Mardi Gras Coming to Westminster College Feb. 1

Mardi Gras is coming to Westminster College Friday, Feb. 1, from 6-8 p.m. in Orr Lobby.  Following the carnival "Red Wanting Blue" with opening Westminster College bands, "Some Are Heroes" and "Arizona Bay" will perform in Orr Auditorium.

The event includes a variety of free entertainment such as mask decorating, a caricaturist, and a balloon artist, along with carnival booth games including duck pond, sand art, basketball toss, string game, and palm reading.  Fireworks by Pyrotechnics will follow the carnival at 8 p.m.

Handing our free beaded necklaces will be the royal king and queen, Mike DaVia, a junior elementary education major from Pittsburgh, and Anne Smith, a junior elementary education major from DuBois.

The Student Alumni Association and the Campus Programming Committee sponsor the event, with major funding from the Student Government Association.

Mardi Gras admission is free, and is geared toward families with children.  Admission to the 8:30 p.m. adult concert is free for those with Westminster identification, and $10 for everyone else.

For more information, contact Shana Johns, a junior business administration major and Student Alumni Association Mardi Gras chair from Gahanna, Ohio, at (724) 946-6811.