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In March 1948 Tessitore hired a piano player named Henry Roeland Byrd (1918 -1980), and gave him the nickname Professor Longhair-the title of “Professor” had been bestowed on New Orleans piano players since the days of Storyville, and “Longhair” referred to Byrd’s relaxed coiffure. After stints as the Japanese Tea Room and the Gypsy Tea Room II, it opened as the Caldonia Nite Club in 1947, and was called the Caldonia Inn by the early 50s. His family worked for the building’s owner, Michael Tessitore, who ran a grocery store and saloon downstairs.
“Uncle” Lionel Batiste, the drummer, singer, grand marshal, and bon vivant, said he was born on the second floor of this building in 1932 (his obituary said he was born in 1931 one imagines Batiste grinning at the discrepancy). Philip Street, half of which remains just outside the park’s perimeter fence. The building was at the intersection of St. Others were advising the cancelation of such travel plans, warning of Louisiana’s high infection numbers, lower-than-average vaccination rate and the city’s recent mandate requiring proof of vaccinations or recent negative Covid-19 tests to enter bars and restaurants.To visit this site, enter Louis Armstrong Park at 801 N Rampart Street, turn right, and proceed to the far side of the lagoon. Many Decadence participants posting on social media Saturday expressed an expectation that hundreds of people still would follow through on travel plans to visit New Orleans for Labor Day weekend. Annual events such as White Linen Night, Dirty Linen Night, the Red Dress Run and San Fermin in Nueva Orleans also were scrapped, at least officially. Other festivals affected this year by the continued Covid-19 pandemic include the city’s canceled 2021 Carnival events, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the French Quarter Festival, the BUKU: Planet B festival, Voodoo Fest and the Gretna Heritage Festival. And we look forward to all events returning next year, including the celebration of Southern Decadence’s 50th Anniversary.” “The safety of all people should be everyone’s top priority, so we believe the organizers made the right call.
“As we have recently seen with events that are known to attract large crowds, organizers of the traditional Southern Decadence events have also decided to cancel their events this year due to the health and safety concerns posed by the current surge in COVID cases,” the spokesman said. But Cantrell’s office applauded the decision. Organizers of Southern Decadence did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Those dates still were featured Saturday on the event’s official website, though the detailed schedule of events posted there remained those from 2019. This year’s celebration had been set for Sept. Southern Decadence, which bills itself as New Orleans’ largest gay event, has grown since 1972 into a massively popular gathering that concludes over Labor Day Weekend. The decision made Decadence the latest in a long line of major New Orleans cultural and entertainment festivals prompted to cancel or significantly alter planned 2021 events as a result of the latest surge in coronavirus cases. “As of (Friday), Southern Decadence canceled the parade, tasting, Bourbon Extravaganza and block party on Rampart Street,” Cantrell spokesman John Lawson wrote in an email in response to a WVUE-Fox 8 query. NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Organizers of the Southern Decadence New Orleans festival have canceled this year’s major events requiring city permits, including the annual parade through the French Quarter and block party on Rampart Street, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office said Saturday (Aug.