLE

• NON-MEMBER COURT MEMBERS AND THEIR PARENTS INVITED TO THIS EVENT

CAPTAIN’S PARTY REPLACED

• ROYALTY DINNER WILL NOW REPLACE THE CAPTAIN’S PARTY TYPICALLY HELD IN EARLY JANUARY

• WILL BE HELD ON THE FRIDAY EVENING PRIOR TO THE BALL IN THE EVENTS CENTER

• HONORING KING, QUEEN, CAPTAIN, AND BELLE OF THE BALL

• WILL BE COORDINATED BY A COMMITTEE RATHER THAN BY FORMER ROYALTY

• THIS YEAR’S COMMITTEE INCLUDES THOMAS J (CHAIR), MURCHISON TY, DUBOIS, GODFREY S, GENTRY, BOYD,

GAHAGAN S, METHVIN, GUILLLET C, JOHNSON P, PRUDHOMME, LINDSEY LYNN

• LARGER BUDGET TO ACCOMMODATE FAMILIES

“ROYALTY DINNER”

• SIMILAR FOOD MENU WITH LARGER BUDGET

• REINCORPORATION OF BLESSING OF FLOATS AND TABLES

• ROYALTY WILL SHARE GIFTS/TOKENS AT THIS DINNER

• ENTIRE COURT INVITED, INCLUDING LADIES IN WAITING, SQUIRES IN TRAINING, AND PRINCESSES

• DRESS INCLUDES TRASH JACKETS, JEANS, BOOTS, ETC. ; TRASH JACKETS ARE REQUIRED

• IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TRASH JACKET, GET WITH VERONICA AT HALL TREE TO ORDER ONE

• NEW MEMBERS’ JACKETS NOW BUILT INTO THEIR NEW MEMBER ASSESSMENT

• GROUP PHOTO WILL BE TAKEN AT THIS EVENT

QUEEN’S TEA REVAMPED

• MODIFIED TO BECOME A LADIES HIGH TEA OR ANOTHER TITLE TO BE DETERMINED BY COMMITTEE

• WILL BE A PERMANENT STANDING COMMITTEE TO HONOR THE ENTIRE COURT RATHER THAN JUST THE QUEEN

• MASK MAKING EVENT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO ACTIVITIES OF THIS EVENT

• EVENT AGENDA WILL FOCUS ON LADIES OF THE COURT AND THEIR MOTHERS; QUEEN, BELLE, AND THEIR FAMILIES

CHANGE NO. 2—THE TABLEAU

FLOATS AND TROUPE MEMBERSHIP

MERRYMAKING AND THE FLOATS

ORDER OF TABLEAU

FLOATS AND FLOAT COMMITTEES REORGANIZED• RENAMED “TROUPES”; 4 OF THEM

• EQUAL SIZE; ABOUT 17 OR 18 MEMBERS

• EACH ASSIGNED A COLOR

• TROUPE 1 BLUE, TROUPE 2 GREEN, TROUPE 3 RED, TROUPE 4 PURPLE

• EACH TROUPE HAS OFFICERS: A LIEUTENANT, A FLOAT CHAIR, A 2ND LINE CHAIR

• TROUPE OFFICERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION TO MEMBERS, MANAGING

THE TROUPES DURING TABLEAU, MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING FLOATS, AND COORDINATE 2ND LINE ACTIVITIES

• TROUPE OFFICERS WILL MEET WITH THEIR MEMBERSHIP THROUGHOUT KREWE YEAR; SPECIFICALLY IN

JANUARY

TROUPE 1 AND 2 MEMBERSHIP

• TROUPE 1: RUSSELL COFFEY, LIEUTENANT

• LISA PRUDHOMME, 2ND LINE; CHAD METHVIN,

FLOAT CHAIR

• MEMBERS: MCBRIDE, HARRINGTON B, CAUSEY,

MAGGIO, CORKER RONALD, GUILLET C, COKER,

HARRINGTON ROD, GODFREY JO, WHEAT,

PRUDHOMME, BURKE, GENTRY, EVANS J, KNECHT,

MILLER

• TROUPE 2: JOHN ACKEL, LIEUTENANT

• BRENDA MELDER, 2ND LINE; SCOTT GODFREY,

FLOAT CHAIR

• MEMBERS: MURCHISON TO, SAMPITE, HORTON,

BOYD, LOTT, VIENNE, HETHERWICK, MURCHISON

TY, MCCAIN ST, DEVARGAS, GAHAGAN CO,

CUNNINGHAM R, SUTTON, FAIR, ALDREDGE

TROUPE 3 AND 4 MEMBERSHIP

• TROUPE 3: KEENAN KELLY, LIEUTENANT

• SAMANTHA THOMAS, 2ND LINE; BILL TOWNSEND,

FLOAT CHAIR

• MEMBERS: CONINE, SCRUGGS, SEYMOUR,

MCCAIN JA, ACKEL P, HALE, CREWS,

CUNNINGHAM JO, PARKER, LACAZE, BALL,

JOHNSON PAT, HUDSON, GUILLET D

• TROUPE 4: AJ JOHNSON, LIEUTENANT

• DARLA WEBB, 2ND LINE; MARK LIPA, FLOAT CHAIR

• MEMBERS: LINDSEY LOR, DUBOIS, WOLFF,

WRIGHT, GAGAGAN SC, EVANS SID, STAMEY,

JACKSON, LINDSEY LYN, GUIDROZ, FRIEDMAN,

BARRON, CORKERN RON, MASSIA

MERRYMAKING, TROUPES AND FLOATS

• FLOATS HAVE BEEN REBUILT AND PAINTED IN ONE OF THE FOUR COLORS MENTIONED EARLIER

• THEY ARE PERMANENT; WILL NOT REQUIRE BUILDING UP OR TEARING DOWN, ELIMINATING THE WHOLE

RECREATION OF FLOATS ANNUALLY

• EACH WILL CARRY 6 MEMBERS WHO WILL THROW BEADS DURING THE PARADE

• THREE OF THE FOUR FLOATS WILL CARRY TWO MAIDS, AND ONE FLOAT WILL CARRY THE CAPTAIN AND BELLE

• DUKES WILL WALK ALONGSIDE THE FLOAT WITH THEIR MAID AND THROW BEADS DURING PARADE

• MEMBERS OF EACH TROUPE NOT RIDING WILL WALK ALONGSIDE THEIR ASSIGNED FLOAT AND THROW BEADS DURING

PARADE

• FLOATS WILL BE DRAWN BY GOLF CARTS DRIVEN BY OUTSIDE PEOPLE

MERRYMAKING, TROUPES AND FLOATS

• FLOATS WILL BE PULLED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TABLEAU RATHER THAN AT END

• YOU WILL KNOW YOUR FLOAT BASED ON YOUR HAT AND THE COLOR OF THE FEATHERS ATTACHED TO IT

• YOUR MASK WILL ALSO BE THAT SAME COLOR

• WE HAVE INCREASED BUDGET TO ALLOCATE MORE THROWS FOR EACH MEMBER

CHANGES TO THE TABLEAU

• TABLEAU DIRECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSEE ENTIRE TABLEAU PRODUCTION WITH COMMITTEE

• PARADE DIRECTORS WILL ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARADE OF FLOATS

• PARADE WILL BE MOVED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TABLEAU RATHER THAN IN GRAND FINALE

• ONCE PARADE ENDS, FLOATS WILL RETURN TO THE FRONT OF THE EVENTS CENTER; COURT WILL MOVE TO THE

BACK FOR STAGE PRESENTATION; MEMBERS WILL MOVE TO THEIR GUEST TABLES

ORDER OF THE TABLEAU

• WELCOME

• INTRODUCTION OF THE MERRYMAKERS AND THE GRAND PARADE OF FLOATS

• INCLUDES MAIDS, DUKES, CAPTAIN AND BELLE; KING AND QUEEN DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PART AS THEIR REIGN BEGINS IN

MIDDLE OF TABLEAU

• FORMAL INTRODUCTION OF CAPTAIN AND BELLE ON STAGE FOLLOWING PARADE AND PROMENADE AROUND ARENA (NO

PERFORMANCE)

• INTRODUCTION OF KNIGHTS

• INTRODUCTION OF PRINCESSES

ORDER OF THE TABLEAU

• INTRODUCTION OF LADIES IN WAITING AND SQUIRES IN TRAINING

• INTRODUCTION OF KING AND QUEEN

• INTRODUCTION OF PAST KING AND QUEEN TO PASS SCEPTERS; KING/QUEEN PROMENADE

• INTRODUCTION OF MAIDS AND DUKES WITH NO PROMENADE

• COURT TOASTS

• CALL OUT DANCES; FOLLOWING, LADIES OF KREWE MOVE TO BACK; MEN STAY AT THEIR TABLES

• ENTERTAINMENT OF COURT

ORDER OF THE TABLEAU

• INTRODUCTION OF SECOND LINE LED BY BELLE OF BALL AND COORDINATED BY FOUR TROUPE 2ND LINE

CHAIRS

• GRANDE FINALE

• NO FLOATS USED

• ORDER INCLUDES CAPTAIN/BELLE, KING/QUEEN, MAIDS, DUKES, LADIES IN WAITING/SQUIRES IN TRAINING…ALL

ON FLOOR..

• NOT SURE WHAT WILL FALL FROM CEILING; TO BE DETERMINED

FINAL ISSUES

HANDBOOK

COSTUMES

PRE TABLEAU AND GUESTS

HANDBOOK

• APPROPRIATE PARTS WILL BE UPDATED AND SENT TO YOU ELECTRONICALLY SINCE THE HANDBOOK EXPIRES IN 2019

• REVISED COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE SENT TO YOU SHORTLY; AM WAITING ON RESOLUTION OF BALLOON

ACTIVITIES

• BUDGET HAVE BEEN SENT TO YOU; MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW PROCESS FOR REIMBURSEMENTS WITH DONNA

• TROUPE ASSIGNMENTS, PARTY ASSIGNMENTS FOR NEXT TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN SENT TO YOU ALREADY

• TABLE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE MADE AFTER JANUARY 1

COSTUMES, HATS, MASKS

• COSTUME PATTERN WILL REMAIN THE SAME. PLEASE ADHERE TO THE TRADITIONAL ST. DENIS

PATTERN; HOWEVER, YOU CAN SELECT ANY FABRICS YOU WANT

• HATS AND MASKS WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU THROUGH YOUR TROUPE, AND COLORS WILL BE ALIGNED

TO YOUR TROUPE ASSIGNMENT

PRE TABLEAU AND GUESTS

• ALL SET TIMES FOR CATERING, SETTING UP OF TABLES, ETC. WILL REMAIN THE SAME

• PLEASE, PLEASE….AND ANOTHER PLEASE…DO NOT BRING YOUR GUESTS WITH YOU TO PRE TABLEAU SET UP.

• FIRST, IT’S NOT FAIR TO THE OTHER GUESTS WHO HAVE TO REMAIN IN THE LOBBY UNTIL DOORS OPEN

• SECOND, MANY OF OUR MEMBERS’ TABLES ARE NOT READY…ACTUALLY MANY OF OUR MEMBERS ARE NOT DRESSED… AND HAVING NEARLY 100

GUESTS ROAMING THE FLOOR TAKES AWAY FROM PREP TIME AND ALSO ELIMINATES THE SURPRISE OF WHAT OUR GUESTS SEE WHEN THE

DOORS OPEN AND EVERYONE IS READY

• KEEP YOUR CATERING PLANS TO YOURSELF; REMEMBER WE ARE WORKING WITH A PRIVATIZED COMPANY NOW, AND AT ANY

MOMENT THEY COULD CHANGE WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO. IF YOU ARE ASKED, YOU ARE USING THE APPROVED CATERING LIST

FOR BOTH FOOD AND DRINK.