Festival maids vie for queen's title Aug. 26
Seventeen young women are vying for the title of Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Queen on Aug 26. They will be presented at 7:30 p.m.
Seventeen young women are vying for the title of Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Queen on Aug 26. They will be presented at 7:30 p.m.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a farewell address by Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Queen Jeanne Marie Hidalgo. She will crown her successor Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
The Daily Review/Ivory Bibbins
Judy Hidalgo, mother of the current Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Queen, Jeanne Hidalgo, revamped the Past Kings’ Club’s Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Case in the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. Hidalgo took items from the previous display, below, and revamped the case over two weeks in which she reorganized, hand scrubbed and reframed the pictures and retired crowns. The newly revamped case, below, now features a picture of the current royalty and two retired queen trains.
Judy Hidalgo, mother of current Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Queen Jeanne Hidalgo, revamped the Past Kings’ Club’s Shrimp and Petroleum Festival display case in Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
The Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival and Fair Association and the Past Queen’s Club are in search of that special young woman to carry on the tradition of representing the oldest state-chart
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