Chester
Gras 2016
This Saturday February 6 @ 12:30 pm - 4:00
pm and then in the evening....the famous....
Mardi Gras Dance Party 7
to 11 pm All ages welcome!
Daytime admission free, charge for food and drink and some children’s
activities
Family Friendly Mini Mardi Gras Style celebration: Festivities in
heated tents start at 12:30, 1 pm parade, event finishing up at 4. Food, gumbo,
beverages, silent auction, music, 50-50 raffle ALL TO BENEFIT THE AREA BACKPACK
PROGRAMS.
Our Chestertown PFLAG and GSA group is marching together in
the parade….bring the umbrella’s you decorated and any costumes you want…anything
goes! Traditional Mardi Gras Colors are Green, Gold and Purple. Line up is at 12:30 in the parking lot near
the courthouse (near Fountain Park, not up on High Street like before). Look
for Linda’s gray van with loads of costume materials, our PFLAG banner and fun
stuff to share as we parade around the park a few times with the other floats. Bring your smiles, family and friends and
join the parade, stay for music and gumbo in the heated tent all afternoon….take
a break from 4 to 7 pm to rest up for the big dance party! PFLAG has reserved a hotel room for shared “crashing” in Chestertown….we
don’t want you driving home too late….the dance party ends around 11 pm. Please email dutton.linda@gmail.com or call Linda Dutton 443 480 3138 for more information
if you think would like to stay rather than drive home after the long day. We
will arrange this on an individiual request basis and require parental
permission if under age.
This is it!
The dregs-of-winter event that everyone's been waiting
for, READ ON….
a great chance to party with your friends, draw visitors to
our community and cure even the worst case of cabin fever.
Mardi Gras Dance Party
February 6, Garfield Center for the Arts
Bar opens at 7PM — Start rockin' at 8PM
While New Orleans is packed for Mardi Gras,
we’re rockin’ out right here in Chestertown.
And the most exciting event of the day-long celebration is the
finale,
a knock-your-socks-off dance party at the Garfield.
KING CAKE will be served!
Two great New Orleans style R&B bands —
The Dixie Power Trio, back by popular demand for their fourth straight year,
and our own Alligators, who electrified the biggest crowd
ever
at their high-energy concert in Fountain Park last
summer.
And with two spectacular bands, the fun never
stops.
If you’re not a big dancer, grab a drink or free lemonade at the
bar, head to the balcony
and groove to an awesome concert while watching a dazzling
spectacle of
costumed dancers rockin’ to the rhythms below.
So grab your beads, feathers and most outrageous mask
(or not) and join the fun!
Tickets are on sale now at the Garfield's website
It’s also the best bargain of the year, at $25 for two great
bands, STUDENT discount with ID $15.
(plus a highly entertaining floorshow of dancing
neighbors)
or $30, if you’d like to include a $5 donation to the
“Backpack” program,
which provides
weekend meals for local needy children.
Don’t wait!
The fire Marshall limits the number of party-goers and
you don’t want to miss this entertaining extravaganza.
See you there!
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