Havre de Grace marks Mardi Gras with parade

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Members of the krew on the Smile Partners Mardi Gras float have some fun tossing out beads to those gathered along the parade route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Cameron Paul finds a good spot and patiently waits for Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade to get underway.
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Richard Falconi rolls along the parade route in his festivley decorated 1974 Volkswagon Beetle BUGBYTE during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Havre de Grace Mayor Bill Martin and members of the City Council toss beads to folks along the parade route duringTuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Folks with the Society of Italian-American Businessmen have a good time as they move along the parade route tossing out beads to the crowd during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Wearing her Mardi Gras mask young Aubrey Johnson of Havre de Grace gets ready to grab some Mardi Gras beads alongthe parade route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Folks line the street dancing to the music and cheering as the many well decorated Mardi Gras floats roll along the parade route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Dressed in his king outfit, Tony Palumbo and his krew with the Society of Italian-American Businessmen have a good time as they move along the parade route tossing out beads to the crowd during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Isabella Jackson with Girl Scout Troop 522 from Perryville makes her way along the parade route handing out beads to those gathered during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Kristina Karmer of Edgewood and her pup Little Rickey wait for the next krew to roll by with some beads as they take in Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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The big cat representing the Havre de Grace C.A.T. (Citizens Against Trash) Club entratains the crowd gathered along the parade route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Folks line the street dancing to the music and cheering as the many well decorated Mardi Gras floats roll along the parade route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Richard Falconi rolls along the parade route in his festivley decorated 1974 Volkswagon Beetle BUGBYTE during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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The festively decorated "Sweet Dreams" Madri Gras float from the Spencer-Silver Mansion in Havre de Grace rolls along the route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Representatives with the Krewe des Bon Amis have some fun spreading freindship and tossing beads to the folks gathered along the parade route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Mardi Gras King Louie Silverstein, left, and his Queen Christy Silverstein get a handful of beads to toss out as they roll along the parade route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Folks line the street dancing to the music and cheering as the many well decorated Mardi Gras floats roll along the parade route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Members of the krew on the Smile Partners Mardi Gras float have some fun tossing out beads to those gathered along the parade route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.
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Representatives with the Krewe des Bon Amis have some fun spreading freindship and tossing beads to the folks gathered along the parade route during Tuesday evening's Havre de Grace Mardi Gras parade.

PUBLISHED: February 26, 2020 at 12:50 p.m. | UPDATED: February 26, 2020 at 5:50 p.m.

The City of Havre de Grace once again celebrated Fat Tuesday with a Mardi Gras parade down its own Bourbon Street (and Washington and St. John streets).

More than 280 people comprising 23 “krewes” in the parade threw beads, toys, coins and candy to the crowd, including more than 5,000 beads from New Orleans, said Lauri Orzewicz, the city’s events coordinator and manager of tourism and the visitors center.

Approximately 2,500 people attended the parade, which Orzewicz said is “growing every year.”

“We want to thank all the groups for the time and effort they put into their festively decorated floats,” she said. “The floats were great!”

Parade attendees enjoyed pancake suppers at Havre de Grace United Methodist Church and St. John’s Episcipal Church before the parade and the restaurants in the city had Cajun-themed meals and drinks, she said.