Wesley Schmidt played many diverse roles in his hometown of New Orleans. As the owner of the Frenchmen Street jazz mecca Snug Harbor, he worked quietly during the day in his upstairs office. In contrast, Schmidt strutted proudly as a grand marshal for the Pair-A-Dice Tumblers, a krewe/band that in 1981 became the renowned Storyville Stompers Brass Band. His public persona also included being a founder of the MOMs Ball, a semi-private, notoriously wild Mardi Gra...