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 "Lets Heat it UP! On Se Rechauffe!" was the perfect theme. WE Let the Good Times Roll in Downtown Norman with the 18th Annual Norman Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday, February 18th at 7pm! 

Artists, musicians, families, dogs,  businesses, and community were downtown shakin off any Winter Blues and Heatin' it Up with creative folks, donations and collaborations. All is notso perfectly possible without many specific and creative individuals: Victor Rook, Amy Kercher, Ed Kearns, Mary Katherine Long, Astrud Reed, Audra Urqhart, Rick Sellers, Jill Wells, Teeko Yang, Katherine Nguyen,Mitzi Blackmon, Sherri Ellis, G. Patrick Riley, Michelle Corr, Brenda and David Wheelock, Joseph Darbon's Classic Cajun Cuisine, Big Truck Tacos,
 and of course our exceptional sponsors...Party Galaxy, Fowler VW, Rivermont Retirement Community, Summit Storage, Norman Transcript, Oklahoma Gazette, Spirit Shop, Sandalwood and Sage, Republic Ban, Norman Arts Council, Downtowners Association, Spirit Shop, Sandalwood and Sage, Sublime Signs, Total Truck and Trailer, Rick and Joanne Sellars, Main  St. Tattoo,
Joseph Darbon's Classic Cajun Catering

...including: Mayor Rosenthal, our City Council, City of Norman: City Clerk - Brenda Hall, Norman Police Department, Norman Fire Department, and the NMGP Committee and volunteers!

 

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Awards
Best Marchers / Walking Entry
     Medieval Faire Krewe
Unidentified Rolling Object -
    Secret Society of Onery Okies 
Best Lights
     Phoenix/Firebird Keeper/Sunny Day Krewe
Best Music
     Zydeco Allstars
       *Winner of Oklahoma Gazette Award
Doggiegras
    Thunderbird Veterinary Hospital
Norman’s Wackiest Family
    Rivermont Retirement Community
Spirit of Norman
     Scissortail School of Art

and the famous
"Fabulous Flannigan":
Best Overall Creative Entry 
   Dragon on Wheels / Sellars Family
 

...19th Annual NMGP will be Feb. 4th

look for us on facebook, or email us to jump on our mailing list. contact us at:
normanmardigrasparade@gmail.com

 

Norman Groovefest is managing our cash flow so please mail registrations and donations to: 
Norman Groovefest  www.groovefest.org
2215 Forest Circle
Norman, Ok. 73069
                          memo: NMGP 2012.
Registration: $25 no later than 2/15/12.  Doggie Gras and musician entries are free.

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NMGP Route - Line up on Jones and Commanche. Starts at Main to Crawford, Commanche, Jones...circles twice

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Parades move...so there is no actual address...but you could say it begins at the 100 E. Main St.   Check in will be at the Santa Fe Depot 200 S Jones Avenue, Norman, OK 73069.   Judges Station is at Bison Witches 211 E. Main St.. We recommend parking  one block north of the Main, off Gray and Crawford near the Gray Owl Coffee Shop 223 E. Gray. Main street will close from 6:30 to 8:30 . Enter Gray Street from Porter.


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