Catherinettes Parade NOLA

St. Catherine's Day Parade 2012 Best hats Winners

HATS, HATS, HATS! — Create your own hat, or just add decoration to an existing hat. Click on any of the links at the bottom of the page to see examples of creations from previous years. There will be a wide variety of hats in our New Orleans version of the Catherinettes parade. If you have the time to make something special, that's great, but if not, just grab a pretty hat from your own closet — or a silly hat from your Halloween stash — and join us! P.S.: There's a prize for the Best Hat, and this year's winner will be next year's Grand Marshall.

HONOREES — The parade honors an unmarried woman named Catherine (or Katherine...we're flexible on the spelling). Last year's Best Hat winner, Aryanna Gamble (above), will lead the parade as Grand Marshall.

St. Catherine's Day hat Parade 2012-Grand Marshall and Catherinette


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The New Orleans St. Catherine's Day Hat Parade has poured its last bubbly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This was not an easy decision. Both Jim and I have other projects we want to pursue, and we are starting to realize that one simply cannot do everything. We think you’ll agree that we’ve had a glorious run. For more than a decade, you’ve celebrated St. Catherine’s feast day with us, and we THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for all of your participation, creativity, love and support. HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU!
HATS, HATS, HATS! — Create your own hat, or just add decoration to an existing hat. Click on any of the links at the bottom of the page to see examples of creations from previous years. There will be a wide variety of hats in our New Orleans version of the Catherinettes parade. If you have the time to make something special, that's great, but if not, just grab a pretty hat from your own closet — or a silly hat from your Halloween stash — and join us! P.S.: There's a prize for the Best Hat, and this year's winner will be next year's Grand Marshall. HONOREES — The parade honors an unmarried woman named Catherine (or Katherine...we're flexible on the spelling). Last year's Best Hat winner, Aryanna Gamble (above), will lead the parade as Grand Marshall. Archives: 2010 Parade Photos George Long Photos Jim Gelarden Photos Lenny Caruso Photos Anthony Posey Photos Uptown Messenger Photos Regine Boucard Photos Archives: 2011 Parade Photos Jim Gelarden Photos Anthony Posey Photos (Color) Anthony Posey Photos (Black and White) Midori Tajiri Photos Tom Langston Photos Archives: 2012 Parade Photos George Long Photos Anthony Posey Photos Gary Michael Smith Photos Demetrious W. Mitchell Photos Frank Stansbury Photos Archives: 2016 Parade Photos Jim Karam Photos EMAIL any photos (or links to photos) you may want to share.			PARADE ROUTE — Meet at 10 AM on the neutral ground at St. Charles Ave. and Pleasant St. The parade begins at 10:30 AM, walking down St. Charles, and making a series of right turns onto Washington, Prytania, Louisiana, and back onto onto St. Charles to the starting place. The route is less than 1 mile. B.Y.O.B. = Bring Your Own Bubbly! Our "Chevaliers du Champagne" tend coolers with ice to hold champagne (or anything else you bring) so we can celebrate at the end of the parade. Bring a bottle or two to share! LIVE MUSIC — Bart Ramsey and members of Zazou City accompanied the 2014 parade in a mule-drawn carriage. We already have them locked in for 2015! CLICK HERE for a preview of the sound. HISTORY — St. Catherine of Alexandria was an early Christian martyr. She is the patron saint of milliners, seamstresses and unmarried women. On the feast of St. Catherine (November 25th), French seamstresses, milliners and unmarried women (called Catherinettes, pronounced the French way: kat-reen-ette) parade the streets of Paris showing off unusual handmade chapeaux using the traditional colors yellow (faith) and green (wisdom). The hats range from pretty ... to silly ... to elegant ... to bizarre. We are recreating that event here in New Orleans.
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			Photos courtesy of: George Long Photography Anthony Posey Jim Gelarden Demetrious W. Mitchell Gary Michael Smith Midori Tajiri-Byrd All photos copyright the artists. Logo + Graphics by Claudia Lynch Logo + Graphics ©2017 HatNola