RL Reeves Jr

Writer documenting life in New Orleans 9th Ward. I'm eating 500 po boys at 500 different restaurants, gas stations, corner stores and cafes in New Orleans

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Field Report: 2025 Valley of Silent Men Social and Pleasure Second Line

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On August 31, 2025

In Field Reports, Second Line Culture in New Orleans

The 2025 Valley of Silent Men Social and Pleasure Second Line parade marked the beginning of the fresh second line season. Hearts were a bit heavy as this is the first season we will experience without the singular Pableaux Johnson who was felled by a heart attack in January of this year.

Here were our favorite photos from the Valley shoot.

2025 Valley of Silent Men Social and Pleasure Second Line

2025 Valley of Silent Men Social and Pleasure Second Line

2025 Valley of Silent Men Social and Pleasure Second Line

2025 Valley of Silent Men Social and Pleasure Second Line

2025 Valley of Silent Men Social and Pleasure Second Line

Field Report: 2025 Satchmo Summerfest Second Line

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On August 6, 2025

In Field Reports, Second Line Culture in New Orleans

2025 Satchmo Summerfest Second Line

If you were in New Orleans in the late 70s you were living in a Baby Doll desert. By my count we had less than five ladies masking and the tradition was in danger of becoming extinct. In the ensuing 45-plus years we’ve seen dozens if not hundreds of women embrace the custom, form their own Doll Houses, and take to the streets to shimmy, shake, and show out.

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Field Report: 2025 Scene Boosters Marching Club Second Line

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On June 4, 2025

In Field Reports, Second Line Culture in New Orleans

2025 Scene Boosters Marching Club Second Line

The 2025 Scene Boosters Marching Club Second Line saw a few thousand people march through the historic Central City neighborhood of New Orleans 3rd Ward. This is what we saw:

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Field Report: 2025 Money Wasters Social and Pleasure Second Line

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On May 31, 2025

In Field Reports, Second Line Culture in New Orleans

2025 Money Wasters Social and Pleasure Second Line

It was 106° this past Sunday when we rolled with Money Wasters Social and Pleasure. Summer is three weeks away. This is what we saw on our stroll across the blast furnace blacktop into the deepest heart of the Treme.

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Field Report: 2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

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On May 12, 2025

In Field Reports, New Orleans Street Fashion, Second Line Culture in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

We had a lively ramble through the streets of New Orleans 7th Ward yesterday afternoon to celebrate mothers both here and dearly departed. The Original Big 7 second line is one of the best of the 40+ that the social and pleasure clubs put on across the greatest city in North America.

This is what we saw:

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

2025 Original Big 7 Mother’s Day Second Line in New Orleans

Field Report: 2025 VIP Ladies and Kids Second Line Parade in New Orleans

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On April 21, 2025

In Field Reports, Second Line Culture in New Orleans

2025 VIP Ladies and Kids Second Line Parade in New Orleans

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Field Report: 2025 Uptown Super Sunday Indian Party at Shakespeare Park

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On March 30, 2025

In Field Reports

2025 Uptown Super Sunday Indian Party at Shakespeare Park

New Orleans has a thousand parties a year but there are only two that you have to experience no matter where you’re from, be it Mongolia or Shreveport: Mardi Gras Day and Uptown Super Sunday.

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Field Report: 2025 CTC Steppers Social and Pleasure 9th Ward Second Line

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On February 17, 2025

In Field Reports, Second Line Culture in New Orleans

Field Report: 2025 CTC Steppers Social and Pleasure 9th Ward Second Line

We rolled with the 2025 CTC Steppers Social and Pleasure club on their 9th Ward second line yesterday. This is what we saw:

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Field Report: Funerary Second Line Treme Brass Band Saxophone Man John ‘Prince’ Gilbert

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On December 30, 2024

In Field Reports, Second Line Culture in New Orleans

Funerary Second Line Treme Brass Band Saxophone Man John ‘Prince’ Gilbert

John ‘Prince’ Gilbert carried out of Charbonnet Labat Glapion Funeral Home to be taken to his final resting place.

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The Council For The Preservation Of The Po Boy Sandwich Visits 2024 Oak Street Po-Boy Festival

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On December 19, 2024

In 500 Po Boys, Field Reports

The Council For The Preservation Of The Po Boy Sandwich

The Council For The Preservation Of The Po Boy Sandwich, of which I am the only member, recently visited the Oak Street Po Boy Festival to eat a few po boys and survey the landscape of po boys in the year 2024.

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