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While the float-filled celebrations and parades and parties that go along with the annual Mardi Gras in New Orleans did not take place on Bourbon Street this year, people still saw fit to dress. to nine for many virtual events to observe the centuries-old tradition.
March 3, 2003: Left to right, Maryann and Kevin Hurley of Westerleigh, Co-Chairs of the Staten Island Inter-Agency Council for the Aging’s first “Fat” Tuesday Mardi Gras Cocktail Party, enjoy the celebration at Staaten, West Brighton, with Loretta McGinn , Executive Director of Meals on Wheels, and Josette O’Neil of the City’s Department of Aging. Staten Island Advance
March 3, 2001: Having fun at a Mardi Gras cocktail party to benefit the Staten Island Visiting Nurses Association are, left to right, Vinnie Amesse, who served as emcee; Susan Lewis and Kathleen Head, committee members, and Frank Besignano. The event took place in the faculty dining hall of Wagner College Student Union, Grymes Hill. Staten Island Advance
Over the years, on Staten Island, there have been many dazzling parties and galas galas galas for Mardi Gras or Marteti Grasso, as the Italians say, the pre-Lent party nicknamed “carne vale” or “farewell. to eat ”or“ Shrove Tuesday ”- as a way to act“ savagely ”before the dark days of Lent.
February 14, 1996: Preparing for Mardi Gras are Saint Mary of the Assumption R, C, Church parishioners, standing from left, Bob Cannon, Armando Reyes, Helen Kaufman, Annette Esposito, Shirley Devlin (clown) and left-hand guitarists Mark Anthony Romero and Antonio Acevedo.
March 1, 2003: At Wagner College celebrating Mardi Gras, from left are Susan Lewis, then Deputy Chief District Attorney David W. Lehr; Kathleen C. Chief; Amy Reher, a former Miss Staten Island, former city councilor Fred Cerullo and Calvin Sprung. They are at the Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island Mardi Gras Benefit.Staten Island Advance
March 7, 2001: From left to right, Nelson Sundback and his wife Ruth join Brigitte and Charles Herman at the Visiting Nurses Association’s Mardi Gras cocktail party. Staten Island Advance
February 10, 2002: State Senator John J. Marchi, graduate of St. Peter’s Boys High School, New Brighton, third from left, is honored at a benefit evening at the Excelsior Grand , New Dorp. Next to him is his wife, Maria Louisa. Others to the left are Reverend Terry Troia of Project Hospitality, Harry J. Kronenthal, president of the Holy Name Society at St. Peter’s RC Church, Bishop James Dorney, pastor of St. Peter’s; Alexander Rosati, chairman of the fundraising campaign, and artist Scott LoBaido, who donated a portrait of Senator Marchi during the Mardi Gras-themed fundraiser. Staten Island Advance
Dining venues were always adorned with streamers, balloons, and feathered masks in sparkling colors and shades of purple, turquoise, and gold that respectively represent justice, faith, and power.
March 1, 2003: Music, buffet with tastings of Cajun cuisine, cocktails and entertainment were on the program of the left, Victoria Spagnola, Marie Barbieri, the Reverend Peter Ciallella and Fran Valenzo during a celebration of Mardi Gras at the Church of St. Charles Mission Center, Dongan Hills.Staten Island Advance
The centuries-old custom has its roots in Europe and South America, where many still dance the streets and wear colorful clown costumes inspired by ancient traditions marked throughout Italy and celebrated as a major holiday in Europe.
March 3, 2003: Shannon Goncalees, left, Raymond Tan, center, and Mike Piccirillo, third grade students at St. Mary’s School in Rosebank, celebrate the school’s 150th founding anniversary with a Tuesday parade Fat.
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March 4, 2003: Left to right, Madalen Bertolini, Reverend Arthur Golino, Joe Sabella, event president, and Joe Bertolini pose at the fifth annual Mardi Gras party, hosted by the Holy Name Society of St. Sylvester’s RC Church. Participants enjoyed a pancake and sausage supper and received keepsakes of purple, green and gold beads in the Concord School auditorium to celebrate the Roman custom of rejoicing before a period of fasting, maintaining the observance Christian of the 40 days of Lent.Staten Island Advance
January 30, 2004: Jackie Ackalitis, Annmarie Joseph and Bill O’Sullivan are present at the Mardi Gras party of the Old Order of Hibernians in Richmond.ADVANCE OF STATEN ISLAND
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February 25, 2004: A pancake breakfast was enjoyed by the students of St. Joseph-St. Thomas School in Pleasant Plains to celebrate Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday. Behind the masks, starting from the left, are Samantha Bonello, Alissa Vreeland and George Matli, all then 6 years old.Staten Island advances
