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The river parishes kicked off the holiday season with the 25th annual ‘Festival of the Bonfires’ in Lutcher!
The three day-long event featured a gumbo cook-off, live music, crafts, Santa’s Very Merry Forest and carnival rides for the kids.
WGNO personalities Anne Cutler and Dr. Rachel Reitan helped judge the gumbo competition.
Each night was highlighted by a single bonfire lighting.
On Christmas Eve, local families will light the rest of the bonfires lining the levee, lighting the way for Papa Noel as he delivers presents to area kids!
Poultry Gumbo
| 1st | TEAM Moose & Poochie Brett “Moose” Trosclair |
| 2nd | TEAM Foti Financial Casey Laiche & Walt Amato |
| 3rd | TEAM Z’s Tackle Joey Zimmer, Lane Zimmer & Mathew Hymel |
| 1st | TEAM LSR Rashad Albert, Wade Faucheux & Ryan Kliebert |
| 2nd | TEAM Noranda Cyle Tullier |
| 3rd | TEAM Marathon Stan Bourgeois |
| 1st | TEAM Knights of Columbus Boolee Roussel, Garland Landry & Larry Bland |
| 2nd | TEAM True Roux Jade Poche, Trudy Leblanc & Melissa Roper |
| 3rd | TEAM Late Entry Brennan Roussel, Troy Roussel & Adam Roussel |
| 1st | Cheryl Michel |
| 2nd | Peggy McCreary |
| 3rd | Donnie Zimmer |
| 1st | Joey St. Pierre |
| 2nd | Mary Ann Rome |
| 3rd | Lisa Stein |
