Gabby Presas (left) follows through after throwing beads during the Seventh Ward Elementary Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Kindergartener Bentley Granduery excitedly puts beads around his neck prior to the start of Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Isabella Roblin watches as her fellow students cry out for more beads during Seventh Ward Elementary's Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
McKayla Roddy, right, hands a ring of beads to fifth graders during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Something catches the attention of James Rabb and his son Shawn before the start of Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Fourth graders shout for beads during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Mary Bordelon, right, tosses beads to excited fifth graders during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Third graders Lauren Doucet, left, and Sadie Foster shout for beads during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Claire Cook (left) gives her son, Brady, beads to throw during the Seventh Ward Elementary Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Stacey Wascom (left) and Debbie Sibley walk in the Seventh Ward Elementary Mardi Gras Parade as guests of honor on Friday, Feb. 9. Both will retire at the end of this school year.
A group of fourth graders reach over the rope in the hopes of getting some beads thrown their way during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Isabella Roblin reaches for more beads during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Anna Marie Juneau (right) tries to put a small Mardi Gras mask in Grayson Bigla's hair before the start of the Seventh Ward Elementary Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
First graders reach over the rope to get some beads during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Second graders Emery Holland, left, and Alayna Howe try to get beads thrown their way during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Despite already having a load of beads, these fourth graders want even more during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Kindergartener Brady Cook, right, hands students beads during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Teacher Karly Robinson, right, holds up a prize for eager students during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
Fourth grader Briss Moss, left, pulls his sister, Emmrie Moss, in a wagon during Seventh Ward Elementary’s Mardi Gras Parade on Friday, Feb. 9.
