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Welcome to the Keystone Kops Mardi Gras Parade page! Fowl River Parade - January 28, 2010 Keystone Kops have a bite waiting for the parade in 35 degree weather...BRRRRRR! Bro. Bob Martin, your humble photographer with the parade wagon The Kops Main Parade Vehicle - The paddy wagon with Brother Don and his attack dog "Jake" Yes, we are in the deep south! One of our other parade vehicles throwing beads and moonpies to the large fowl river crowd which was several miles long! Conde Cavalers Parade - January 28, 2010 downtown Mobile Alabama All photos taken by Brother Bob Martin from inside the Paddy Wagon, so we apologize for any window reflections, etc. The keystone Kops gather downtown to ride in the parade As nightime arrives the temp drops to 28 degrees! Brother Bob gets his throws (3 cases beads and 2 cases moonpies!) ready for the parade! The Conde's start the fun! The Kops line up for there place in the parade Brother Rich's Cooler go cart has problems due to the extreme cold. Here come some more floats! and more! and more! and more! Alright! Lets start riding! Brother Glenn starts us off tossing beads from his little yellow car! Over 60,000 folks turned out for this parade even though it was below freezing outside! Whoooo Hooo!!!!!!! Tragedy strikes as a member of the condes falls off his float Shown here being treated by paramedics as the parade continues on! The parade continues on its several mile long route throughout the downtown area. come back next week as we ride in another great parade (and hope it is a little warmer! HAPPY MARDI GRAS from the Keystone Kops from the Mobile Alabama Abba Temple Shriners!