Interview with Elson Cart
01:00 - Group of young boys (8-10 years old) running on foot in Iota around the 1920s; Mentions that none of the girls formed Mardi Gras groups in those days;
04:20 - An adult would follow the boys to make sure everything ran smoothly, didn't act as captain.
08:30 - Elson's father was a captain for Iota runs in the early years;
09:15 - How far back they can trace the Mardi Gras runs; 1919 is the earliest he remembers, but Elson's dad and father-in-law said they both ran Mardi Gras in their youngers days (1800s);
18:00 - Story about many of the Mardi Gras horses getting sick and dying;
21:00 - Mardi Gras costumes, discussing alternative materials they'd use to make costumes; - tablecloths, sheepskin, horsehair for masks, floursacks for main costume, cardboard for capuchon;
29:30 - Discussion about the captain's whip and costume;
31:00 - Houses rarely refused visits from Mardi Gras, it was a special event for them;
