EVANSVILLE, IN (WEHT) — Many people come to New Orleans every year to celebrate Mardi Gras, and even without traveling that far, many celebrated the holiday at home in Tri-State
For 15 years, the Stockwell Inn in Evansville has been helping residents celebrate Mardi Gras. Audrey Christie, owner of the Stockwell Inn, says they were packed with customers in the last few days leading up to Shrove Tuesday.
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“We’re open all day on Sunday and 11 a.m. on Saturday,” Christie said. “It was just a steady stream of people, if not slammed, that’s the worst moment we’ve ever had. I think people went back to work today.”
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One person who attended the celebration was Charleen Kaelin of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
who has celebrated carnival all her life.
“Well, I’m telling you, on Sundays they have the family version and that’s the kind we’re going to,” Kaelin said.
One thing you will always see during Mardi Gras are the beads and It Takes a Village had beads for sale with all proceeds going to animal rescue.
“Go out to feed them and take care of all kinds of medical expenses,” says Bobby Conway, a volunteer at It Takes a Village. “It was nice, we had two or three great days and a lot of them were just beautiful.”
To ensure all of their customers are well taken care of when they come in, Christie has to hire more staff each year to keep up with demand.
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“It’s crazy that I always bring in a lot of part-timers when they work at least 14, 15 hours a day full-time,” Christie explained. “It’s the same people every year and then there are a lot of new faces every year. The same people will be here and then when they leave, like tonight, they will leave and say see you next year,” she added.
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