Participants at the Mardi Gras party also can play some games, for example, pass the ball — a musical chairs-style activity. Hill stressed she runs a ballroom dance social club, not a dance studio.

It's a 21st-century thing Over the past few years, do-it-yourself dancing groups have proliferated in Mardi Gras parades like mushrooms after a spring rain. Maybe it’s a reflection of post ...

According to Klusendorf, none has any experience marching in Mardi Gras parades or even riding on floats. But, she said, the founders of the Jamettes dance troupe are showing them the ropes.

Check and check. The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies are ready to take on New Orleans. They'll be performing at the Krewe of Thoth parade on Sunday for Mardi Gras for the first time. "To find out that ...