Mardi Gras 3

This page displays the Floats built by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, INC.

This Year's Theme:

This year, the Stripers had a theme of , featuring float designs from years past. Most of these original designs were lost, so Brent updated the floats from archival pictures and the memory and direction of the builder, Steve Mussell. Some were originally built by Steve when he was an apprentice, before he assumed control of his own floatbuilding company.

Beauty & The Beast

CANDYLAND

DRAGON

EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

ICHABOD CRANE

MONOPOLY

Music Man

Stars & Stripes

The Three Musketeers

THUNDERBALL

2009's Theme: ROYALTY

CAESAR Salad

Caesar float for Stripers by Brent Amacker, built by Mirthco, Inc.

The COUNT

The Count float by Brent Amacker for Mirthco, Inc.

Dairy Queen

Dairy Queen float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc.

The DUKE

Duke float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc.

My Name is EARL

Earl float by Brent Amacker for Mirthco, Inc.

Emperor's New Clothes

Emperor float by Brent Amacker for Mirthco, Inc.

King Tut

Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia....

Lords a'Leaping

Lords a'Leaping float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc.

Monarch

Monarch float by Brent Amacker for Mirthco, Inc.

Prince Albert

Prince Albert float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc.

Princess and the Pea

Princess & the Pea float by Brent Amacker for Mirthco, Inc.

Order of POLKA DOTS

This Year's Theme: "A Number of Things"

One Fish, Two Fish

Two to Tango

Fourth of July

Five O'Clock Somewhere

Seven Wonders

Eight Planets

Love Potion #9

Perfect 10

Air Force One

Thirteen Ghosts of Alabama

18 Holes of Golf

Summer of '69

Around the World in 80 Days

88 Keys

2009 Theme: BROADWAY MUSICALS!

"Annie Get Your Gun"

"BARNUM"

"Beauty and the Beast"

Beauty & the Beast Float by Brent Amcker for Mirthco & Polka Dots

"CATS"

"CHICAGO"

Chicago Float for Polka Dots by BRENT AMACKER for Mirthco, Inc.

"Cinderella"

Cinderella float for Polka Dots by Brent Amacker for Mirthco, Inc.

Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc.

"GREASE"

GREASE float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc. for Polka Dots

"The Little Mermaid"

Little Mermaid Float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc. for Polka Dots

Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly float by BRENT AMACKER & Mirthco, Inc. for Polka Dots

"There's NO Business Like Show Business"

Peter Pan

Peter Pan float by Brent Amacker and Mirthco, Inc. for Polka Dots

The King and I

The WIZ

Order of LaShe's

This Year's Theme: "LaShe's Hit Vegas!"

CAESAR'S PALACE

Caesar's Palace float for Neptune's Daughters by Brent Amacker, built by Mirthco, Inc.

Caesar's Palace front figure, La She's float by Mirthco

ELVIS/ Wedding Chapel

Elvis/Wedding Chapel float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc. for LaShe's

Elvis/Wedding Chapel float by Mirthco, Inc. for LaShe's

Below is this one rolling in the parade:

Elvis Wedding Float ROlling....

EXCALIBUR CASINO

Excalibur Casino float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc. for LaShe's

FREEMONT STREET

Freemont Street float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc. for LaShe's

Here a few pics of the above float under construction:

Fremont street figure Fremont side figure

Hard Rock Casino

Hard Rock Casino float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc. for LaShe's

Harrah*s

Harrah's float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc. for LaShe's

Harrah's float by Mirthco, Inc. for La She's

Las Vegas

Las Vegas float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc. for LaShe's

LUXOR

LUXOR float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc. for LaShe's

Luxor float front sculpture by Stve Mussell's Mirthco, Inc.

New York

New York float by Brent Amacker & Mirthco, Inc. for LaShe's

ALL IMAGES (C) 2009BRENT AMACKER