Krewe of Birney Memories

Krewe of Birney Memories This is a page is dedicated to the memories of the Krewe of Birney, a Metairie elementary school's salute to Carnival.

The Krewe of Birney ran from the late 1970's until the late 1990's. The Krewe hosted an annual Carnival ball and parade by the students of Alice Birney Elementary, under the production by Mrs. Kay Caruso, a teacher and later librarian of the school. There were several themes that the ball celebrated including Walt Disney, Holidays, and the USA. Costumes were created by the parents and school volunteers each year. Many traditions of Carnival were followed including crowning our royalty which were selected by finding the "golden bean" in an envelope, singing "If Ever I Cease to Love", and the pageantry of many Carnival balls still held today.

01/20/2025

Please feel free to share pictures from here and invite friends that were a part of the Krewe of Birney! I'll be adding more stuff like ball programs and other stuff I come across. Please do the same!

01/20/2025
more pictures
01/20/2025

more pictures

Here's a bunch of the pictures that I have from Mrs Caruso's ollection through the years. I'll add a ton more.
01/20/2025

Here's a bunch of the pictures that I have from Mrs Caruso's ollection through the years. I'll add a ton more.

I know most of you saw the video that we did from a few years ago with Mrs Caruso. If not, here's a video interview we...
01/20/2025

I know most of you saw the video that we did from a few years ago with Mrs Caruso. If not, here's a video interview we did with Mrs Kay Caruso, the amazing woman that produced the Krew eof Birney Carnival ball and parade every year. Love you Mrs Caruso!

In this episode, we catch up with Ms Kay Caruso, the former coordinator of the Mardi Gras Ball and parade at our elementary school, Alice Birney. For 25 ye...

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