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Gasparilla 2024: Pirate parade overtakes Tampa streets
Parade floats make their way down the parade route. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
The Krewe of Alegria tosses beads to people during the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates along Bayshore Boulevard on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, in Tampa.
[ JEFFEREE WOO | Times ]
kREWE OF ALEGRIA GIVES SHOES TO CHILDREN IN NEED
Spectrum News, Bay New 9
Krewe outreach offers shoes and hope
By Virginia Johnson Tampa
UPDATED 11:01 AM ET Jan. 27, 2024
PUBLISHED 9:41 AM ET Jan. 27, 2024
News Channel 8, Krewe of Alegria
2023 GASPARILLA PARADE OF PIRATES
January 28 2023. Watch Facebook video.
(Krewe of Alegria featured in YouTube video from 1:50:07 to 1:51:07)
FOX 13, Krewe of Alegria
2023 CHILDREN'S GASPARILLA PARADE
January 21, 2023. Watch YouTube video
(Krewe of Alegria featured from 48.26 to 49.03)
A look back at the 2022 Gasparilla Invasion & Parade of Pirates
January 29, 2022. Watch video.
10 Tampa Bay, Preparing for Gasparilla.
January 27, 2022 Watch video.
ABC Action News, Gasparilla krewes say charity work will continue even without 2021 parade
Feb 16, 2021. Krewe of Alegria was the first all-female Gasparilla crew, and more than 30 years later, they are still going strong. Watch video
All female-krewe talks breaking barriers at Gasparilla
The Krewe of Alegría is truly a sisterhood for the women involved.
Author: Emerald Morrow
Published: 7:53 PM EST January 25, 2020
Updated: 7:53 PM EST January 25, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. — It’s hard to imagine a time when women weren’t just as big of a part of Gasparilla, but the Krewe of Alegría says you only have to go back a little more than 30 years.
“My girlfriend, Diane Henry and I started this back in 1986. We crashed the parade, and therefore we decided at that time we were going to go ahead and do the parade from then on,” said founder Rocky Valdez. Read more
Great Day Live, Krewe of Alegria kickin’ it for kids
Members of the Krewe visited GDL in their well-known costumes to give details on the event.
Author: Christina Martinez
Published: 11:29 AM EST November 4, 2019
Updated: 11:58 AM EST November 5, 2019
The Krewe of Alegria is known for being generous with their beads at Gasparilla, but this month, they’ll be generous with shoes. The local krewe made up of all women is raising funds to purchase new shoes for disadvantaged local youth. Members of the Krewe visited GDL in their well-known costumes to give details. You can help by attending Alegria’s Kickin’ for Kids this Saturday, Nov. 9, starting at 6:30 p.m. at Zydeco Brew Werks in Ybor City.