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NOTES: DVD Documentary Guardians Of The Flame: A View Within Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr. January 27, 1933 - December 1, 1998 Donald Eldridge Harrison, Sr., Big Chief Of the Guardians of the Flame, will be remembered as one of the legends of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian tradition. He was a popular and respected Big Chief who was well-read in history, philosophy, and literature. He had a passion for jazz that was as strong as his passion for sharing the traditions of the Mardi Gras Indians. Mr. Harrison's love for the Mardi Gras Indians began when he was four years old, and as he grew, he attended practices and absorbed the stories from the older Indians. He started beading patches for Indian suits at the age of 12, and made his first appearance as an Indian on Carnival Day in 1949. Throughout his life he spoke with pride of having had the opportunity to mask with Big Chiefs such as Brother Cornelius Tillman and Lawrence Fletcher. Mr. Harrison was a former Big Chief of the Creole Wild West, the Cherokee Braves, and the White Eagles, before he organized the Guardians of the Flame in 1988. Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr., was as comfortable at an Indian practice at Trombone Shorty's as he was lecturing at Yale University. He took the Mardi Gras Indian tradition around the world, but the place he wanted to be most was the corner of St. Philip and North Robertson, leading his gang on Mardi Gras Day. - Al Kennedy -

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