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Guy McClure
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For
immediate release
February 06,
2013
Athens State 2nd Annual Downtown Mardi Gras Parade
ATHENS, Ala. - Athens State
University art professor Gail Bergeron and students from her Special Workshop
in Sculpture class will hold a Mardi Gras parade in Athens at 5:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, February 12. This 2nd
annual parade will kick-off from Athens State’s Center for Lifelong Learning
located at 121 S. Marion Street on the Limestone County Courthouse Square.
“Last year’s event was well
received and a lot of fun,” states Bergeron.
“For a one-block parade, we make the best of it and I really think
that’s what makes it so special.”
The parade route is to travel Marion
Street back and forth between Washington and Market Streets in Athens - - just one
block.
The theme for this year’s parade is
Alice in Voodooland and the Athens State revelers will be in costume with
sculpted heads. Music for the marchers
will be provided Retrobics.
The parade is open to the public
and marching and participating is encouraged.
Bergeron said anyone who would like to donate Mardi Gras beads for the
Athens event can leave them at the Center for Lifelong Learning prior to the
parade.
“I can say without a doubt,”
continued Bergeron, “this will be the best, most fun one-block parade in the
world.”
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Attached: Picture from last year’s parade.
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