When did the Krewe of Dreux begin?

1972.We had a bunch of people who were living in a four-plex at the corner of Dreux and Franklin Avenue. They had a party, everybody having a good ol’ time, and at some point they decided, ‘We’re going to have our own parade.’ We had between 30 and 40 people that first year. Luigi’s, which was a Gentilly institution and kind of a predecessor to MOMs [Mystic Krewe of Misfits and Orphans], jumped in and the next year participation basically doubled....