Courts & Krewes IN WHICH WE HONOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS By Morgan Packard Griffith and Errol Laborde
What does old-line mean? We define “old-line krewes” to be those krewes that were incorporated before 1950 and that maintain the social traditions of the older krewes. What’s the difference between being a Maid and being a Debutante? Maids are selected to be part of the inner court of the King and Queen. You can be a Maid and not be a Debutante. A Debutante must be presented by their parents at a party in their honor. And they must be presented at one of the following: Bachelors' Club, The Debutante Club, Le Debut des Jeunes Filles de la Nouvelle Orléans, Mid-Winter Cotillion, The Original Illinois Club, The Pickwick Club and Young Men Illinois Club. What’s the difference between Maids, Princesses and other titles? Age; younger girls serve as Princesses and Ladies-In-Waiting, while ladies who are of age to be Queen but were not selected as Queen may be asked to serve as the Maids of the Court. Other titles, such as Scepter Bearers, are specific to particular krewes. How are royalty selected? Royalty are generally chosen by a committee of the krewe, which includes its officers. One exception is Comus, where the God/King is chosen solely by the Captain. There are some embellishments: Twelfth Night Revelers’ Queen is “officially” chosen at random on the night of the ball, when the Maids pull beans from a cake; the lady who finds the gold bean is then crowned Queen. (Whether or not the intended Queen or her family had prior knowledge in order to make needed preparations is lost in Carnival secrecy.)
10 ST. CHARLES AVENUE'S COURTS OF CARNIVAL 2020
