Lots of them, including myself, were bawling their eyes out at the sense of relief and completion that it had all happened. The Board, volunteers and everyone who'd made this happen came together for one last dance. The 10am show's backdrop were the posters of the past 25 years. "We'd all seen this event we cared so deeply about dying, and coming back. "At the Party (Co-Chair) Stevie Clayton and I gave a short speech, which concluded with 'Together we created a new Mardi Gras' and the roar from the crowd was enormous," remembers Michael Woodhouse. The revived grassroots Mardi Gras festival enjoyed significant success, making a profit of almost $350,000.
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