Half-Fast Walking Club

US musical group

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Half-Fast Walking Club

Half-Fast Walking Club, Mardi Gras Day 2009

Background information
Origin| New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Genres| Jazz, Mardi Gras music

Musical artist

The Half-Fast Walking Club is a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe founded and historically led by Pete Fountain, until his passing on August 6, 2016.[1] Originally all on foot, in recent decades it has also featured one or two small floats. Fountain and other local jazz musicians played through much of the parade. The krewe's current route, basically unchanged since the mid-1970s, starts at 7 AM on Mardi Gras morning, at world-famous Commander's Palace Restaurant on Washington Avenue in the Garden District. The krewe then proceeds downtown on St. Charles Avenue and after a brief interlude on Canal Street, enters the French Quarter at Bourbon Street, winds around the Quarter and eventually ends up at the Monteleone Hotel in the early afternoon.

Jazz greats Connie Jones and Pete Fountain on "Half-Fast" band float, Mardi Gras 1996

The "Half-Fast" is one of the best known marching Krewes that parades in New Orleans on Mardi Gras. The original name was "The Half-Assed Walking Club" and was an excuse to take a "lubricated" musical stroll down the parade route. Pete changed the name under pressure exerted by the parade organizers. On Mardi Gras 2007 Pete once again joined his Half Fast Walking Club, having missed the event in 2006 due to illness. He died in 2016.

One of the more famous members of the Half-Fast Walking Club was singer and bandleader Phil Harris, famous as a Disney voice and as Jack Benny's orchestra leader. In his last appearance in 1990, Harris did not walk due to age but was chauffeured in a convertible while waving to the crowd and throwing trinkets.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Spera, Keith (2017-02-24). "Half Fast Walking Club to carry on Mardi Gras morning in the merry tradition of Pete Fountain". The New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved 2018-07-02.

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Parades at Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Old Line Krewes|

* Mistick Krewe of Comus
* Knights of Momus
* Rex
* Krewe of Proteus

Super Krewes|

* Krewe of Endymion
* Krewe of Bacchus
* Krewe of Orpheus
* Krewe of Thoth
* Krewe of Cleopatra
* Krewe of Iris

Parading Krewes|

* Krewe du Vieux
* Mystic Krewe of Druids
* Knights of Babylon
* Krewe of King Arthur
* Krewe of Muses
* Knights of Chaos
* Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus
* Krewe of Hermes
* Le Krewe d'Etat
* Krewe of Mid-City
* Krewe of Tucks
* Krewe of Morpheus
* Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club
* Krewe of OAK
* KOE (Krewe of Elvis)
* Krewe of Pontchartrain
* Knights of Sparta
* Krewe of Okeanos
* Krewe of Freret
* Krewe of Pygmalion
* Krewe of Carrollton
* Krewe of Alla
* Krewe of Choctaw
* Krewe of Oshun
* Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale
* Elks Krewe of Orleanians
* Krewe of Crescent City
* NOMTOC (New Orleans Most Talked Of Club)
* Krewe de Jeanne d'Arc
* Krewe Bohéme

Non-Parading Debutantes Krewes|

* Twelfth Night Revelers
* Elves of Oberon
* Krewe of Athenians
* The Atlanteans
* The Harlequins
* The Arthurians
* Krewe of Olympians
* Mystery
* Caliphs of Cairo
* Krewe of Nereus
* High Priests of Mithras
* Prophets of Persia
* Krewe of Dorians
* Krewe of Osiris
* Krewe of Achaeans
* Krewe of Eros
* Krewe of Apollo
* Young Men Illinois Club
* Original Illinois Club
* Krewe of Janus

Streetcar Krewes|

* Phorty Phunny Phellows
* La Société Pas Si Secrète Des Champs-Élysées

Walking Krewes|

* Half-Fast Walking Club
* North Side Skull and Bones Gang
* Society of Saint Anne
* Krewe of Barkus
* The Merry Antoinettes
* Krewe of Bosom Buddies
* Jefferson City Buzzards
* Irish Channel Corner Club
* St. John Fools of Misrule
* Mondo Kayo
* Lyons Carnival Club
* tit Rəx
* Krewe of Box Wine
* Dames de Perlage
* Krewe of Chartreuse
* New Orleans Baby Doll Ladies
* Krewe of Pirates

Dancing Krewes|

* The Pussyfooters
* The Amelia Earhawts
* The Bearded Oysters
* 610 Stompers
* The Sirens
* El Lucha Krewe
* The Organ Grinders
* The Camel Toe Steppers
* The Muff-A-Lottas
* The Dictator's Dancing Darlings
* Streetcar Strutters
* Cherchez La Femme

Disbanded Krewes|

* Krewe of Adonis
* Krewe of Aladdin
* Krewe of America
* Krewe of Amor
* Krewe of Arabi
* Krewe of Ashanti
* Krewe of Atlas
* Bards of Bohemia
* Mystic Krewe of Cynthius
* Krewe of Gemini
* Krewe of Gladiators
* Krewe of Helios
* Krewe of Hestia
* Krewe of Icarius
* Krewe of Orion
* Krewe of Pegasus
* Krewe of Saturn
* Mystic Krewe of Shangri-La
* Krewe of Venus
* Krewe of Virgilians

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* Throws
* Mardi Gras Indians

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