Tyesha Fontenot, right, holds her daughter Ada'lynn Fontenot, 3, as she gets a string of beads during the inaugural Shenandoah Mardi Gras Parade Monday. Kodi and Chelsea Brignac and their four children, Joseph, 7 and Evie, 4 (in wagon), Aubrey, 6 (red jacket) and Andrew, 3 on dad's shoulders, get ready for the start of the inaugural Shenandoah Mardi Gras Parade Monday. The official parade banner leads the inaugural Shenandoah Mardi Gras Parade Monday.