Cavaliers Stay Busy for Carnival 2006

The Cavaliers had a busy Carnival 2006 with events from Ball Masques to a successful return to the Phoenix to hold our First Ever Lundi Gras Beer Bust.

Many of the Cavaliers kicked off the weekend attending the Armeinius Ball Masque held at the Alario Center in Westwego, LA on Saturday February 25th with Michael D. Matt and Doug appearing on stage for a presentation by Associate member Jim J. Michael and Doug even got their motorcycles onstage! For a crew that sustained damage to their den, this group pulled off a fantastic show.

Sunday February 26th was the Lords of Leather Ball Masque held this year at the Sheraton on Canal Street. With the Chalmette Civic Center unavailable, the Lords decided not to present their traditional tableau but held a wonderful night of dinner and dancing in the Ball Room over looking the Bacchus parade. This actually gave many people the opportunity to see Bacchus for the first time as the two events are on the same evening.

The Cavaliers made a successful return to the Phoenix for our First Ever Lundi Gras Beer Bust on Monday February 27th. The Phoenix this year offered all the clubs an opportunity to hold Beer Busts over the Carnival weekend.

We celebrated with not just a beer bust but had doses of “Mardi Gras Vaccinations” as well. The surprise on people’s faces is always worth it when we get out Jell-O shots out.

Check out the picture pages for all the photos from the weekend.

Wednesday Dinner Ride

The Cavaliers held their monthly Dinner Ride Wednesday with a planned ride uptown to Rocky's Pizza. After meeting at Lafitte's, Michael, Doug, Mitch, Diane and Julie opted to change destinations. Seems one of the bikes was having battery issues and required "push starting" - not to identify the rider, but damn those Harley's seem to be high maintenance. (almost was reminiscent of a gas and diesel mishap too.)

Anyway, the decision was made to only push start the hog once and walk to a closer restaurant for pizza. Being in the quarter, Mona Lisa did come to mind and that is where we went. We were even greeted by a surprise visitor to our group when Phyllis, who currently residing Kenner, joined our group after learning of our destination from the friendly folks at Lafitte's. Turns out Phyllis rode in on her 2004 Harley Soft Tail, without push starting it, and luckily was able to find us. Salads and pizza seemed to be the call of the day for our meals, everyone seemed well fed and satisfied.

After much conversation and good food it was time to head out and home. Best to you all and look forward to seeing you soon.

Doug