The path of the annual Southern Decadence parade , which is set to march on Sunday in the French Quarter, has been changed in order to dodge an extensive water pipe replacement project blocking Royal Street at St. Peters Street.

The gaudy, 1200-participant procession will start at the corner of Royal and Barracks Streets and head uptown on Royal Street as usual.

But, departing from its original route, the parade will turn right on Orleans Street and left on Dauphine Street.

After that, it turns right on St. Louis Street, and continues as planned, turning right on N. Rampart Street, right on Toulouse Street, left on Burgundy Street, right on St. Ann Street, and left on Bourbon Street, ending at Dumaine Street.

The annual Southern Decadence parade, which has celebrated the Crescent C

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