Mardi Gras unfolds as a perfect day to party

Downtown Eunice was packed on Tuesday with dancers, drinkers and shoppers. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
Downtown Eunice was packed on Tuesday with dancers, drinkers and shoppers. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

The sky was a deep blue and the day warmed into the comfortable 60s for a Mardi Gras that drew what was probably a record crowd to downtown Eunice. The Mardi Gas runs no matter what the weather — maybe something like a hurricane would stop it. Barry Soileau of the Le Vieux Mardi Gras De Cajuns de Eunice, was doing his 51st Mardi Gras and the 27th pulling a trailer in the traditional run. “Eunice h…