by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 11, 2024 | A Southern Soul
Danielle: “This is our Double Ds weekend. We are Danielle and Deanna–both queens of the Mobile Mystics. Our husband and boyfriend don’t like Mardi Gras, so we load up and do this weekend together.” Deanna: “I was queen in 2000. Danielle was queen in 2007. We met when...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 10, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“My son is the Junior Monarch King for the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (MAMGA). Ashton wore a blue suit and baby blue shirt for today’s Royal Luncheon, so we all wore blue. He’s the first junior king in our family. I’m trying to be sensible throughout the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 9, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I take the bus to the Mardi Gras parades. I left my house at 3:30 this afternoon. I got off the bus and walked to my spot for every parade. I’m a little dizzy from walking because I have high blood pressure. After the parade, I’ll catch the last bus home. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 8, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“My wife says it embarrasses her when I walk out in these shorts and shoes. But I’m lazy. I can put my costume on over them. Ready to ride. I’ve been doing this for 42 years. You have to keep it a mystery of who I am.”
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 4, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“Momma was freaking amazing. She was a volunteer firefighter and an EMT. She also helped assign numbers to houses on Dauphin Island, making 911 calls easier. But she always dreamed of having a bakery. She opened Lighthouse Bakery on Dauphin Island in 1997. I was ten...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 3, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“Destiny has Cerebral Palsy. Doctors said she wouldn’t be able to walk or talk. For a long time, she didn’t. Now she’s marching and playing the drum in Mardi Gras parades with the Magnolia Breeze Youth Ensemble. These parades are everything to Destiny. She...
