"When The Saints Go Marching In"

      "When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn. The precise origins of the song are not known. Though it originated as a Christian hymn, it is often played by jazz bands. The song is sometimes confused with a similarly titled composition "When the Saints are Marching In" from 1896 by Katharine Purvis (lyrics) and James Milton Black (music).

      Luther G. Presley, who wrote the lyrics, and Virgil Oliver Stamps, who wrote the music, popularized the tune as a gospel song. A similar version was copyrighted by R.E. Winsett. Although the song is still heard as a slow spiritual number, since the mid 20th century it has been more commonly performed as a "hot" number. The tune is particularly associated with the city of New Orleans. A jazz standard, it has been recorded by a great many jazz and pop artists.

      Both vocal and instrumental renditions of the song abound. Louis Armstrong was one of the first to make the tune into a nationally known pop tune in the 1930s. Armstrong wrote that his sister told him she thought the secular performance style of the traditional church tune was inappropriate and irreligious. Armstrong was in a New Orleans tradition of turning church numbers into brass band and dance numbers that went back at least to Buddy Bolden's band at the start of the 20th century.

      In New Orleans, the song is traditionally used as a funeral march at "jazz funerals". While accompanying the coffin to the cemetery, a band plays the tune as a dirge. Returning from the interment, the band switches to the familiar upbeat "hot" or "Dixieland" style of play.

Louis Armstrong - live in australia - When The Saints Go Marching In

March, 1963, Sydney, Australia
Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal)
Young, Trummy (Trombone)
Darensbourg, Joe (Clarinet)
Kyle, Billy (Piano)
Shaw, Arvell (Bass)
Barcelona, Danny (Drums)

Quality Mardi Gras Crafts, Activities & Recipes

Mardi Gras Crafts, Activities and Traditions:

1. Tragedy and Comedy Garland
2. Make a Mardi Gras Wreath
3. Making a Mardi Gras Wreath with Deco Mask and a DIY Mardi Gras Bead Chandelier
4. Shoebox Float
5. Mardi Gras Mini Float
6. Craft an elegant Mardi Gras half mask
7. Miniature Mardi Gras Float from a Shoebox
8. Shoebox floats from Ms. Badeaux's second grade class
9. TP Roll Crafts of Kings: three versions
10. Handprint Mask Craft
11. Mardi Gras Jester Hat Craft and Holiday Song
12. Mardi Gras Feather Mask Craft
13. Mardi Gras paper bead craft for little ones
14. Historical Feather Fans (just eye-candy!)
15. Mardi Gras Mask Crafts from green plate rule
16. Draw Mardi Gras Performers
17. Mardi Gras Tutu Dress for Little Momo
18. 5 Ways to Reuse Mardi Gras Beads
19. Paper Plate Jester Craft
20. Toilet Paper Roll Craft
21. Jester Jumping Jacks (photo only) and mobile (photo only)
22. Pancake Day Activities
23. Pancake Day Story & Recipe
24. Pancake Day Events Around the UK
25. Crocheted Pancakes for Fat Tuesday
26. Papier Mache Hats
27. Making Masks From Recycled Materials
28. Parade-Float Ornaments
29. Liten prinsess krona
30. Decorate a Mardi Gras mask with tinsel pipe cleaners
31. Mardi Gras Bead Bracelets
32. Craft a beaded charger plate for a Mardi Gras party
33. A Jester's Hat from Powerhouse
34. Owl masks for Mardi Gras too!
35. DIY Mardi Gras Accessories You'll Actually Wear
36. Easy-peasy last-minute angel wings (no sew)
37. How to make a feathered mask cheap and quick!
38. Paper plate princess crown
39. Craft a gold crown step-by-step
40. A crown of friends
41. How to make a felt finger puppet for kids: jester pattern
42. Jester Puppet Magnet
43. Jingling Jester

Mardi Gras Recipes & Sweets:

1. Big Daddy's Mardi Gras Crown Cookies
2. Recipes for Mardi Gras and Fridays in Lent
3. King Cake and A Giveaway!
4. Mardi Gras King's Cake - Make Your Own Colored Sugar!
5. Pancake art here and here for Shrove Tuesday
6. Mini King Cupcakes
7. Mardi Gras Recipes from the Pocket Change Gourmet
8. Mardi Gras Smoothies

      "Learn how to make this festive Mardi Gras cake. Do you know what king cake is? Made famous in New Orleans, king cake is the classic ring-shaped Mardi Gras cake made for "fat Tuesday" with a lucky trinket baked right into the bread. In this video, you'll learn how to make a king cake. With this simple step-by-step recipes, you can make a traditional, delicious, properly decorated king cake with a cream cheese filling. You'll see a great trick for making sure the dough maintains its ring shape while rising and baking and see how to finish the king cake with a sweet lemon glaze and festive sprinkles of traditional Mardi Gras colors—purple, yellow, and green. Long live the king cake!" from Allrecipes

Draw Mardi Gras Performers

      Draw a Mardi Gras street performer or parade participant then add some glitter and feathers and presto chango you've got a terrific celebration for your school's hallway!

Make Your Own Mardi Gras Parade

These little students participated in an art camp Marti Gras parade. I love the idea of making the child the parade float himself!

      "Mardi Gras" or "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season", in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi gras is French for Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday. The day is sometimes referred to as Shrove Tuesday, from the word shrive, meaning "confess." Related popular practices are associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent.