Krewe of Bilge takes to the waters tomorrow

Published on Friday, January 29, 2010 12:26 AM CST

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The members of the Krewe of Bilge will parade their boat floats tomorrow starting at noon, and sail their way through the canals of Eden Isles.

This year, the 30 boat parade will be decorated for the krewe’s theme, “Music to My Ears,” with each boat representing a song. The parade starts at the Marina Café at the Oak Harbor Marina. The boats will sail through the waterways of Eden Isles past The Dock, where judges wait to declare the best decorated watercraft. Then the boats go along Lakeview Drive to Pontchartrain drive, then north to the Eden Isles bridge where the flotilla turns around and makes it way back to the marina.

This year’s parade will honor the krewe’s late captain, Rodney “Dookie” Nunez, who died last year. Nunez was the captain for Krewe of Bilge for 13 years. The second boat in the parade will be named the Dookie Nunez Memorial boat and will be manned by members of the Nunez family.

King Bobby Naquin and Queen Catherine Mandot will reign over the flotilla of boat floats for 2010. There are also six maids who will be on their own float.

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