The parade was fun but low-key. Retiring HTV news anchor Lonnie Thibodeaux wore a white beaded costume. Glenny Lee Buquet, chairwoman of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, was queen. Former New Brunswick Prime Minister Louis Robicaux, now a senator, was grand marshal of the parade. Anything bigger is too much.
Visitors are welcome.
Part of the center has been turned into a Cajun museum with antiques. A Cajun dinner will be served at the Montegut Lions Home beginning at 11 a.m. today. In addition, at the nearby Council on Aging building, senior citizens have been creating a variety of crafts that will be on sale during the weekend, along with homemade cakes, cookies and candies. Today and Sunday, antique automobile clubs will be at the center showing off their cars, and there will be a small engine exhibit. Also today, the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center will be the site of the Guidry and Petitpas family reunions.