St. Patty's Day Parade - Attendance Required From Now On.

The St. Patty's Day Parade was a blast! Sam, Kenny, Bear, David and I rode the Tippary Inn's float. This was the first St. Patty's weekend we didn't have a game on in as long as I can remember.

Henceforth: Parade Day Is Required!

This was a barebones effort but still very fun. Bud Light gave the Tipp some necklaces to give away. Kenny and Bear brought old mudfish t-shirts, which were very popular. I brought a bunch of our cards, which were all handed out.

But now that we've done this, we know what to do next time. If you're in town, you're going to be on the float! (Although, we might allow a few to man a 'refreshment station' along the route).

I've got a lot of pics of the parade that I'll post soon.


Tips for future Parade Float Riders:

• be in one of the early floats
• keep your float low maintenance - easy to set up, fast to take down because unless your prepared to go to the level of these guys (Krewe 37): ,
• no one cares what your float looks like
• do your drinking before the parade starts moving (alcohol is not allowed in the parade)
  
• have LOTS of stuff to give away no matter how cheap or paltry, or the crowd might start to turn on you
• be prepared to trade stuff for beer with the crowd
• be prepared to block, catch and/or deflect the following:
• - beads
• - marshmallows (of the stale and high-velocity type)
• - donuts, honey buns, moonpies, ding dongs and other type of confectionary treats and baked goods
• - bottle caps
• - those hard peppermint drop candies
• - jello shots in those little plastic containers (this crowd loved its jello shots and was very professional about their preparation)