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Pre-Game for Mardi Gras with Harry Connick Jr.

Where: 921 Canal St [map], New Orleans, LA, United States, 70112

Still on the fence about your Mardi Gras plans? Perhaps Harry Connick Jr. can change your mind.

That’s right, your favorite ‘90s crooner has teamed up with the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans to offer the “Lundi Gras Ride of a Lifetime” package, which gives two guests the chance to ride with the New Orleans native in his Krewe of Orpheus during the parade held the day before Mardi Gras: Monday, Feb. 23. (You know, because “lundi” means Monday in French.)

Package guests get bedecked in theme-appropriate costumes and outfitted with throws or beads, plus access to a videographer who will document the 12-hour day and night. Plus, a limo will be at your whim for 48 hours, so you don’t have to try to catch a cab in the middle of Mardi Gras. And, of course, the package also covers a two-night stay in the Ritz-Carlton Suite, which has “sweeping views” of the French Quarter and Canal Street.

If you didn’t know that Harry Connick Jr. had his own krewe, well, we didn’t either, but apparently he founded it back in 1993. And since many of the krewes are old men’s clubs, this is one of those ways anyone can buy their way into the storied tradition.

All that for just $25,000. Gulp. For that price, Harry better throw in an in-suite serenade of “It Had to Be You.” And maybe give a quick tutorial on how to achieve those signature snazzy ’dos.

[Photo: Krewe of Orpheus]