Krewe History
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May 25, 1972Contacted Library of Congress for possible French names and titles.
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June 1, 1972Judge Advocate, John Hill is drawing up charter and by laws.
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June 14, 1972The Krewe presented to the Southwest LA Mardi Gras Association with the goal and desire to participate in the Lafayette Mardi Gras. The association agreed and turned over the Monday Night Parade to Bonaparte. The original Parade route started at Pontiac Point and ended at Borden's off of Bertrand Drive. After the Parade, the Krewe of Bonaparte would host a Formal Ball, honoring Queen Evangeline.
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February 17, 1973Inaugural Masquerade Ball Masquerade Ball held at Oakbourne Country Club.
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1973Cocktail Party
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1974Masquerade Ball
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1974Cocktail Party
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1975GRUB Spring Party at Landry's Palladium. An annual end of the year party where members and prospective new members can celebrate a great Mardi Gras Season together.
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1975Masquerade Ball
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February 10, 1975Queen's Parade, Formal Reception, and Ball.
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1975Cocktail Party
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19761st Annual Spring GRUB Party
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1976Masquerade Ball
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March 1, 1976Queen's Parade, Formal Reception, and Ball.
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1976Cocktail Party
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1977Spring GRUB Party
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1977Masquerade Ball
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1977Cocktail Party
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1978Spring GRUB Party
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1978Masquerade Ball
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1978Cocktail Party
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1979Masquerade Ball
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1979Spring GRUB Party
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1979Cocktail Party
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1980Masquerade Ball
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1980Spring GRUB Party
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1980Cocktail Party
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1981Masquerade Ball
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1981Spring GRUB Party
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1981Cocktail Party
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1982Masquerade Ball
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1982Spring GRUB Party
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1982Cocktail Party
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1983Masquerade Ball
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1983Spring GRUB Party
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1983Cocktail Party
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1984Spring GRUB Party
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1984Masquerade Ball
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1984Cocktail Party
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1985Spring GRUB Party
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1985Masquerade Ball
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1985Cocktail Party
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1986Masquerade Ball
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1986Spring GRUB Party
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1986Cocktail Party
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1987Spring GRUB Party
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1987Masquerade Ball
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February 28, 1987The SW LA Mardi Gras Assocation, Lafayette Tourist Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, and Downtown Development approve the 1st Saturday Krewe of Bonaparte Parade
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1987Cocktail Party
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1988Spring GRUB Party
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1988Masquerade Ball
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February 13, 1988New Parade Route: Starting at Postal Square, proceeding down Jefferson, a right on Lee Avenue, a right on University, left on Congress, and will end with the floats Krewe members throwing beads and doubloons to spectators in the Cajundome (189 riders).
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1988Cocktail Party
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1989Masquerade Ball
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1989Spring GRUB Party
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February 4, 1989Saturday Bonaparte Parade (226 riders)
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1989Cocktail Party
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1990Spring GRUB Party
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1990Masquerade Ball
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February 24, 1990Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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1990Cocktail Party
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1991Masquerade Ball
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1991Spring GRUB Party
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February 10, 1991Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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1991Cocktail Party
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1992Spring GRUB Party
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1992Masquerade Ball
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February 28, 1992Saturday Bonaparte Parade (Start at Jefferson at Garfield to Blackham)
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March 2, 1992Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XVI, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LIII.
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1992Cocktail Party
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1993Masquerade Ball
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1993Spring GRUB Party
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February 20, 1993Saturday Bonaparte Parade (new route, 2 miles starting at Pontiac Point , through Jefferson, then Johnson ending at the Cajundome)
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February 22, 1993Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XVII, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LIV.
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1993Cocktail Party
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1994Masquerade Ball
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1994Spring GRUB Party
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February 13, 1994Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XVIII, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LV.
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February 14, 1994Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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1994Cocktail Party
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1995Spring GRUB Party
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February 25, 1995Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 27, 1995Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XIX, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LVI.
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1995Cocktail Party
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December 31, 1995New Year Eve Masquerade Ball
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1996Spring GRUB Party
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February 17, 1996Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 19, 1996Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XX, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LVII.
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1996Cocktail Party
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December 31, 1996New Year Eve Masquerade Ball
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1997Spring GRUB Party
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February 8, 1997Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 10, 1997Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXI, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LVIII.
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February 11, 1997Inaugural LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party) held at Old Alumni House.
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1997Cocktail Party
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December 31, 1997Bonaparte's 25th Anniversary "Remember 1972"
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1998Spring GRUB Party
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February 22, 1998Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 24, 1998Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXII, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LIX.
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February 25, 19981st Annual LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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1998Cocktail Party
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December 31, 1998New Year Eve Masquerade Ball
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1999Spring GRUB Party
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February 13, 1999Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 15, 1999Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXIII, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LX.
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February 16, 1999LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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1999Cocktail Party
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December 31, 1999New Year Eve Party (The Real Millennium)
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2000Spring GRUB Party
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March 4, 2000Krewe of Bonaparte Parade
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March 6, 2000Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXIV, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXI.
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March 7, 2000LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2000Cocktail Party
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December 31, 2000New Year's Eve Party
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2001Spring GRUB Party
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February 24, 2001Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 26, 2001Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXV, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXII.
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February 27, 2001LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2001Cocktail Party
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December 31, 2001New Year's Eve Party
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2002Spring GRUB Party
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February 9, 2002Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 11, 2002Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXVI, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXIII.
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February 12, 2002LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2002Cocktail Party
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December 31, 2002Last New Year's Eve Party
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2003Spring GRUB Party
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March 1, 2003Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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March 3, 2003Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXVII, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXIV at Cajundome.
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March 4, 2003LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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August 1, 2003Bonaparte established an endowed scholarship at UL
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2003Cocktail Party
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2004Spring GRUB Party
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February 21, 2004Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 23, 2004Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXIII, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXV.
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February 24, 2004LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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April 1, 2004Inaugural KreweFish Boil held at the UL Alumni House.
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2004Cocktail Party
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2005Spring GRUB Party
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20051st Annual KreweFish Boil
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February 5, 2005Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 7, 2005Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXIX, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXVI.
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February 8, 2005LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2005Cocktail Party
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2006KreweFish Boil
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2006Spring GRUB Party
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February 25, 2006Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 27, 2006Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXX, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXVII.
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February 27, 2006LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2006Cocktail Party
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2007Spring GRUB Party
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2007KreweFish Boil
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February 17, 2007Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 19, 2007Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXXI, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXVIII.
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February 20, 2007LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2007Cocktail Party
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2008KreweFish Boil
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2008Last Spring GRUB Party
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February 2, 2008Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 4, 2008Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXXII, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXIX.
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February 5, 2008LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2008Cocktail Party
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2009KreweFish Boil
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February 21, 2009Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 23, 2009Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXXIII, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXX.
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February 24, 2009LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2009Cocktail Party
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2010KreweFish Boil
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February 13, 2010Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 15, 2010Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXXIV, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXXI.
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February 16, 2010LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2010Cocktail Party
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2011KreweFish Boil
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March 5, 2011Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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March 7, 2011Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXXV, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXXI.
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March 8, 2011LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2011Cocktail Party
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2012KreweFish Boil
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February 18, 2012Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 20, 2012Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXXVI, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXXII.
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February 21, 2012LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2012Cocktail Party
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2013KreweFish Boil
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February 9, 2013Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 11, 2013Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXXVII, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXXIII.
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February 12, 2013LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2013Cocktail Party
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2014KreweFish Boil
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March 3, 2014Coronation Ball honoring King Napoleon and Queen Josephine XXXVIII, along with thier court of four Royal Maids and Dukes. Greeting King Gabriel and Queen Evangeline LXXIII.
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March 4, 2014LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2014Cocktail Party
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2015KreweFish Boil
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February 14, 2015Saturday Bonaparte Parade
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February 17, 2015LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2015Cocktail Party
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2016KreweFish Boil
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February 9, 2016LaFete Jardiniere De Mardi Gras (Garden Party)
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2016Cocktail Party