Past Royalty & Themes

	YEAR	KING	QUEEN	PARADE THEME
XXI	2024	Mr. Lloyd Beckett	Mrs. Elaine Beckett	Morpheus Celebrates N’awlins
XX	2023	Mr. L. Thomas McClung	Ms. Judith DeFraites	Morpheus Dreams of a Tune
XIX	2022	Mr. Billy Ray McKenna	Mrs. Rana Bekeris Rutan	Morpheus Dreams of the Good Life
	2021			Carnival was cancelled due to COVID-19. The Krewe did not parade.
XVIII	2020	Mr. Jacques LeGrand	Ms. Shari Fisher	Morpheus Dreams of Aquatic Adventures
XVII	2019	Mr. Christian Cancienne	Miss Angel Cancienne	Dream Destinations
XVI	2018	Mr. Blake Erskin	Mrs. Brittanie Breaux	Morpheus Goes WILD!
XV	2017	Mr. Steven (Rock) Ruiz	Mrs. Marcey Ruiz	Morpheus Takes a Gamble
XIV	2016	Mr. Philip Hull-McClung	Miss Sabrina Hibben	Morpheus Takes a Staycation
XIII	2015	Mr. Billy Moore	Miss Caroline Moore	Freaky Friday
XII	2014	Mr. Philip Songy	Miss Kristina Percle	Morpheus Cruises the Streets of NOLA
XI	2013	Mr. Emilio Gonzales	Miss Alicia Aucoin	Friday Night at the Movies
X	2012	Mr. Paul Leman	Mrs. Anita Mallory	Louisiana Treasures
IX	2011	Mr. Silky Sullivan	Mrs. Linda Springer	Morpheus Sings a Tune
VIII	2010	Mr. George Plentzas	Mrs. Cindy Carringer	Dreams of the Classics
VII	2009	Mr. Jason Tullos	Ms. Sharonda Williams	Heavenly Dreams
VI	2008	Mr. Jerry McGaughey	Miss Gwen Goudeau	Crescent City Dreams
V	2007	Mr. Ray Anderson	Mrs. Carla Nesbit	Dreams of Carnival
	2006			Dreams of Travel – No royalty was selected post Hurricane Katrina
IV	2005	Mr. Les Falgout	Mrs. Gail Morel	Childhood Dreams
III	2004	Mr. Antoni Wilcox	Mrs. Karen Torvino	Royal Dreams
II	2003	Mr. Joey LeBlanc	Ms. Susan Pond	Morpheus Treasures
I	2002	Mr. L. Thomas McClung	Ms. Bethany Lemoine	Reality of Dreams

Mythology

Morpheus, The Primordial Greek god of dreams.  He shaped and formed the dreams, through which he could appear to mortals in any form.  This talent made Morpheus  a messenger of the gods able to communicate divine messages to sleeping mortals. Though he could take any human form, Morpheus’s true form was that of a winged demon. He was the son of Hypnos (God of Sleep) and Pasithea (Goddess of relaxation and rest). 

The phrase ” in the arms of Morpheus” means to be asleep. Mortals  would enjoy a sound sleep, but would also dream about their future or even coming events. Morpheus was the dream messenger of the Gods, communicating the divine messages through images and stories, created as dreams.  

Morpheus was the leader of the Oneiroi (Dreams), and he and his brothers were the personified spirits of dreams. Phobetor created phobic or scary dreams. Phantasus created unreal or phantasmic dreams. What set Morpheus apart from his brothers as his ability to influence the dreams of Gods, heroes and Kings. 

Morpheus appears in the poet Ovid’s Metamorphosis. He is also likely the unnamed dream spirit in Homer’s Iliad that delivers a message from Zeus to King Agamemnon. 

Morpheus slept in a cave full of poppy seeds while shaping mortal dreams. This could be the reason why the opium-based medication for severe pain is known as Morphine. 

Overseeing the dream of mortals made Morpheus one of the busiest deities. He didn’t have a wife but some interpretations would have seen him paired with Iris, another messenger of the Gods and the personification of rainbows.