Krewe of Push Mow Parade
2011 Krewe of Push Mow Parade
Feb 26, 2011
PUSH MOW PARADE AND PARTY
Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011
Theme: “Oughta’ Be a Law”
Parade: Registration 8am - 10am at Abita Springs Town Hall
No Pre-registration
Line up: 10:00 am
Parade starts: 11:00 am.
$5. Per person, $25 group of 5 or more
Parade info: Jonathan 985 893 5953
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Party: Noon at Abita Springs Town Hall with Benny Grunch entertaining
$5 admission (child free under 12)
At the party, “Push Mow Café” selling soda, beer, hot dogs, chili, red bean, gumbo for sale.
All proceeds support the Abita Springs Trailhead Museum
Parade info contact: Jonathan 985 893 5953.
Party info contact: Peter 985 893 2418.
The Push Mow is a laid-back, fun time, very low-key with lots of “local color”. It is an informal event, with homemade floats, hand-drawn decorated wagons, embellished golf carts ,bedazzled four wheelers, quirky marching groups, and flatbed trailers transformed into rolling statements with the theme “Oughta Be A Law”. Led by the bag piping group “Kilts of Many Colours” and this year’s Grand Marshall, our Citizen of the Year, Lynnette Soule, the parade is a great chance to catch some throws in a small town atmosphere. Museum Board member Bryan Gowland describes the Push Mow as “anything goes, up to and including walking down the street pushing a lawn mower. Creative thinkers interpret the themes and march along the route that is about a mile long. Push Mow originated as an idea discussed by a group of friends at a Twelfth Night Party in Abita in the 1990’s. The idea took form when Ann O’Brien, late silver artist, and her husband, UCM/Mystery House curator enlisted Michelle Kelsey and her “Queen Bees” to form a parade.” Preble later offered the parade to the Abita Springs Trailhead Museum as a fundraising vehicle, and it has expanded to include a popular after party featuring “Benny Grunch and the Bunch” and a “Push Mow Café” with a variety of food and drinks. A variety of prizes for creativity will be awarded at the Push Mow Party.
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