Mardi Gras fans brave Valley flurries for annual party

LIBERTY

The Junior Civic League threw its annual Mardi Gras party Saturday night, and not even the snow could stop the revelers from coming out.

Members and invited guests began arriving at 7 p.m. at Mahoning Country Club on East Liberty Street.

They put on masks and beads and got ready to enjoy dinner followed by entertainment from Howard and the Point 5 Band.

There would also be a raffle with prizes: a flat-screen television and $500. Festivities were to continue until midnight.

“We support it,” said Ted Wynn, who was attending the event with his wife, Donna. The couple are from Coitsville.

“The only thing this year was the weather,” he said, adding that friends who were supposed to attend with them backed out because of it.

Nonetheless, he said, it is a very nice event.

“Not quite like being in New Orleans, but it’s close,” he joked.

The money raised, with tickets at $40 per person, will go to benefit the League’s scholarship and education programs.

The Junior Civic League is a nonprofit organization dedicated to volunteering and community service in the areas of health, education and civic affairs.

Read more about the event and the League in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.