Pictured, from from left: Miss Tomato Festival Queen LXX, Taylor Chaplain, and Miss Louisiana Crawfish Festival Queen XIX, Abbey Bigner, at the 2023 Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals Convention.
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The Louisiana Crawfish Festival received Division IV's Festival of the Year Award at the Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals' (LAFF) convention held February 2-5. Additionally, at the convention, LA Crawfish Festival Board President, Cisco Gonzales, Sr., received Division IV's Volunteer of the Year Award; and Katie Keller with the Tomato Festival received Division I's Best Website Marketing Award.
The Louisiana Crawfish Festival returned home from the Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals' (LAFF) convention this past weekend with two awards: Festival of the Year (Div. IV) and Festival Board President, Cisco Gonzales, Sr., received the Volunteer of the Year Award (Div. IV).
Both St. Bernard Parish's Louisiana Crawfish and Tomato Festivals received three distinguished awards 'under the Big Top.'
'There was not a dry eye as we accepted this prestigious award after all the hard work, dedication and heart that was poured into the festival year after year,' described Abbey Bigner, a Chalmette resident and Miss Louisiana Crawfish Festival Queen XIX; after r...
