KREWE OF BABY DOLL LADIES, 2024
Your One & Only Mardi Gras Baby Dolls Dance Parade!
Dance Company
Since 2005, the Official New Orleans Baby Dolls have carried forward a vital piece of Mardi Gras tradition through their dance company and signature ensemble. Alongside leading the annual Baby Doll Ladies Mardi Gras Dance-Parade, the ensemble also presents Oh, Those Baby Dolls—an immersive cabaret-style production filled with music, dance, and storytelling.
This lively theatrical work draws inspiration from the often under-told chronicles of the Baby Doll tradition’s Jazz dance roots. Each year, members of the dance-theater ensemble bring these stories to life through choreographed works that culminate in a master performance on Mardi Gras Day at Lafayette Square and Gallier Hall.
* Birthdate: April 23
* Affiliation: Cultural Dance Ambassador
* Induction: 2007
* Parade Unit: Dance Company
* Parade Special Teams: N/A
* Hobbies: Dancing, Traveling, & Shopping
* Favorite Color: Tan
* Favorite Creole Dish: Crawfish Bisque
* Favorite Carnival Song: “Feel Like Funkin Up”
* Favorite Mardi-Gras Hangout/ Activity: Dance &
shake in The BDL Mardi Gras Dance-Parade
* Birthdate: November 30
* Affiliation: Cultural Dance Ambassador
* Induction: 2013
* Parade Unit: Dance Company
* Parade Special Teams: N/A
* Hobbies: Dancing & Crafting
* Favorite Color: Red & Pink
* Favorite Creole Dish: Seafood gumbo and a good crawfish “berl” (boil)
* Favorite Carnival Song: “Do Whatcha Wanna” Pt. 3 by Reirth Brass Band
* Favorite Mardi-Gras Hangout/ Activity: Attending Parades
* Birthdate: June 5
* Affiliation: Cultural Dance Ambassador
* Induction: 2016
* Parade Unit: Dance Company
* Parade Special Teams: Choreographer
* Hobbies: Watching cooking shows, cooking &
reading the Bible
* Favorite Color: Pink
* Favorite Creole Dish: Gumbo
* Favorite Carnival Song: “Hey Pocky Way”
* Induction: 2024
* Parade Unit: Dance Company
* Committee: Programs & DWTD participant
* Hobbies: Dancing, cooking, makeup, musical theater
* Favorite Creole Dish: Shrimp or Hot sausage poboy
* Favorite Carnival Song: “Do Whatcha Wanna”
* Favorite Mardi-Gras Hangout/ Activity: Walking, having a laugh on St Charles
* Induction: 2023
* Parade Unit: Dance Company
* Committee: Marketing & Media Co-Chair
* Hobbies: Dancing, singing, and enjoying the arts
* Favorite Creole Dish: Shrimp Étouffée
* Favorite Carnival Song: “
Why You Worried 'bout Me?”
* Favorite Mardi-Gras Hangout/ Activity: Dancing in the BDL parade & catching coconuts at Zulu!
Auxiliary
On Shrove Tuesday, the New Orleans Baby Doll Ladies fulfills its culminating mission: celebrating everyday women of excellence from across our neighborhoods. This celebration shines brightest in the Mardi Gras Baby Dolls Dance-Parade—the only parade of its kind in the Crescent City. Through this tradition, we provide women and girls—ages 13 to 70+—with a professional platform to stay active, form lifelong friendships, and proudly take part in a cherished legacy of Carnival and Jazz history
* Induction: 2022
* Parade Unit: Linestepper
* Committee(s): Leadership Dream Team, K12, Programming, Fundraising, and Regalia
* Hobbies: Dancing, singing, and enjoying the arts
* Favorite Creole Dish: Crawfish Étouffée
* Favorite Carnival Song: “
Why You Worried 'bout Me?”
* Favorite Mardi-Gras Hangout/ Activity: Dancing down the street with my doll sisters, of course!
* Favorite part of BDL?: "My favorite aspect of being a New Orleans Baby Doll Lady is that our organization is deeply rooted in the rich tradition of black doll masking, while simultaneously shaping a paradigm of sisterhood, service, and artistic curation as living legacies."
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