Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras tradition in Gulf Shores faces uncertain future

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Gulf Shores Mardi Gras was once organized and hosted by private organizations ahead of the 2017 parade, when tragedy struck before that year's parade. In 2015, crowds line the streets of Alabama State Route 59 for the Gulf Shores Mardi Gras Association parade on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 in Gulf Shores, Ala.

For 47 years, Mardi Gras in Gulf Shores has started with a Fat Tuesday parade, a tradition that rolls through the city hours before Orange Beach hosts its own celebration later in the day.

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