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The Krewe of Dominique Youx is Bay Countrys original organization of nearly 200 members who have celebrated the festive Mardi Gras season here for 22 years.

Dominique Youx is the nickname used by the eldest member of the famous Lafitte family of buccaneers who sailed the southern seas in the early 1800s plundering vessels of those deemed to be their enemies.  Dominique Youx was actually Fredric Alexander Lafitte, brother of Jean and Pierre Lafitte.  He was the first of the brothers to become a buccaneer.  He was commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte as a privateer and served for France during the war with Spain. When the Lafittes moved to New Orleans, the charismatic Jean Lafitte organized hundreds of rogues into a band of pirates who became the scourge of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Local rumor has it that some of their loot is still hidden in the estuary of St. Andrew Bay.

 The present day Krewe of Dominique Youx, like other famous Mardi Gras Krewes, celebrate the season in a carnival atmosphere.

At Pier Park

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