It’s New Year’s Eve and thousands of young people have gathered at New Orleans’ Mardi Gras World Ballroom for a dazzling display that rivals any fireworks from Times Square to Disneyland. Colorado, California, Canada and Carrollton Avenue are all represented in the crowd, which feasts its collective eyes upon the wondrous spectacle at hand. Yet where they all come from isn’t as important as why they all came here, to this packed warehouse-turned-music-venue alo...