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But more than floats lumbered <.iown Main Street that morning, in the parade also were the precision briefcase and stroller brigades, sporting the latest in tecnical drill movements. While these groups tried to l ook like the Marines, a different set of look-allkes set up their own illusion al ong the parade route. following a contest sponsored by local media which asked for look-alike photos to be sent in, winners rode in the
parade in a limosine. The culmination of the weekend's festivities, however, was the Beaux Arts Ball, held to benefit the Ul Prichard Art Gallery. The event is pat路 temed after an eighteenth-century French tradition of a "classless" ball where participants wore only black and white. In this way all would be equal. and with the addition of masks, unknown. The Moscow Mardi Gras version of this tradition certainly cut a wide swath as costumes ranged
from black jeans and a T-shirt to a skunk and a three-tired cake. To increase participation in the ball as well as ease overcrowding in the full-to-capacity ballroom , buses carried merrymakers from the SUB to Moscow bars throughout the evening, incorporating the entire town in the event. For those who remained In the ballroom got a taste of east coast funk-ska from The Pressure Boys , who took
over the stage from local band The Rockafellers and remained there until well after their original 1 a.m. quitting time. A live cabaret. complete with fake gambling, provided a safe haven in the SUB's Appaloosa room for those not dancing or just trying to stay out of the crowd 's way. Customers were treated to live entertainment and all the non-alcoholic drinks they could stomach before returning to the fray.
A big crowd pleaser or the parade was Mother Palouse Goose 's Precision Stroller Corps. Moms and kids chanted nursery rhymes , twirling strollers and tossing dolls.
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