The first float parade came in 1999. The Demented Krewe had dreamed for years of some sort of float parade.  In ’99 the Krewe rooted around and found a couple of stray Cajuns, A. J. and Penny Bellard, who professed a similar interest.  Discussions began, but time and money ran low.  In true demented fashion, the Krewe and their new friends decided that to do a thing haphazardly is far better than to let the thing go undone.  So, on the Saturday before Mardi Gras, the Demented Krewe and others went to it.  Jose’s Restaurant (ever staunch supporters of this madness) decorated a trailer.  Jean and Dixie of the Demented Krewe decorated a truck with a strange metal bird on the roof and lots of colored stuff hanging from the sides.  The Bellards showed up with a pirogue on their pick up truck.  The police were notified at the last moment and showed up to escort the parade.  Although very patient with these fools, they would wear no beads.  Again, it was like old times.  No one on the street had a clue what was happening, but the kids took to the beads instantly.  The following Tuesday night at Jose’s, with Don Greenaway jesting, Harold and Stacey Weities were crowned King and Queen.  The now rejuvenated Billy Zydeco Band, along with an, as yet unidentified but talented trumpet player, traipsed through the usual haunts to Chester’s Place.  The police were prepared this year and blocked the street at dusk in preparation for the crowds, which followed.