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Field Report: 2023 Sudan Social Aid and Pleasure Club Second Line
Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of the famed Sudan Social and Pleasure Club. We rolled upriver to Treme to watch their parade. This is what we saw:
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Field Report: 2023 Original Terlingua International Championship Chili Cookoff
Field Report: 2023 Original Four Social Aid and Pleasure Club Second Line
We rolled down to Armstrong Park at lunchtime to take in the 2023 Original Four Social Aid and Pleasure Club second line. Rival s&p Black Men of Labor rolled at the same time but we know where our priorities lie. This is what we saw:
Field Report: 2023 Krewe of Boo Halloween Parade in New Orleans
Last night we rolled with the 2023 rendition of the annual Krewe of Boo Halloween parade in downtown New Orleans. This is what we saw:
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Field Report: 2023 Men and Ladies of Class Social Aid and Pleasure Club Second Line
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Field Report: Russell Batiste Funerary Second Line in New Orleans
Russell Batiste is dead at 57. The legendary Batiste family has lost a favorite son and New Orleans has lost another top flight musician whose career spanned decades. Today in the Uptown neighborhood the musical community gathered for Mr. Batiste’s home-going. This is what we saw:
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Field Report: 2023 Prince of Wales Social Aid and Pleasure Club Second Line
The story of the 2023 Prince of Wales second line is the performance by Stooges Brass Band. I’ve seen this group hundreds of times over the decades but I’ve never seen them reach this level. Singing through megaphones and dancing like a bunch of young Buddy Ebsens is something I never saw coming. One for the ages. Continue reading
Field Report: 2023 Family Ties Social Aid and Pleasure Club Second Line
Finally, five weeks into the fresh second line season the gods smiled upon downtown New Orleans and blessed us with a roll that did not start on the wrong side of Pontchartrain Expressway. Family Ties Social Aid and Pleasure Club rolled through the 6th and 7th Wards earlier today. This is what we saw:
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Field Report: 2023 Young Men Olympian Second Line
We rolled from our 9th Ward neighborhood all the way to Central City to take in the 2023 Young Men Olympian Second Line. The Olympians are the oldest second line rollers in the entire city starting just after the Civil War. This is what we saw:
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