Who doesn't love a parade, especially when there are ‘throws' of candy, beads and toys? Perdido Elementary/Middle School's Pre-K and Kindergarten classes have been celebrating Mardi Gras for fifteen years with a parade on the school grounds. Parents and teachers support this community event by sending in more than enough parade ‘throws' so every child ends up with beads, candy or toys. Mrs. Glinda Dennis, Mrs. Brooke Drinkard and Mrs. Kambi Gohagan include a variety of Mradi Gras activities in their classrooms, with everything from sorting and counting to patterns and graphs.

Perdido's middle school band students under the direction of Mrs. Melanie Brannon performed crowd favorites such as: The Hey Song, When the Saints Go Marching In, Just Plain Blues and We Will Rock You.