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To see the Mask's exclusive HD video of the 2016 Maids of Mirth parade, click HERE.
To see the Mask's exclusive album of photos from that parade, place your cursor on the image below and click on the arrows.
2019
2024
To see the Mask's exclusive HD video of the 2019 Maids of Mirth parade, click HERE.
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2023
2018
To see the Mask's exclusive HD video of the 2018 Maids of Mirth parade, click HERE.
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To see the Mask's exclusive HD video of the 2022 Maids of Mirth parade, click HERE.
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2022
To see the Mask's exclusive HD video of the 2017 Maids of Mirth parade, click HERE.
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2016
Maids of Mirth
One of Mobile's first two women's parading groups, the Maids of Mirth, first paraded in 1950, just one day after the Order of Polka Dots broke the gender barrier. Members of the Maids, however, are quick to point out that their organization incorporated first.
Catherine Cook Haas was called "the guiding hand" of the MOM by Mardi Gras historian Emily Staples Hearin. The name of the group, as the story goes, was chosen from a list of suggestions created by the Dominoes, another ladies' organization.
MOM will parade this year on February 22 at 6:30 p.m. for the sixth year on Route G. That route begins and ends at the Infant Mystics den, Cotton Hall, because the MOMs hold their ball at the nearby Crown Hall.
The theme of this year's parade will be Color Me Pretty. The parade will include nine floats designed by Sarah Otts and built by Rhonda Odom McCullough. Costumes are by Seams to Be.
Check this page later for photos and video of the 2025 parade. To see the Mask's exclusive photo album of the 2024 Maids of Mirth parade, place your cursor on the image below and click on the arrows.
To see the Mask's exclusive HD video of that parade, click HERE.
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2017
To see the Mask's exclusive HD video of the 2020 Maids of Mirth parade, click HERE.
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To see the Mask's exclusive HD video of the 2023 Maids of Mirth parade, click HERE.
To see the Mask's exclusive album of photos from that parade, place your cursor on the image below and click on the arrows.