Krewe of Carrollton 2012

We have been getting ready for the 88th Edition of our parade and festivities that will be held on Carrollton Weekend February 12, 2012.

Mr Kirk Leonard will be reigning as King Carrollton 88th.  Miss Ashley Cuccia will be reigning as his beautiful Queen.

All of the preparations are in the process of being completed, this year looks to be as exciting as ever with our Ball Masque and street Parade.

It is our pleasure and honor to provide the City of New Orleans one of it's oldest traditional parades of the season.

Please join us on February 12, 2012 at 12 Noon on the traditional St Charles Ave. parade route, when we hit the streets.

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Surprise,surprise,surprise

That is the way our new king, Kirk Leonard looked when he found out he was the 88th king of Carrollton. Complements of his brother-in-law, Carl Templet, it was a complete surprise to him and his wife Cathy

      and to Gene Cambus ,too.

Queen Ashley and her king celebrated the night away with family and friends.

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Carrollton in the news TWICE!!!
in 2011

Our own Paul Cotaya, Carrollton Man of the Year 2011,  was interviewed by Chriss Knight of ABC26 news. Please go to the link below and be proud.

http://www.abc26.com/community/mardigras/wgno-news-krewe-of-carrollton-den,0,2995655.story 

InFebruary 2011 Sunday's Times Picayune, John Kelly featured an archive Picture from the Past of the 1949 Court of Carrollton. 

Pictured are the maids to their queen from their ball on Feb. 20, 1949. They are, standing, from left: Sophie White, Rosemary Macaluso, Joy Pomes and Clothilde Hartland; seated, from left: Marie Pujol, Dorothy Monjure, Betsy Ann Cvitanovich and Eleanora Fricke. The queen that year, Beth O'Neill, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur O'Neill, is not pictured. This krewe started in 1924 as the Seventh District Carnival Club, which paraded Uptown on Mardi Gras. The Times-Picayune of Feb. 20, 1925, reported their schedule for that year, noting that it was 'planned to have moving pictures made along the line of march.' The group took advantage of the parade hiatus during World War II to reorganize themselves as the Krewe of Carrollton in 1947. The group's 1948 parade was a rough one, according to a Feb. 2, 1948, article: An unidentified child was rescued from beneath a moving float by New Orleans police Lt. John Becker; and a spectator threw a razor blade onto another of their floats. No one was injured. The only mishap reported in 1949 was the kidnapping of Mrs. Annita Tolivar's Pinocchio puppet, which she lent the krewe for use at its ball. A personal ad, and the promise of a reward, brought the puppet home within a week.John Kelly can be reached at jkelly@timespicayune.com.