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July, 2007 Newsletter

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L. A. F. F.    Email: laffadupre@yahoo.com

                                                                                                       Website: laffnet.org

A Publication of the Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals            Al Dupré, Jr., Editor

 

 

Cal-Cam Board can use your help

 

We are having a workday at the Calcasieu-Cameron Fair Grounds on July 14th at 8:00 A.M. in Sulphur, LA. and are asking everyone available to

bring whatever tools they have and lend us there carpenter ship skills to help us rebuild three buildings, pickup trash and do some odd painting on the fair grounds to help us get back to normal after the Hurricane Rita and a rainout last season to keep the fair going.

 

Any help would be appreciated!  Please pass this on to any other LAFF board member and I feel sure the board will feed everyone that is present for lunch.

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We really need and appreciate any help we could get.

 

Thanking you again,

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Nanette Singer

Cal-Cam Board Member

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 PRESIDENT’s MESSAGE:

Greetings LAFF Friends

 Mark your calendars for next year’s convention – February 21 - 24, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Select in Baton Rouge. Jim and his committees are working hard to make this convention a success. If you would like to help with anything, just call Jim or let your District Director know.  I feel certain you will enjoy the convention more and we certainly welcome your time and talent.

 Our scheduled meeting on June 16, 2007 in Breaux Bridge was very productive. We are working on several issues to provide more support to the membership events. Let me know of any comments that may help.

 Your Queen, Mallory, is working on a fantastic program to educate the children of our state about Fairs and Festivals through the local schools. Great work Mallory.

 If you need help with anything, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am proud to serving this year as your L.A.F.F. President.

 I hope to see you soon.

 In the spirit of LAFF, sincerely

 s/ Paul Magee   

 

 

VICE-PRESIDENT’s MESSAGE:

     LOVE     PEACE      LAFF

            I would like to extend greetings from the LAFF Board. We had our second board meeting for this year on June 16. I would like to thank Byron and the entire Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival Board for the use of their facility for our meeting. They also served us a delicious meal of boiled crawfish and with all the trimmings. Mark and the crawfish association really know how to boil those crawfish. Thanks guys.

        This month we have traveled to the Smoked Meat Festival Queens Pageant in Ville Platte. Congratulations to all the winners. We then went to the Ms. 4th of July’s and Lady Liberty’s Queens Pageant. Dennis and Natalie Mouton do a lot of hard work with their pageants over a few weekends. To everyone who had a pageant this past month, please call the Holiday Inn Select and give them your new queen’s name and a credit card to confirm the room for your queen. All LAFF has done is block the room under the festival or fair’s name, each pageant director must confirm their queens room. If the person getting this newsletter is not the pageant director then please forward this to the person in charge of the queen. It is very important that this is done as soon as possible as we need to know how many rooms to keep for the queens. The blocked rooms at the Holiday Inn Select are all booked. There may be some rooms on the 5th floor which is the concierge floor. The price is more, so keep calling the hotel and check to see if there is a cancellation. We are working with the hotel to let us know when there is a cancellation and we will let the membership know as soon as we can. Our goal is to get as many members in the hotel as we can. Let’s work together and this will happen.

        This year we will not have the womanless pageant. The board has voted not to have it this year. Equilla Victorian has come up with the idea of having a Star Search for the Thursday night. The person or persons interested in entering must be an active member of your organization for at least six months to a year. There can be singing, dancing, or comedy acts. Let’s all see what kind of talent we have in our fairs and festivals. Please let’s have all amateurs and no professionals. We know the professionals are great so let’s see how good the amateurs are. The Queens are invited to the ballroom after their party to join us. We will let them do their karaoke, then we will do some star search and hopefully a star will be born. We will have judges to pick a winner for the evening. Let’s all get together and have some fun.

LOVE     PEACE     LAFF   

 

s/ Jim Meaux   

 

 

 

TREASURER’s MESSAGE:

 

 

Wow  --  this has certainly been a hot and rainy summer, so far!!  But

 anything is better than a hurricane, right?!  It has been a couple of

 months since I last sent in my message, so hopefully I don't repeat

 myself.

 

Much appreciation and thanks go out to the Patterson Cypress Sawmill

 Festival for hosting the March 31 LAFF board meeting and to the Breaux

 Bridge Crawfish Festival for hosting the June 16 LAFF board meeting!

  Both functions were awesome, with great food and camaraderie enjoyed by

 all!  Much progress is being made in the upcoming LAFF convention, as

 well as everyday LAFF functions.  Should you like to join one of the

 convention committees, please contact Vice President Jim Meaux.  I know he

 would appreciate the interest and the help.

 

On April 1, I attended a Louisiana Pageant Judges Association board

 meeting in Carencro, at which plans for the Extravaganza were   

 completed.  The LPJA Extravaganza was held in Rayne on May 6 and was very

 successful.  There were many vendors, speakers, and modeling enjoyed by all.

 

On May 12, Neal and I, along with Natalie Mouton, judged the

 Independence Italian Festival Pageants and were treated to an authentic Italian

 meal.  It was scrumptious!  Thank you very much to Linda McKinney and

 her committee members for the royal treatment!

 

On June 3, Neal and I attended the Church Point Buggy Festival.  We

 meandered through the arts and crafts and were treated to the Luncheon,

 where we ate delicious jambalaya.  Thank you very much to T.C. Cary and

 Virgie Couerville for the wonderful hospitality!

 

On June 9, Linda Comeaux and I, along with Dennis and Natalie Mouton,

 attended the surprise 40th wedding anniversary party which was held for

 Rob and Janet Piraro in Lake Charles.  This was indeed a great

 celebration for such great people!

 

Should any fair/festival need any help with judging, working a booth,

 etc., please feel free to call upon either Neal or me.  We can be

 reached at 337-893-6328 or at bnhoraist@cox.net.  By the way, that is our

 permanent email address now.

 

Have a great summer,

 

s/ Barbara Horaist

 

 

 

SECRETARY’s MESSAGE:

 

Thanks to the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Association for hosting the last LAFF Board meeting; while I greatly enjoyed the crawfish I have permission to advise Mona was absolutely the last one eating.  Great job guys.

 

Please make the information in the newsletter available to your fair/festival members.  If you wish anyone else in your event to receive the newsletter via email, please either type or print very clearly these email addresses and send to laffadupre@yahoo.com.  Also, check the website (www.laffnet.org) for the newsletter, updates and other member information. 

 

If you need any help with your fair or festival, especially in  judging a pageant or other type of contest or just needing any assistance in general, please send an e-mail to:  GOTOBUTTON BM_1_ laffadupre@yahoo.com  or call me at: 985-447-4658 or write: 2402 Elizabeth Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301

 

s/ Al Dupré

 

  

DISTRICT 3 DIRECTOR

I would like to thank the Crawfish Festival for proving once again that District 3 Rocks.  Crawfish hosted our 2nd quarter meeting and did they do it right.  Mark, Byron, Eugene and all the ladies, this one’s for YOU!  The crawfish and sides were plentiful and “Hot”.  Thanks!

 

Next meeting will be September 29 in Gueydan.  If all goes well, D-3 will do it again!  Teal season should be well under way and the first season spills will be in the pot.  We invite everyone to attend this quarterly meeting.

 

Please keep your eyes peeled for the marketing packages.  You should expect them in the near future.  If you have any questions or need more information concerning the marketing awards, categories or any other information, please do not hesitate to call me. 

 

I am just starting to get around now from my surgery.  I apologize if I could not make your Festival or Fair while I was down but I do plan on visiting some of you in the near future.  As your director, if I can be of assistance, do not hesitate to call.  I will be happy to hear your comments, suggestions and/or complaints.

 

District 3 Rocks

s/Ronnie Lougon

 

 

 DISTRICT 5 DIRECTOR

Greetings from District 5:  I wasn't able to attend the board meeting on June 16, but I hope all is well.

 

I would like to announce that J.H. Martin has taken the lead in bringing the IAFE Consumer Protection Program Workshop to Louisiana.  The workshop will be held in Baton Rouge at the Holiday Inn Select on August 10 & 11, 2007. 

 

It is intended to help fairs and festivals understand enteric pathogens such as E.Coli and to provide information on analyzing traffic flow in all animal areas (not just petting zoos), creating signage, installing hand-wash areas and establishing specific cleaning protocols.

 

This is a great opportunity for our fairs and festivals as the liability from an E.Coli outbreak is of great concern.  If you have a livestock show, petting zoo, pony ride or any other activity where people are in contact with animals, this workshop is for you.  We have a responsibility to protect the guests at our events from these types of illnesses and we should have an understanding of what procedures to take to prevent a tragedy from occurring.

 

The workshop is being sponsored by the Louisiana Department of  Agriculture & Forestry, Greater Baton Rouge State Fair and the State Fair of Louisiana.

 

It will begin Friday Aug. 10th at 1:00pm until 5:00pm. Check in begins at Noon.  The workshop will continue Saturday the 11th with a Continental  Breakfast at 7:30am and conclude at Noon.  Each attendee will receive a 3 ring binder with all the details from the PowerPoint presentation, templates and the tools to go home and work out a plan that is best for their fair or  festival.  The IAFE will provide a certificate of participation to each attendee.

 

There will be a registration fee of $40 to cover the expenses of the meeting room and breaks.  I encourage everyone to attend this worthwhile opportunity to better protect their fair or festival.  Complete information will be distributed at a later time or you can contact me at (318) 635-1361 or J.H. Martin at (225) 906-5307.

 

Chris Giordano

State Fair of Louisiana

3701 Hudson Ave.

Shreveport, LA 71109

(318) 635-1361

(318) 631-4909 fax

www.statefairoflouisiana.com

 

s/Chris Giordano

 

 

 

 DISTRICT 6 DIRECTOR

 

 Hello everyone from District 6!  Hope it's hot enough for you out there!  I have had so many people ask me, "Where are y'all going on vacation this year?"   But, you know every time I go to a festival in or out of my district it feels like a mini vacation in itself.  Whether it's going to Ponchatoula, Mansura, Washington or Bunkie; it seems I see something I have never seen before or I have learned something about their heritage or culture I didn't know.  Hope you all enjoy your summer, your vacation and your Louisiana!

 I started off June by attending the 21st annual Louisiana Corn Festival on June 9th.  And yes, they still have the best corn on the cob in the state.  The only thing wrong with the day I spent in Bunkie was the heat!  But, I can't hardly hold that against them.  I attended the Queen's reception.  I  watched the parade.  The Queen's float was really nice.  After the parade, everyone went over to the festival grounds for all the contest.  The contest were corn shucking, corn eating and then a race were you push the cob with you nose.  My daughter, Courtney- Jr. Teen Miss Battle of Pleasant Hill, won 1st prize in the corn eating contest for ages 7-15.  She won $15!  I think most of the corn ended up in her braces, though!  The festival had many arts-n-crafts vendors, food booths and a carnival.  There was a good crowd there, with lots of people in line for a corn on the cob.  I visited the festival hospitality room where I got a chance to visit with some the festival representatives. 

On June 16th, I got lost trying to find our meeting place for our LAFF quarterly meeting!  And that was a lot of fun!  I finally found it. If I would have just followed the directions Byron Blanchard, Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival, gave me I would've been fine.  But, I bet Byron didn't know I CAN"T FOLLOW DIRECTIONS!!  So, I apologize again to everyone present at the meeting for arriving 30 minutes late.  Our meeting went well.  We talked about plans for the convention, the E.Coli workshop planned by J.H. Martin, Bob Odom and Chris Giordano, revising the categories of the festival/fair awards, approving new members and other items.  In District 6, Celebration on the Cane Festival and LA Farm Festival are new members of LAFF.  After the meeting, the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival had boiled crawfish, sausage, potatoes, corn and drinks prepared for everyone.  Man, those were the best and the biggest crawfish I have ever eaten.  My compliments to the chef(s)!  Thank y'all so much for lunch.  My son, Clay, accompanied me to the meeting.  At first he said no he really didn't want to have to ride all the way to Breaux Bridge.  But, after I told him our lunch menu, he decided his mother didn't need to drive all that way by herself!  Hmmm... wonder what changed his mind?

I continued my travels across the state to Ponchatoula.  I had never been to Ponchatoula before.  It is a great little town.  Sadly to say, we didn't get to taste any strawberries, as they are out of season.  I did get the opportunity to help in selecting the 2007 Miss Louisiana Strawberry Festival Queen.  All the contestants were all very sweet and intelligent young ladies.  Christine Alexis Dominguez was crowned Miss LA Strawberry Queen XXXVII.  I apologize if I spelled her last name incorrectly.  Many thanks to Mrs. Beverly, pageant director,  and Jeff, newly elected festival chairman, for their warm hospitality.  I wish Jeff good luck with his year as festival chairman. I look forward to seeing you all at convention. 

I ended the month in Natchitoches at the Celebration on the Cane Beauty Pageant.  Talk about a trip, I had to drive 3 whole miles to this pageant!  I didn't get lost one time!  Helen Tousek and Tracey Tousek-Harris are the directors.  The festival was just approved as a new member of LAFF.  Celebration on the Cane is a Fourth of July celebration held each year on the riverbank of Cane River Lake in Natchitoches.  I helped audit, decorate and prepare a Queen's hospitality room.  The 1st annual Miss Celebration on the Cane is Melissa Yocum of Natchitoches.  The Fourth of July celebration will include food booths, bar-b-que cook-off, bands, fireworks and a boat parade.

I am working on the Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival  and Pageant.  The pageant will be held on September 8th.  The festival will be September 14th and 15th on the riverbank of Cane River Lake in downtown Natchitoches. 

If I can help anyone in or out of District 6 with a festival or pageant, please let me know.  If anyone has a question about convention, give me a call.  If I don't know the answer, I will do my best to find someone who does. 

s/Alisa Yelverton  

 

 DISTRICT 7 DIRECTOR

The Month of June has been rather slow in District # 7.  I had the honor of attending the Church Point Buggy Festival Luncheon, and must say that their food was great.  I was very proud to see so many queens there to honor the new queen and also to say farewell to the outgoing queen Kristen Abshire.  I really felt like I was still in Disney, being the beast among all that beauty.  I was further honored to be asked to judge the Wagons and Buggies in their annual parade, which if you have not had the opportunity to see it, you should put that on your list of things to do next year.  On June 9th I was honored to emcee the Louisiana Catfish Pageant.  It was indeed a pleasure to visit with the gang from Catfish and to spend the evening with their lovely outgoing Queen, Miss Courtney Souldier, and the Teen Queen Michelle Fonseca.  Both young ladies were great assets to the Catfish Festival and were true ambassadors for their festival.  I was astounded to see some 88 Queens from throughout the state in attendance, Courtney and Michelle, that was further proof of what a fine job you did for the festival to have such a tremendous turnout for your pageant.  Congratulations to Miss Amanda Renee’ Dempster, LA. Catfish Queen XXXII, The daughter of Kurt and Lydia Dempster.  Congratulations, to the new Teen Queen XII, Miss Lacey Picou.  The new Granny Catfish II is Mrs. Clarabell Dufrene. 

 

Remember the LA. Catfish Festival will be July 13, 14, 15, 2007 at the St. Gertrude’s Church in Des Allemands.  There will be lots of Good Food, Cold Beer and Soft Drinks, along with great music and friendly people, so plan to be there. 

 

If you know of any Fairs or Festivals who are not members of LAFF, please forward that information to me so that we can try to get them to join LAFF.  We can offer them the information and networking that we all share and may be able to help them to prosper and grow to be more successful.  Also, If I can be of assistance to your festival or fair, please call on me and I will try to help in anyway possible. 

 

The convention planning is moving along well, Jim Meaux is working hard to make this coming convention another huge success.  If you have not made plans yet to attend, you should do so quickly as time is short and the rooms in Baton Rouge are too.

 

s/ Warren Deemer

 

 QUEEN of QUEEN’S

My month began Friday, June 1st when I visited Church Point for the opening ceremonies of the Buggy Festival.  The weather was beautiful and the visitors were already arriving to enjoy this great festival!  Later that evening I stopped by the Opelousas Spice and Music Festival held at Evangeline Downs.  I listened to spicy music by Travis Matte and visited with their festival royalty.  Both festivals were wonderful, and I can't wait to go back next year! 

 

I spent the rest of the weekend New Orleans style as I visited the Greater New Orleans Floral Trail on June 2nd and 3rd.  Visiting queens were treated like royalty as we visited the Aquarium, ate at Mulates where we learned how to Cajun dance and later enjoyed delicious beignets.  Sunday morning we attended mass at St. Louis Cathedral and brought up the gifts before communion.  That afternoon, we were presented in Jackson Square and paraded around the French Quarter in horse drawn carriages while throwing carnations along the way.  The weekend ended with a dinner and the crowning of their new queen.

 

The following weekend, I rode in the Louisiana Corn Festival Parade in Bunkie and decorated flip flops to represent my title.  There were many visiting queens and we all received a quick lesson on how to shuck corn before the contest.  I headed to Des Allemands that evening for the Louisiana Catfish Pageant.  We were entertained with an opening number and dancers throughout the competition.  The night ended with Courtney Soudelier crowning her successor, Amanda Dempster.

 

On June 21st, Ville Platte was my destination for the Smoked Meat Festival where I was given the royal treatment.  The evening ended with the festival gaining three new representatives and Aerial Gorsha crowning the 2007 Miss Viande Boucanee. 

 

I visited the Berry Sweet city of Ponchatoula on June 23rd as Bridget Arceneaux crowned the Louisiana Strawberry Queen XXXVII.  It was a wonderful pageant, and I enjoyed watching the skits performed by the contestants.

 

While traveling around Louisiana, I have realized that there is a need to educate the youth of our state about fairs and festivals.  As my platform, I have created an educational packet to help encourage the children of Louisiana to get involved in fairs and festivals.  Each new queen will receive a copy of the packet when she is chosen and will be asked to help me distribute it to schools in her area.  Hopefully, this will help shape the children of today become the event organizers of tomorrow.  If you would like a copy of the packet, please contact me and I will send one to you.

 

Looks like July will be full of heat as well as fairs and festivals throughout the state!  I'm enjoying my travels and would like to invite everyone to visit as many fairs and festivals as you can before school starts!

 

Love, Peace and L.A.F.F.

 

s/ Mallory Spinner

 

 

                                                 POSTER CONTEST RULES

 

1.   Subject of poster shall be: “My Fair/Festival”.

            Name, location and date of event must be on poster.

2.   Any public, private, or parochial school student may participate.

3.   Poster will be judged in four categories:

A.  Grades  1 - 3

B.  Grades  4 - 6

C.  Grades  7 - 9

D.  Grades 10 - 12

4.   Poster must be displayed on 14" X 22" white poster paper.  (½ sheet of standard poster                     

       paper).

5.   All work must be vertical.  Nothing horizontal will be judged.

6.   All lettering must be free-hand.  Do not use Stencils.

7.   Medium used shall be: Crayon; Water Color; Acrylics, Felt-Tip Pen; or Oil. 

      No Cut-outs nor Collage.

8.   First, Second, and Third place winners in each category are eligible for state competition.       

       Limit of Twelve (12) posters per event.

9.   Posters will be judged and points awarded as follows:

Originality    35%

Theme          25%

Neatness       25%

Spelling       15%

10.  Poster Prizes:

Third Place       $25.00

Second Place      $50.00

First Place       $75.00

One Best Overall $100.00

11.  Information cards (5X7 index cards) should include the following:

Name           Address

Telephone      Parents

Category       Fair/Festival

This should be placed on the left top corner of poster in such a way that it can be flipped

 over from front to back.

12.  All posters must be presented by 5:00 PM on Friday of the annual convention.

 

Chairman:       Kaye Ladner

LAFF District IV Director

27280 R. F. Ball Rd.

                                    Franklinton, Louisiana 707438

985-848-5937

Fax 985-839-9164

Email: wpfairlady@yahoo.com

 

 

                                               ESSAY CONTEST

 

                                                 Theme: “The 1960’s a time of change”

 

Rules and Regulations:

1.   Essay must contain between 500 and 800 words.

2.   Name of contestant MUST NOT be written on the essay but must be written on a separate sheet and clipped, not stapled to the essay.

3.   On a separate sheet, contestant should follow this format:

    Name:  Address:   Grade:  Phone:  Parents’ Name: School Name:   Fair/Festival Represented:

4.   Essay may be handwritten or typed.

5.   Spelling, grammar, phraseology, general interest, continuity and adherence to theme will be determining factors for selecting the winning essay.

6.   The categories: A. Grades 6 - 8; B. Grades 9 - 12.

7.   Information used from sources should be acknowledged in a bibliography.

8.   Pictures or diagrams can be included within contest of essay or in appropriate appendix.

9.   Essay must be in the hands of Chairman no later than  January 6, 2008.

10.  Criteria for judging:

Content (adherence to theme) ........... 40%

Grammar (punctuation, capitalization) .. 25%

Continuity (introduction, body,

sentence structure, conclusion) .... 20%

Spelling ............................... 15%  

11.  Essay Prizes (State Level)*

1st.  $150   2nd. $100   3rd. $50

*All fairs should use this theme on the local level for elimination purposes; only the top three winners should be submitted on state level.

12.  All essays become the property of LAFF.  The first place winners will be published in a collection by groups.

 

Chairman:

DAVID BOURDIER

P. O. Box 762

Patterson, LA 70392

985-395-3720

 

 

 

                      QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN L.A.F.F. HALL OF FAME

 

1.  Must be a current member of a fair/festival association which belongs to and is in good standing with L.A.F.F.

 

2.  Must have contributed to L.A.F.F. in terms of (1) service, (2) making a tangible donation and/or (3) providing an unselfish act or deed benefiting L.A.F.F.

 

3.  Must have belonged to a L.A.F.F. member fair/festival association for a minimum of ten (10) years.

 

4.  Must be nominated by a current member fair/festival of L.A.F.F.

 

5.  Nominee may be living or deceased, but must meet all aforementioned criteria.

 

6.  Unless superseded by the L.A.F.F. Board of Directors, only one new member of L.A.F.F. Hall of Fame will be inducted each year. 

________________________________________________________________

                                                                             

NOMINATING PROCEDURE FOR L.A.F.F. HALL OF FAME

 

1.  State nominee's name and home address, including zip code.

 

2.  State nominee's fair/festival affiliation (if associate, state business).

 

3.  State nominee's length of membership in L.A.F.F.

 

4.  List nominee's accomplishments in L.A.F.F.

 

5.  List nominee's accomplishments with local fair/festival association.

 

6.  State, in 25 words or less, why nominee is a candidate for Hall of Fame honors.

 

7.  State your name and address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code).

 

8.  If possible, include a photograph of the nominee and some newspaper clippings of any events featuring the nominee in a fair/festival-related setting.

 

9.  Send nominations to L.A.F.F. Secretary.

 

10. Entry Deadline: December 30th.

 

 

 

Convention 2008

 

“Love, Peace & L.A.F.F.”

 

Holiday Inn Select Baton Rouge

 

February 21 - 24, 2008

 

 

 

EVENTS TO ATTEND

 

With the recent storms, information has been updated as available, always call before going!

 

 

July 2007 Events

                                                                                         

Beauregard Watermelon Festival              (2)

DeRidder, LA. 70624   Event Dates 13th thru 15th

Beauregard Police Jury  800-221-6712

Tourist Commission: 337-463-5534

 

Cajun French Music & Food Festival       (2)

Lake Charles, LA 70606  Event Dates 21st & 22nd

Janet or Rob Piraro 337-217-0880

Email: robpiraro@aol.com

 

Independence Celebration on the Cane    (6)

Natchitoches, LA 71457             Event Date  4th

Helen Tousek 318-352-8815

Email: tousekh@nsula.edu

 

Erath 4th of July Celebration (3)

Erath, LA 70533            Event Dates 6/30 thru 7/4

Robert Vincent 337-937-5585

Website: www.erath4.com

                                                                                          

LA Catfish Festival  (7)

Des Allemandes, LA      Event Dates 13th thru 15th

Kurt Dempster 985-785-0289

Email: kurtd@fnbusa

 

LA Watermelon Festival  (7)

Farmerville, LA 71241     Event Dates 27th & 28th

Lance Futch 318-368-1144

Web: www.lawatermelonfestival.com

 

Morse Recreational Festival  (3)

Morse, LA 70559          Event Dates 12ththru 14th

Nora Benoit 337‑783‑2809

Email: norandcrysbenoit@aol.com

 

Swamp Pop Music Festival  (4)

Denham Springs, LA 70809 Event Dates 20th & 21st

Amy Gravois 225-279-1458

Web: www.swamppopmusicfest.com

 

 

Washington Parish Watermelon Festival  (4)

Franklinton, LA. 70438  Dates To Be Announced

Lisa & Robert Speeke 985‑848‑5140

Email: sugarplumgroove@yahoo.com

August 2007 Events

                                                                                        

Delcambre Shrimp Festival & Fair Assoc (3)

Delcambre, LA 70528   Event Dates 15th thru 19th

Jacqueline Toups 337-685-2653

Website: www.shrimpfestival.net

 

Gueydan Duck Festival  (3)

Gueydan, LA 70542      Event Dates 23rd thru 26st

Ronnie Lougon 337-536-6456

Email: rwlougon@apgwireless.com

 

LA Shrimp & Petroleum Festival (1)

Morgan City, LA 70381 Event Dates 30th thru 9/3 

Jada Aloisio 985-385-0703

Email: info@shrimp-petrofest.org

 

LeCajun Festival & Awards Program       (3)

Lafayette, LA. 70509       Event Dates 17th thru 19th

Michelle Boudreaux 504-466-7644

Email: landryraya@aol.com

 

St Charles Parish Festival  (7)

Norco, La. 70079   Event Date   4th

Doreen Landry 985-764-1466

Email:  doreenlandry@cox.net