Nothing Succeeds Like Excess At Adults' Parade

BY Darrin Mortenson

While the official slogan of this year’s Carnival may have been "Echoes Through Time," the unofficial and pervading theme at the climactic Adults Parade Saturday was definitely "Big Girls Rule" -- the song that kept things bouncing and shaking from 10 a.m. till well after sundown. Perhaps no one put a finer point on that theme than Sen. Celestino White who, dressed in drag and with drink in hand, made his way down Main Street along the parade route with ample padding around the middle beneath a white dress and surprisingly flattering wig. "This is incredible! Look at these costumes," said Philadelphian Rob Gehlert to his friend Nina Painter as one of the more tasteful troupes danced by. Full Story Here