Press Coverage
Eureka Springs Mardis Gras
The 2012 Eureka Gras Mardi Extravaganza - It's Party Time in Eureka Springs, Arkansas!!!
| Katrina transplant Dan Ellis has
brought New Orleans flair and tradition to the Ozarks for over 5
years, and the 7th annual Eureka Gras Feb 16th through 21st will be the best! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wake up and smell the beignets and café! It’s true the little Ozark tourist town of Eureka Springs may slow down just a bit during January, but the town heats up on Kings Day through February when Eureka Gras Mardi Gras activities get cooking. Thanks to Dan Ellis, who relocated to Eureka Springs from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina savaged his home, Eureka Springs has learned to love Mardi Gras, that festival of over-the-top excess and partying that yields to Lent and its traditional month of austerity. This year, Ellis and his Krewe of Krazo (that’s Ozark spelled backwards ), have arranged for four weeks of madcap Carnival activities. Called Eureka Gras Mardi Gras, the 7th annual festival will be longer and more fun-filled than any that preceded it. The Mardi Gras flame started burning early in January, with the Kickoff introduction of the Royal Court, and this year’s King and Queen, Scott Smith and Mary Popovac, at the Rowdy Beaver Den Tavern and Restaurant. At the end of the month, floats were christened and sponsors honored. This year’s theme, My-O-Myan, reflected in costumes and float designs, is a good-natured poke at the fuss about the Mayan Calendar ending in 2012. A float created by jack Jack Miller, carrying a giant Jaguar, a sacrificial virgin and a huge pyramid, helps set the tone of the parade. Traditional Mardi Gras parades feature “A Second Line” of marchers who step and dance This is truly a New Orleans style Mardi Gras setting in the beautiful Ozarks within the Downtown area of Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
 This event, in its seventh year has grown phenomenally and is now deep rooted in the Victorian Town with up and down curly-Q streets.
Sponsored by the Crescent and Basin Park Hotels and the Rowdy Beaver Restaurant with the firm committments of the banking community including Arvest, Community First and Cornerstone.
The Krewe of Krazo,
OZARK spelled backwards,
assures visitors and locals
Laissez les bon temps Rouler
Let the Good Times Roll
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The 2010 Eureka Gras Parade
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"The Extraordinary Escape,"
Eureka Springs is an eclectic getaway town in the heart of the Ozarks
famous for our art, architecture, unique, locally owned shops,
outstanding restaurants, historic hotels, BnB's, beauty, romance, &
outdoor adventures.
OZARK spelled backwards,
assures visitors and locals
Laissez les bon temps Rouler
et the Good Times Roll
et the Good Times Roll
