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Year

Theme

King

Queen

Grand Marshal

Ball Location

Bands

 
2009Buy Yeaux BailoutRob PayerMargie MooreJim “Batman” SpainBaton Rouge River Center (7)The Bucktown Allstars & Louisiana’s LeRoux, including Luther Kent, Jimmy Hall and Steve Cropper 
2008

Flamingeaux Phil Predicts

Danny McGlynn

"Buffy" Struppeck

Alonzo Hunter

Baton Rouge River Center (6)Mason McClain & Choices  

2007

Quit Flocking Around and Pink Your Own Theme

Kip Holden

Roxanne Leachman

Bill Good

Baton Rouge River Center (5)

George Porter Jr. and Runnin Pardners & Marsha Ball (4)

 

2006

FEMAture Evacuation

Gary Rispone

D'Aaron LeBlanc

Robert King

Baton Rouge River Center (4)

Louisiana Revue

2005

25th

25 Flockin' Years

C.C. Lockwood

Laura McDavitt

Nelson Maddox

Centroplex Exhibition Arena (3)

The Warbabies & The subdudes

 

2004

Flamingos Gone Wild

David Applegate

Rebecca Breeden

Phil Brady

Centroplex Exhibition Hall (2)

The Boogie Kings (2) & Deacon John's Jump Blues

 

2003

La. Purchase – Name Your Price

Bill “Simple” Simon

Rachel Alainna Roach Giacone

Mike “Moe” Richmond

Sheraton Atrium (7)

Amy and the Hank Sinatras & The Boogie Kings

 

2002

Pink, White and Blue – Show Me Your Colors

Mike “Fozzie” Collins

Chris O’Neil

Doug Cossman

Sheraton Atrium (6)

Paula and the Pontiacs & The Radiators

 

2001

2001 – A Spaced Out Oddity

Fred Raiford

Stephanie Phares

Doc L’Herisson

Argosy Atrium (5)

Neighborhood All-Stars &  Luther Kent and Trickbag

 

2000

20th

XXcessive MMadness   

Randy Hutchinson

Amy Brassett

Carl Stages

Argosy Atrium (4)

Coffee and Marcia Ball (3)

 

1999

Leathers and Feathers

Jim Babin

Cindy Hills

Bill Brumfield

Argosy Atrium – 10th (3)

Bench Bar Boogie Band (4), Rockin Dopsie Jr. (2) & The Zydeco Twisters (2)

 

1998

Politically Incorrect

Rodney Carey

Joy McDonald

Ken Nolan

Argosy Atrium (2)

Elements, The Roebucks, Smack, Chris Belleau and the Zydeco Hounds

 

1997

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

Tom Lorio

Trish Carlisle

Dusty Kling

Belle of Baton Rouge Atrium

The Roebucks, Overhead (3), Wayne Toups

 

1996

Top Ten Reasons to Mardi Gras in Spanish Town

Rubin the dog

Lurline Hamilton

Max LaBranche

Varsity Theatre (3)

Bench Bar Boogie Band (3), Rockin Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters

 

1995

Manias

Ron Zappe

Malaura Blanchard

David Applegage

* Lon Hunter

Honorary Not So Grand Wazoo

Varsity Theatre (2)

Bench Bar Boogie Band (2), The Bluebirds

 

1994

Neatness Counts

David Manship

Debbi Taylor

Jim Work

Varsity Theatre

Bench Bar Boogie Band, Marcia Ball (2)

 

1993

Krewesing Spanish Town

Holly Beal

JJ Stone

Bruce Childers

Centroplex

Overhead (2), Zachary Richard

 

1992

Louisiana’s Dirty Laundry

Frank Kean

Marsanne Goldsby

Evy Davis

Ramada Inn

Overhead, Good Rockin Dopsie (3) & the Zydeco Twisters (3)

 

1991

What If?

Ben Taylor

Renata Grunburger

Ted Hicks

Catfish Town Pilot House

Michael Wolf, Good Rockin Dopsie (2) & The Zydeco Twisters (2), Marcia Ball

 

1990

10th

What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been

Ed Reed

Donna Britt

*Pat Shingleton Honorary

Bob Downing

Old WT Grant Building

(Initial Ball)

Good Rockin Dopsie & The Zydeco Twisters

 

1989

Hollywood Comes to Spanish Town

Bob Earl

Elizabeth Hamilton

Duz Hamilton

 

 

 

1988

Louisiana – A Fantasy State

Bob Brodhead

Dorothy Daniels

John Glen

 

 

 

1987

Louisiana, A Royal Miss – Chapter 7

Steve Irving

Pat Norton

Mark Tesson

*Catfish Town

Tabby Thomas (5)

 

1986

Poor Taste is Better Than No Taste at All

Buckskin Bill Black

Anne Bolar

Stan Masinter

*Catfish Town

Kenny Acosta

 

1985

Urban Olympics

Tabby Thomas

Jenni Peters

Margo Hicks

*Lagniappe Festival Catfish Town

Tabby Thomas (4), The Beatnix

 

1984

*$@# Big Brother

Smiley Anders

Hilda Hulbert

Charles Fisher

*In neighborhood

Tabby Thomas (3)

 

1983

CATS

Price LeBlanc

Leslie Elliot

 Don "Z" Zerinque

*In neighborhood

Tabby Thomas (2)

 

1982

Everyman a King

Jerry Arbour

Mary Canella

Nat Canella

 On Bungalow Lane

 Tabby Thomas (1)

 

1981

 

 

 

Michael Beck

 

“Kids beating on cardboard boxes”.

 

 

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