The Landry-Walker Charging Buccaneers High School band marches during the Krewe of Poseidon Parade as it passes down Spartan Drive in Slidell on January 27, 2018. (Photo by Peter G.

Marching band culture in New Orleans is ubiquitous, but St. Mary’s Academy is just one of a handful of all-girl bands to regularly appear in Mardi Gras parades.

"This is what makes Mardi Gras," says Asia Muhaimin, the band director at Warren Easton Charter High School. Like a lot of native New Orleanians, Muhaimin lives for Mardi Gras.

And people — during Mardi Gras anyway — certainly open up to Bell and all of the other members of the marching band. McDonogh 35 marched its four miles. The kids got home after 10 o'clock and ...

In 1981, he and his classmate, Ray Johnson, were marching in a Mardi Gras parade for St. Augustine when an adult, who was chaperoning the band, got into a scuffle with a plain clothes police ...

So, for the next few weeks until Mardi Gras, WWL Louisiana is showcasing that talent, first up is Fontainebleau high school The Crimson marching band spends most of their time practicing in the ...

Mardi Gras is the grand event for marching bands in New Orleans, and as a former high school band member for Jesuit and a former college band member for Tulane, I know members love and appreciate ...

The 120 members of the St. Augustine High School Purple Knights marching band are preparing for another season setting the beat for Mardi Gras parades. Drum major this year are Brice Miller, Jr ...

While marching in a Mardi Gras parade is no walk in the park, Dr. Forde and his band members said all that hard work is worth ...

Sabra Stein says that when she first participated an Asheville Mardi Gras parade in 2011, she was disappointed that there was no second line band, and resolved to start one. It was idea that ...

High School Marching Bands Lay Down The Beat Of Mardi Gras. In less than an hour, the McDonogh 35 High School marching band — including the flag girls, the dance team, the majorettes, the color ...

In 1981, he and his classmate, Ray Johnson, were marching in a Mardi Gras parade for St. Augustine when an adult, who was chaperoning the band, got into a scuffle with a plain clothes police ...