bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
Sure enough, the busses showed up on time and off we went to the cajin dinner party which was held at the president of the Big Easy Mopar Association, (Paul), residence. His entire sub was under 15 feet of water 10 years ago so everything there was like a new, very high end, neighborhood. There was even a place for the tour busses to park. The feast was already laid out. Asside from the Fried chicken, red beans & rice, pasta with breaded veal and gumbo, there was boiled shrimp, raw oysters & oysters rockafellow, turtle soup, crawdads, ........ all made by club members. Add to that beer, soda's, water, and vodka shooters. I'm sure i'm missing something, but you get the idea.
Then came time for the supprise activity we were all wondering about.....
In new Orleans they have a very special way of carrying out funeral's. A director dressed in white tails and a sash with a battone leads a 5-6 piece brass band playing somber music and the funeral follows with white hanky's and/or umbrella's. It's called the first line.
On the return from the cemetery they pick up the tempo and the funeral participants dance and wave their hanky's. It's called "the second line"
Well...... Rob Wolf was elected as the director, (white tails and all), everyone was giving white hanky's, umbrallas, and the band came out of the house playing, fell in behind Rob and we all fell in line behind the band and danced all the way down the street waving our hankys and twirling umbrellas. Herb McCandless had two unbrellas and was like a little kid dancing out there. At the end they had vodka shooters ready and we all turned and marched back to the house. I've seen them, but never thought i'd participate in a second line funeral march. COOL.
We all got the chance to have a picture taken with the band, did some sing alongs, and generally got really happy.
It was getting dark and my pictures of the party aren't that good, but i'll post them anyways.
Then came time for the supprise activity we were all wondering about.....
In new Orleans they have a very special way of carrying out funeral's. A director dressed in white tails and a sash with a battone leads a 5-6 piece brass band playing somber music and the funeral follows with white hanky's and/or umbrella's. It's called the first line.
On the return from the cemetery they pick up the tempo and the funeral participants dance and wave their hanky's. It's called "the second line"
Well...... Rob Wolf was elected as the director, (white tails and all), everyone was giving white hanky's, umbrallas, and the band came out of the house playing, fell in behind Rob and we all fell in line behind the band and danced all the way down the street waving our hankys and twirling umbrellas. Herb McCandless had two unbrellas and was like a little kid dancing out there. At the end they had vodka shooters ready and we all turned and marched back to the house. I've seen them, but never thought i'd participate in a second line funeral march. COOL.
We all got the chance to have a picture taken with the band, did some sing alongs, and generally got really happy.
It was getting dark and my pictures of the party aren't that good, but i'll post them anyways.
