Mardi Gras returns to Dauphin Island on Saturday, January 5 at 1 p.m. as the Krewe de la Dauphine hosts its 15th annual parade. More than 52 units are scheduled to take part in the 2008 Hooray for Holidays themed celebration.

Floats representing the major holidays such as Christmas, Halloween, Easter and more will roll down Bienville Boulevard from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab to the Little Red School House as more than 35,000 partiers look on.

Thousands of Mardi Gras throws, from beads to cups, will be tossed to those along the parade route.

Dauphin Island is just 33 miles south of Mobile at the end of the Dauphin Island Parkway. Home to attractions such as the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Estuarium, historic Ft. Gaines and the Audubon Bird Sanctuary, Dauphin Island is Alabama's Family Beach ®.

For information, call 251-861-5524 or visit www.dauphinisland.org. or call ACP Real Estate at 251-861-3311 - www.acpinfo.com