Half-Fast Walking Club

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The Half-Fast Walking Club is a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe led by Pete Fountain. Originally all on foot, in recent decades it has also featured one or two small floats. Fountain and other local jazz musicians play through much of the parade. The krewe's current route, basically unchanged since the mid-1970s, starts very early on Mardi Gras morning, at world famous Commander's Palace Restaurant on Washington Avenue in the Garden District. The krewe then proceeds downtown on St. Charles Avenue and after a brief interlude on Canal Street, enters the French Quarter at Bourbon Street winds around the Quarter and eventually ends up at the New Orleans Riverfront Hilton in the early afternoon.

The "Half-Fast" is one of the best known marching Krewes that parades in New Orleans on Mardi Gras. The original name was "The Half-Assed Walking Club" and was an excuse to take a "lubricated" musical stroll down the parade route. Pete changed the name under pressure exerted by the parade organizers. On Mardi Gras Day 2007 Pete once again joined his Half Fast Walking Club, having missed the event in 2006 due to illness.

v t e Parades at Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Old Line Krewes	Mistick Krewe of Comus Knights of Momus Rex Krewe of Proteus

Super Krewes	Krewe of Endymion Krewe of Bacchus Krewe of Orpheus

Parading Krewes	Krewe du Vieux Mystic Krewe of Druids Knights of Babylon Krewe of King Arthur Krewe of Muses Knights of Chaos Krewe of Hermes Le Krewe d'Etat Krewe of Mid-City Krewe of Thoth Krewe of Iris Krewe of Tucks Krewe of Morpheus Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club Krewe of OAK KOE (Krewe of Elvis) Krewe of Pontchartrain Phorty Phunny Phellows Knights of Sparta Krewe of Nyx Krewe of Okeanos Krewe of Freret Krewe of Pygmalion Krewe of Carrollton Krewe of Alla Krewe of Choctaw Krewe of Oshun Krewe of Cleopatra Elks Krewe of Orleanians Krewe of Crescent City Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus NOMTOC (New Orleans Most Talked Of Club)

Non-Parading Krewes that present debutantes	Twelfth Night Revelers Elves of Oberon Krewe of Athenians The Atlanteans The Harlequins Krewe of Olympians Mystery Caliphs of Cairo Krewe of Nereus High Priests of Mithras Prophets of Persia Krewe of Dorians Krewe of Osiris Krewe of Achaeans

Walking Clubs	Half-Fast Walking Club North Side Skull and Bones Gang Society of Saint Anne Krewe of Barkus Jefferson City Buzzards Irish Channel Corner Club St. John Fools of Misrule

Mardi Gras Indians	Wild Tchoupitoulas Creole Wild West Yellow Pocahontas Wild Magnolias

Related	Throws Mardi Gras Indians

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