346. Dan Mabry, part 1

346. Part 1 of our interview with Dan Mabry. About a year ago, Dan started his own podcast in our hometown of Ruston, the Dan Mabry Project. The Idea behind The Dan Mabry Project is "honest conversation, with interesting people". There are no rules here, everyone is welcome, and everyone has a story to tell. I put out a new episode every week!

1. This week in Louisiana history.  January 4, 1830 Louisiana State government moved to Donaldsonville from New Orleans. Donaldsonville was designated as the Louisiana capital (1829–1831),[11] as the result of conflict between the increasing number of Anglo-Americans, who deemed New Orleans "too noisy" and wanted to move the capital closer to their centers of population farther north in the state, and French Creoles, who wanted to keep the capital in a historically-French area (Wikipedia).
2. This week in New Orleans history. January 4, 2006. Hubig's Pie factory reopens post-Katrina.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Twelfth Night
   When: January 6; times of parades vary
   Where: French Quarter, Uptown
   What: The first day of the carnival season, known as Twelfth Night or the Epiphany, will kick off yet again with three parades.
   
• Phunny Phorty Phellows will ride the streetcar from Uptown to Canal Street and back starting at 7 p.m.
  
• The beloved walking Krewe of Joan of Arc parade will roll in at 7 p.m. from Jax Brewery in the French Quarter, and
  
• the Société Des Champs Elysée parade, will take place starting at 7:30 p.m. on N. Rampart Street and Esplanade, going to the CBD. Like last year, it will be following the N. Rampart/St. Claude streetcar route.
  
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Stevie 'typewritergypsy' writes me the poem “Midnight Jazz on Royal Street with ET.”

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