Photo of the week: St. Aloysius Band, 1966

St. Aloyisus High School Band in the Krewe of Mid City parade, Carnival, 1966. The Krewe of Mid City used to start at Canal and St. Patrick Streets, down by the cemeteries. They set up reviewing stands at Canal St. and Jefferson Davis Parkway, where they held the "Greatest Bands in Dixie" contest. Each band would stop at the reviewing stand and do tune and marching routine.

The band contests are gone from Carnival parades, but Brother Martin High still marches. This year, they'll march in the Krewe of Carrollton and Krewe d'Etat parades. Carrollton rolls this year on 7-Feb, which is Super Bowl Sunday. Usually this is no big deal, people go to the parade and make it home in time to see the game. This year, Carrollton will move up their start time an hour to get everyone home to see Da Saints. The Krewe d'Etat parades on the following Friday.

Brother Martin's band doesn't get the on-street recognition that their Gentilly rivals from St. Augustine do, but they get the last laugh in concert. Once again, BMHS had more students selected to the LMEA District VI Senior High Honor Band than any other school participating. Seventeen Crusaders played the gig, including four of the five trombones and five out of the six drummers.

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