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Feburary 2012
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A Royal Family
Tradition Continues for Baton Rouge Family in its 52nd Year as Part of the Krewe of Iduna
On a beautiful winter evening in 1961, Jane Peek was an excited and wide-eyed little seven-year-old girl who was about to witness her first Mardi Gras tableau. It was going to be very special for Jane because her father, the late Dr. Gordon Peek, was going to be crowned the first King of the newly formed Krewe of Iduna.
“I remember being sneaked into the building at one of the Ryan Airfield hangars where the celebration was being held. We were hidden up in the stairs to watch as the pageantry was presented. The Queen wore a gorgeous costume, and on the train was a huge rose that was actually lit up; I was enthralled! Then the babysitter whisked us back home with visions of the fabulous sights we had been privileged to watch and to see my dad so handsome and regal,” remembered Jane Peek Bond, or as she as known to her patients, Dr. Jane Peek, a well-known and respected Baton Rouge physician. As she crouched, mesmerized, that night, Peek probably never thought she, too, would be the center of attention at that same grand ball one day.
Mrs. Gordon Peek can be credited with starting the tradition that has lasted all of these years. She was a charter member, instrumental in initiating the formation of the Krewe along with a few of her friends at the time. Read the entire article online.
Tradition Continues for Baton Rouge Family in its 52nd Year as Part of the Krewe of Iduna
On a beautiful winter evening in 1961, Jane Peek was an excited and wide-eyed little seven-year-old girl who was about to witness her first Mardi Gras tableau. It was going to be very special for Jane because her father, the late Dr. Gordon Peek, was going to be crowned the first King of the newly formed Krewe of Iduna.
“I remember being sneaked into the building at one of the Ryan Airfield hangars where the celebration was being held. We were hidden up in the stairs to watch as the pageantry was presented. The Queen wore a gorgeous costume, and on the train was a huge rose that was actually lit up; I was enthralled! Then the babysitter whisked us back home with visions of the fabulous sights we had been privileged to watch and to see my dad so handsome and regal,” remembered Jane Peek Bond, or as she as known to her patients, Dr. Jane Peek, a well-known and respected Baton Rouge physician. As she crouched, mesmerized, that night, Peek probably never thought she, too, would be the center of attention at that same grand ball one day.
Mrs. Gordon Peek can be credited with starting the tradition that has lasted all of these years. She was a charter member, instrumental in initiating the formation of the Krewe along with a few of her friends at the time. Read the entire article online.
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