Tuesday, March 07, 2000
Beechwood third-graders celebrate Fat . . . Monday
BY CINDY SCHROEDER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
FORT MITCHELL — Fat Tuesday will have new meaning for Beechwood Elementary third-graders today, after pupils took part in a mini-Mardi Gras celebration Monday.
With the help of feather boas, glittery masks and dozens of strings of multicolored beads, the 68 third-graders temporarily transformed their school into New Orleans' French Quarter. The children also listened to a tape of Cajun music.
Nine-year-old Sean Salzman, pronounced the festival “neat, because you get all this cool stuff like coins and masks.”
“I like how you get to dress up and you get beads and necklaces,” said Alex Weibel, 8, who joined classmates in a parade through school hallways Monday.
Unlike many of his classmates, Sean had actually attended a Mardi Gras celebration with his parents, and he had a vague idea what the celebration was all about.
Helping the children gain a better understanding of different cultures was a key goal of parents Susan Bushey and Julie Lyverse, who organized the mini-Mardi Gras.
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