STAR-TELEGRAM/JOYCE MARSHALL

Residents crowded the pier Sunday to catch Mardi Gras beads in Uncertain. Uncertain's mayor says the event is purposely not too organized.

By day, Stoney Irving is the local handyman, laying tile and doing lawn work around the shores of Caddo Lake.

But on Sunday, the burly and bearded 42-year-old donned a blond wig and mascara and became Miss Uncertain, the unofficial mascot of the Caddo Lake Floating Christmas Parade.