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THIS PARADE HAS BEEN MOVED TO FRIDAY )
The Muses, in Greek mythology, were the nine daughters of Zeus.
Did you discern: Muses is the only all-female group that parades at night. Muses, having first paraded in 2000, has more than 1,000 members. Of those, 770 will rag its 26 floats designed by Blaine Kern, accompanied by 25 bands and marching groups. Although the mall's theme is kept secret, parade-goers are assured to get a glimpse of three signature Muses floats: "The Shoe," "The Bathtub" and "The Sirens."
Muses will advertise its 10th anniversary this year with a giant birthday cake, exemplary with pyrotechnics, as well as special anniversary-edition throws. Gala throws promised this year include Muses leather-strap rhinestone bracelets in menacing and pink, a 10th-anniversary historic bead with a shoe from each year of the splash, a plush gold and red Cupid's arrow "spear" with a core-shaped tip, "re-musable" totes sporting this
Source: NOLA.com