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New Orleans – 25 February 2025
1. Various of Mardi Gras beads, flags
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Saussy, Theme and Floats Chairwoman, Krewe of Muses:
"I just have loved Mardi Gras my whole life. For my family it’s bigger than Christmas because more of us can get together at Mardi Gras and for days."
3. Wide of Virginia Saussy showing off bedazzled shoes
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Saussy, Theme and Floats Chairwoman, Krewe of Muses:
"The first year we created a bead that was a stiletto shoe and it was just to be a commemorative bead but it took off. People love shoes, who knew?"
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Covington, Louisiana – 21 February 2025
5. Wide Eugenie Suggs showing off Muses shoe
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Eugenie Suggs, Lieutenant, Krewe of Muses:
"These shoes have just, one shoe here and all of a sudden became it’s what everybody wants."
7. Close-up of Suggs painting glue on shoe
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Eugenie Suggs, Lieutenant, Krewe of Muses:
"I had always loved art growing up and photography and creating stuff that would just, it just makes you happy. It’s therapy. It’s pure therapy."
9. Close-up of Suggs dropping glitter on shoe
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Eugenie Suggs, Lieutenant, Krewe of Muses:
"They coveted these things. They’re hugging them and to watch their reactions is absolutely euphoric."
11.Various of Muses shoes
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Eugenie Suggs, Lieutenant, Krewe of Muses:
"It’s amazing that that’s what they’re looking for but the fun side of it for us is it challenges us every year to go bigger and better."
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ARCHIVE: New Orleans – 21 February 2023
13. Various of parades
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New Orleans – 25 February 2025
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Saussy, Theme and Floats Chairwoman, Krewe of Muses:
"People don’t understand around the world that this is family. It’s all about family. It’s like a six-mile long block party and nothing could be more fun. It’s for everyone. There’s an aspect of Mardi Gras for every age group and everyone in the community."
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Saussy, Theme and Floats Chairwoman, Krewe of Muses:
"It’s always been a great surprise year after year that so many people wanted to be a part of it and it’s been an even greater surprise to see so many people on the streets excited to see us coming."
16. Wide of beads hanging
STORYLINE:
New Orleans has the largest and best-known Carnival celebrations in the U.S., with street parties, fancy balls and boisterous parades.
The processions range from neighborhood-based walking clubs to elaborate, high-tech extravaganzas that feature massive floats laden with flashing lights and giant, animated figures.
The Krewe of Muses, an all female krewe, has become famous for their custom-made, bedazzled shoes that krewe members hand out during the parade.
Virginia Saussy has ridden in the parade since the Muses’ inception in 2000 and says they are proud of the ‘Shoe-volution’.
"One of our members decorated a few shoes in homage to Zulu coconuts and that just spread organically through the crew."
Since Hurricane Katrina, it’s now become a year-round bonding experience for her and the other Muses.
Meanwhile, Eugenie Suggs has all but perfected the art of making a glittery masterpiece. "It’s pure therapy."
The Muses parade rolls Thursday night with numerous parades happening throughout the weekend building up to the citywide Mardi Gras day celebration, otherwise known as Fat Tuesday.
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