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not_the_one

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2. I only lived in the FQ for 3 and a half years, but my understanding...

Reply to Drum (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:15 PM

Mar 2020

Second lines are, essentially, funeral parades, led by a marching jazz band, with the mourners marching behind. It starts out somber, but turns into a celebration in honor of the person who died.

It is a New Orleans tradition. They can be spontaneous, or arranged.

I would assume the "organizer" is just that, the person who arranges for the jazz band.

Maybe some NOLA people could correct me?

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New Orleans second line organizer arrested Monday; NOPD says he refused to disband large gathering [View all] Roy Rolling Mar 2020 OP

What is "second line organizer" ? Drum Mar 2020 #1

I only lived in the FQ for 3 and a half years, but my understanding... not_the_one Mar 2020 #2

Excellent, gotcha, and thanks! Drum Mar 2020 #3

Historically, exactly right. mysitcfairy Mar 2020 #4

Some people's stupidity is only eclipsed GeorgiaPeanut Mar 2020 #5

The Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus rolled on 2-1-20 fleur-de-lisa Mar 2020 #6

Exactly Roy Rolling Apr 2020 #7