News, Tips & Bargains : Making Ready for Mardi Gras
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New Orleans’ 138th celebration of Mardi Gras begins Feb. 4, kicking off 12 days of parades and festivities.
Visitors may obtain information from the Greater New Orleans Tourist & Convention Commission, (504) 566-5068, and the Greater New Orleans Hotel & Motel Assn., (504) 525-2264.
They may also order the 18th edition of “The Mardi Gras Guide, 1994” from Arthur Hardy Enterprises Inc., P.O. Box 19500, New Orleans, La. 70179. Cost is $5. The 120-page booklet, which includes 53 parade profiles and maps, is the most complete guide available, a commission spokeswoman said.
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