DAILY NEWS PHOTO/Randy Hammons

Friends get together in a Cumberland Street parking lot Thursday to count down to the MCCA XXXV parade Saturday. Their campers have been parked there for two weeks already. They are, from left, Dennis Bufkin, Peggy Bates, Rodney Carrier, Jimmy Breland, Judy Brumfield and Wayne Dillon. For more on Saturday’s MCCA parade, look for special annual section highlighting the krewe inside today’s paper.