| Missouri Mardi Gras true to town's French heritage
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Mardi Gras celebrations in places such as New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., are well-known, but a Missouri village with French roots has its own pre-Lenten party, a traditional ball that dates back more than 250 years. On the first Saturday of February, the people of Ste. Genevieve and their out-of-town visitors don French colonial costumes and dance at the annual King's Ball. Dancers of all ages, from little kids and spirited teenagers to those well in their 70s, will crowd the floor on Feb. 2 this year to dance reels and other old-time line dances. "Ste. Gen," as the locals call it, was settled by the French in the early 1700s, making it one of Missouri's oldest settlements. The town of 4,400 people on the Mississippi River is 64 miles south of St. Louis.
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