Wild Magnolias Council Chief and longtime Big Chief Theodore "Bo" Dollis, Senior has become an ancestor

Big Chiefs of the Nation lead an Indian Red tribute to Bo Dollis
at Tipitina's on December 11, 2008.


That skipped beat New Orleans and the whole wild creation felt this morning was Wild Magnolias Council Chief and longtime Big Chief Theodore Emile "Bo" Dollis, Senior becoming an ancestor.

Among his many accomplishments and honors, he was selected by his fellow Chiefs as the 2004 Crystal Feather Honoree of the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame.

His family asks for prayers at this time in lieu of phone calls and texts.


Information about funeral arrangements

(Updated Friday, January 30)

A parade for Wild Magnolias Council Chief and longtime Big Chief Bo Dollis, Senior presented by Big Chief Kevin Goodman and The Flaming Arrows will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, January 30, at Kermit’s Treme Mother-in-law Lounge at 1500 North Claiborne Avenue and process to The Carver Theater.

On Friday, January 30, Visitation will take place between 4:00 and 7:00 pm at The Carver Theater at 2101 Orleans Avenue. The Friday visitation at The Carver is not a ticketed event, though tickets are required for the musical tribute that begins at The Carver at 8:00 pm.

On Saturday, January 31, a second Visitation will take place at 8:00 am in the Xavier University Convocation Center at 7900 Stroelitz Street, immediately followed by services at 10:00 am with Pastor Sherman Shelton of Firehouse Family Ministries officiating

A full funeral procession with a hundred suited Mardi Gras Indians will pay tribute to Big Chief Bo Dollis, Senior at the close of services. Leaving the Xavier Convocation Center, the procession up Washington Avenue will return the Big Chief to the corner of Second and Dryades Street where the Rebirth Brass Band will help play him home. Internment will take place at Providence Park Cemetery in Metairie.

Friends and family will gather for the repast at the NORD Lyons Center, 624 Louisiana Avenue at Tchoupitoulas St. from 1:00 – 4:00 pm on Saturday.

Sources: Wild Magnolias Big Chief Gerald “Bo, Junior” Dollis, WWOZ-FM website, Offbeat website, NOLAcom, The Carver Theater website, Marlena Asher, and Golden Comanches Big Chief Juan Pardo on Facebook.



Links to media coverage
   
"Bo Dollis, longtime Big Chief of the Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians, has died"
 and
"Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias' groundbreaking Mardi Gras Indian funk: listen,"
both by Alison Fensterstock for The New Orleans Times-Picayune and NOLA.com

"Big Chief Theodore ‘Bo’ Dollis dies at the age of 71"
by Geraldine Wykoff for The Louisiana Weekly

Chief Joe Allen has become an ancestor

Chief Joe Allen, still from the documentary Land of Opportunity

Joseph Allen, Chief of the Red, White, and Blue Mardi Gras Indians, became an ancestor on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

He will be buried in a Mardi Gras Indian funeral on Saturday, April 27 at St Paul's Lutheran Church, 1625 Annette Street, New Orleans, 70116.

Visitation is from 9:00 am - 10:00 am. The service will begin at 10:00 am. Mardi Gras Indians should gather at the church by 9:30 am.

Repast will be in the church hall following the Mardi Gras Indian procession and cutting loose of the remains.

"Chief Joe" is the uncle of Otto "Chief Fiyo" Dejean, Senior of the Hard Head Hunters. You may extend your condolences and support to Chief Fiyo and his family via email at chieffiyo@yahoo.com

Chief Jack Green will lead the Red, White and Blue tribe in a special tribute to Chief Joe at Jazzfest at 1:30 pm at the Mardi Gras Indian Pavilion facing the Congo Square stage.

Creole Wild West Gang Flag Honey Bannister (l) and Red, White, and Blue Big Chief Joe Allen (r) share the culture with children at McDonogh 42 Charter School during a Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame educational program, December 2010. We thank Chief Joe for his generous and rich contributions to Hall of Fame activities over the years.