The night included dancing to big band and brass band tunes, jambalaya and other Southern bites, and the crowning of the 2017 Northside Mardi Gras King, which this year transferred from Rick Sebak to Randyland’s Randy Gilson. The two dance every other Thursday at the Allegheny Elks’ big band night, where Peters teaches a dance class. 28, 2017 at the Allegheny Elks Club in East Allegheny. “Mardi Gras was just an excuse to capture all that, to showcase what the Northside always has: good people, great music, awesome food, fun times.” Pamela Carney, left, of Brighton Heights, dances with Mark Peters of Imperial at the Third Annual Northside Mardi Gras on Tuesday, Feb. Three years ago we had another one and we said, hey, we have something here,” said Northside Leadership Conference Main Street Manager Cody Walters, 36, of Deutchtown, who promotes the neighborhood through promoting businesses and organizes the Deutchtown Music Festival. “Five years ago we had a Fat Tuesday party. The Northside Mardi Gras party is part of 70 different events involving 37 businesses throughout two weeks of celebration in the neighborhood, all featuring some kind of Mardi Gras or pre-Lenten theme or special.
As the crowd cheers and cameras flash, Seback reluctantly allows Gilson to pry the crown from his head, and the start of the 2017 Northside Mardi Gras is officially proclaimed. In time, Jack “Johnny Angel” Hunt calls 2016 Northside Mardi Gras King Rick Sebak to the stage to pass over his beads, scepter and crown to his 2017 successor, Randy Gilson of local Randyland fame. The line for jambalaya and shrimp po’ boys runs to the back of the wood-paneled room. Open the red door, and the brass and drums of big band music pour out the door, setting the mood for revelers draped in shiny beads and feather boas, their eyes shadowed by glittery masks. Outside the red door to the Allegheny Elks Club, two of Cheryl Capezzuti’s shimmering puppets dance to the quiet street sounds of a Tuesday night in February.
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