After 39 years on the west bank, the Krewe of Cleopatra makes news this year by moving its parade to the Uptown route. It will keep its prime spot on the parade calendar, on the first Friday of parades, but on the east bank of the Mississippi River. The krewe is excited to be celebrating its 40th anniversary with the new route and the captain promises special throws and other surprises to mark the occasion. One of the largest all-female krewes in Carnival, Cleopatra was founded in 1972 and named for the famed Queen of the Nile.
