From the Strawberry Festival's humble beginning; it has "blossomed" into a Louisiana celebration second only to Mardi Gras in its magnitude.
It's the second largest free festival in the state.
The committee and many other interested volunteers worked diligently for months planning the first festival. The location of the festival comprised of the first block of North 6th Street and only had 11 booths. This two-day event started off with a baseball game between Southeastern Louisiana University and Wisconsin State. Later that day the first annual parade made its way through Ponchatoula with 65 units from all over the state. Estimated attendance for the weekend of the first Strawberry Festival was 15,000. The crowd estimates for 2008 were over 300,000.
Lots of food booths with anything and everything related to Strawberries!
This was a battered deep-fried strawberry sprinkled in cinnamon and powered sugar. Yum!
Crates of Strawberries were being sold like crazy for $25.00
My favorite - Strawberry Daiquiris
They also had strawberry beer and wine. All of which I tried!
They did love the fried stuff!
hahaha!
Don't the boys look like they're having fun!?!
Jackie and I
The committee and many other interested volunteers worked diligently for months planning the first festival. The location of the festival comprised of the first block of North 6th Street and only had 11 booths. This two-day event started off with a baseball game between Southeastern Louisiana University and Wisconsin State. Later that day the first annual parade made its way through Ponchatoula with 65 units from all over the state. Estimated attendance for the weekend of the first Strawberry Festival was 15,000. The crowd estimates for 2008 were over 300,000.
Lots of food booths with anything and everything related to Strawberries!
This was a battered deep-fried strawberry sprinkled in cinnamon and powered sugar. Yum!
Crates of Strawberries were being sold like crazy for $25.00
My favorite - Strawberry Daiquiris
They also had strawberry beer and wine. All of which I tried!
They did love the fried stuff!
hahaha!
Don't the boys look like they're having fun!?!
Jackie and I
(that was Jackie's son and his friend in the seats behind us)
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