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Description: FEBRUARY 7, 1978 APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET OF COLOR 16MM FILM. RUN TIME: 14:12 SHOWN ARE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES ON MARDI GRAS DAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1978. BIG CHIEF BO DOLLIS OF THE WILD MAGNOLIAS, IS SEEN COMING OUT OF A HOUSE TO HAVE TRIBE MEMBERS HELP PUT ON THE HEAD DRESS FOR HIS YELLOW SUIT. THE WILD MAGNOLIAS ARE THEN SEEN PARADING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PETE FOUNTAIN WITH HIS HALF FAST WALKING CLUB, WHICH ORGANIZED IN 1960, IS SEEN. THE OLYMPIA BRASS BAND IS SEEN WITH THE ZULU PARADE, AND KING OF ZULU, WILLIE L. PAPIN AND HIS QUEEN. SOME OF THE ZULU FLOATS ARE SHOWN, WITH RIDERS HANDING OUT COCONUTS. BO DOLLIS IS SEEN STANDING ON THE PORCH AND IN FRONT OF REISIDENCE WITH HIS HEAD DRESS OFF, AND SMOKING A CIGARETTE. OTHER MARDI GRAS INDIANS ARE SEEN PARADING ON N. CLAIBORNE AVENUE. COSTUMING IN THE FRENCH QUARTER IS ALSO SEEN.

Keywords: marching band