Mardi Gras News

Marney McQueen is the ultimate triple threat: an all-singing, all-dancing master of impersonation.

Dandenong North's Shari Loe will celebrate Shrove Tuesday by competing at the 28th annual ladies pancake tossing race at Melbourne's Flagstaff Gardens from 10am on February 21.

CLAYTON South local Myra Khan will celebrate Shrove Tuesday by competing at the 28th Annual Ladies Pancake Tossing Race on Tuesday, February 21.

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Some call it Shrove Tuesday, others Fat Tuesday, and still others, Mardi Gras. But whatever the title given the day before Ash Wednesday, one thing remains constant: Pancakes will be on the menu.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salinas plans a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper and the grand opening of a monthly senior luncheon and bingo program later this month. The church's Follies 2012 and Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper are set for 5:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 21 at St. Paul's, San Miguel Avenue at Pajaro Street. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 for children. Proceeds will benefit the youth group of St. Paul's and First United Methodist churches. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 24, St. Paul's will host the 'grand opening' for a senior luncheon and bingo program to be held the fourth Thursday of every month. The program is for those age 50 or older. A $5 donation is suggested but not required. For more information, call 831-424-0911.

The annual tradition of a Pancake Luncheon at St. Peter's Episcopal Church will continue on Tuesday, February 21st from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

From now until Shrove Tuesday, you can get a taste of the finest fare of New Orleans at several local restaurants through the Bite the Big Easy event.

Carnevale di Venezia is an annual festival, held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival starts around two weeks before Ash Wednesday and ends on Shrove Tuesday.

RESIDENTS in York are being asked to go flipping mad this Shrove Tuesday and take part in a charity pancake race through the city centre.

On Tue. Feb. 21, 2012 the First Presbyterian Church located at Sixth and Parkway in Lamar Colo.

Feb. 21 is Shrove Tuesday, the celebration day in preparation for the Lenten season.

Shrove Tuesday comes on February 21, this year and St Alban's Episcopal Church has some fun things planned to celebrate the day.

Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, is a celebration of the last night of eating rich fatty foods before Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday.

With many restaurants packed to bursting on Valentine's Day, if you are looking for an alternative evening out local restaurant the Deli Bistro could have the answer.

The bookings website for the Breakfree holiday 10 offer is now open - go to www.breakfree.co.uk/regional to make your booking.

Throughout Lent, which begins on 22 February, Christian Ecology Link is asking supporters to think and act on food sourcing in their local church communities and further afield.

Each year the Catholic tradition of Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday is played out around the globe as a final night of celebration before the Lenten Season, or time of penance begins which leads up to persecution and death of Our Lord and the Joyous day of Jesus' Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

We heard from so many readers after last fall's list of upcoming church suppers that we're doing it again just in time for Shrove Tuesday pancake suppers and Lenten fish fries.

Committee secretary Mick Betteridge has asked anyone who successfully ordered tickets for either the Shrove Tuesday or Ash Wednesday pre-game lunch to collect and pay for them from the Ex-Servicemen's Club in the Market Place.