At top left, from left, Lailah Bowman, 3, Kennedy Harris, 5, and Jakyron Johnson, 4, throw beads and candy as Lailah sits on her mother Felicia’s lap from the Miss-Lou Prancing Misses car during the parade Friday. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

From left, Cambria Chatman, Brilexus Green and Destinee Smith dance to music on the Krewe of Natchez Indians float before the parade. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Dean Hunstock, 11, yells for beads during the parade. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)