Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDA float decoration is protected from the rain during a soggy Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.

Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDConan Moore shouts for throws while standing on a ladder in the rain Saturday during the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDUmbrellas fill the street while rain falls on the crdowd before the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade rolls Saturday.

Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDWilliam Clyde and Lee Lormand stand out with extra tall wigs during the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDJesse Lunsford, left, and Gabrielle Champion enjoyed the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade in whimsical costumes Saturday.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDCups and beads litter the soggy ground at the end of the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.

Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDMark Barth, a former Baton Rouge resident, flew in from Chicago for the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDHillary Polito and her 2-year-old daughter, Helen Rose, came to watch the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday dressed as fairies.

Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDBeads mix with mud during a rainy Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.

Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDSarah Blake, 8, uses her umbrella to catch beads in the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade Saturday.

Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDParade spectators, from left, Patrick Turk, Natalie Turk, Heidi Hunt and Josh Saunders dance in the street between floats in the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.

Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDTom Bicki, left, Mckayla Harper, center, and Renee Daigle take in the sights on Spanish Town Road before the start of the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.

Advocate staff shoto by HEATHER MCCLELLANDMatthew Campbell, front, and his wife, Erica, just behind him, beg for beads during the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.

Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDTerry Molony, left, and Lisa Solomon walk together down Spanish Town Road before the start of the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.

Advocate Staff Photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDArriana Disdeard, 8, waits for beads under a colorful umbrella Saturday during a rainy Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDKristen Webb, right, and Chelsea Harris, left, perform Saturday with the Babycakes dance team in the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDAmy and Bob McIver, of Jacksonville, Fla., give each other a what they call a 'fish kiss' before the start of the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday.