The theme of our second annual Bal Masqué was based on a carnival ball that actually took place in Russia in 1902, at St. Petersburg's famed Winter Palace. Czar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra set the dress code for the event: Medieval Russian Court costumes would be worn! Everyone excitedly researched his tunic and her gown designs; elaborate headpieces were encrusted with jewels and untold thousands of rubles were spent. That night a few photographs were taken which, decades later, were included in a book about the reign of Nicholas II. It from this book that our Krewe's Captain drew his inspiration for this year's Ball. Now there would be the ride in a troika, powerful horses dashing through the winter snows to the splendid Winter Palace on the Neva River. Drawing near, the lights of a hundred chandeliers blaze through hundreds of windows and the sounds of a Tchaikovsky waltz float softly through the door. Quickly, we would slip inside to take our place before the Emperor and Empress arrive. Yes! It's carnival time in old Russia! 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 HISTORY | MARDI GRAS BALLS | PHILANTHROPY | MEMBERSHIP | CONTACT US | HOME COPYRIGHT © 2007 The Mystick Krewe des Acadiens • All Rights Reserved Website and Annual Bal Masqué Programs Designed by: H Bourg