Mardi Paws

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2021 Parade was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but followed New Orleans' concept of creating dog house floats.
2020 The Mardi Paws parade was moved from Mandeville to Downtown Covington. Ian Somerhalder made his last appearance at the event.
October 2020 Organized 'Mardi Paws geauxs pink' event to raise breast cancer awareness.
October 2020 Hosted 'Trunk or Treat', a Halloween costume contest benefiting the St. Tammany Parish Animal Shelter.
2014 Actor Ian Somerhalder, a Covington, Louisiana native, became the first celebrity monarch of the Mardi Paws parade.

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See Also

Mardi Gras

Holiday on the day before Ash Wednesday

Ian Somerhalder

American actor

Krewe of Bacchus

Group in the New Orleans Mardi Gras