Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival

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The Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival is called "One of the Oldest and Coldest" festival in Louisiana. Takes place in the heart of winter, the second weekend of January. The Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival was chosen as a Top 20 Event by the Southeast Tourism Society in 1989, 2012 and 2013. [1] This award is a coveted honor among 12 member states.

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Industries honored

The festival honors ten native industries, all vital to Cameron Parish, on a rotating basis. [2]

In conjunction with each festival, a queen's pageant is held; an individual is named King Fur to represent the industry being honored; a cookbook is published which contains photographs and winners from the previous festival; a parade is held, and the festival hosts a delegation from its sister festival, the National Outdoor Show from Cambridge MD. [3]

Festival contests include oyster shucking, muskrat and nutria skinning, skeet shooting, trap setting, and duck and goose calling, and a Gumbo Cook-off. A booth located on the fairgrounds showcases the history of the festival. The festival also features carnival rides, exhibits, live music and dancing, and regional food.

History

Inaugural festival

The event originated in 1955 when U.S. Congressman Theo Ashton Thompson arranged the first fur and wildlife competition. [4]

The congressman of Cambridge, Maryland challenged Representative Thompson to send a local resident to compete in the National Fur Skinning Contest. Fifty-two-year-old Leon Hebert, a 25-year trapper, from Cameron was sent to the National Outdoor Show where he placed fifth in the nation that year. [5]

A small group of people met during the summer of 1955 in the Cameron Courthouse Building, to make plans for the first festival. Whitney Stine was chairman. Representatives of community organizations included: Whitney Stine - Cameron Lion's Club ((Lions Clubs International)), Edward Swindell, Sr. - Cameron Lion's Club, Hadley Fontenot - County Agent, Alvin Dyson - State Representative, Ray Burleigh - Cameron Lion's Club, Joe O'Donnell -Cameron Lion's Club, Mrs. Iva Free - Home Demonstration Agent, Roberta Rogers - Home Demonstration Club, Geneva Griffith - Home Demonstration Club and Sam Tarlton - Lake Charles Television and Radio Station. [5]

From this group of organizers came the Louisiana Fur & Wildlife Festival. The first festival was funded by the Cameron Parish Police Jury and private donations. This was to become known as "ONE OF THE OLDEST AND COLDEST FESTIVALS IN LOUISIANA" In 1962 [6] and 1973 the festival was postponed for one week due to a severe cold wave.

Jennings B. Jones, Jr. served as master of ceremonies for the program on Dec 2 and 3, 1955. It was presided over by Cameron County Agent Hadley Fontenot, first festival president. [7]

Seventeen-year-old Vida Bess Brown, from Abbeville, was crowned "Miss Outdoor of Louisiana" by Ted O'Neal, Chief of the Fur and Bottoms Division of the Louisiana Wildlife Commission. She was presented with a nutria stole, a bouquet of roses by the Cameron Service Garage, and an expense paid trip to the National Outdoors Show in Cambridge, Maryland. The National Outdoor Show became a "Sister Festival" with the Cameron Festival. The two exchanged fur skinners and festival queens each year and the tradition continues today. [5]

Of 34 contestants, Meredith Giles was named the first "Cameron Parish Queen". Eleven-year-old J. A. Miller captured the Louisiana Junior Duck Calling contest and in years to come he became the World Champion Fur Skinner, following in the footsteps of his father Fletcher, and teaching his daughter Selika the art with her becoming the Women's Champion. His wife, Mary Jane Miller, held the Local and National Women's title many times.

Second festival

The second annual festival was held on January 11–12, 1957 and $5000.00 in cash and trips were awarded along with fur coats to the Fur Queen contestants. Nancy Precht was crowned Fur Queen by Louisiana House of Representative, Alvin Dyson. She represented the festival at the Mardi Gras Ball in Washington, D.C. where she was presented to Vice-President and Mrs. Nixon. This tradition continues to the present time.

Floats were usually constructed in warehouses of the local menhaden plants, mud houses, garages, or anywhere workers could get out of the cold. Roland "Bolo" Trosclair was in charge of the parade at that time.

A raccoon was chosen as mascot for the festival. A contest of the area school children determined that Sha-oui would be the name of the mascot.

In Dec 1956, festival authorities invited major fur production parishes to attend; St Charles, St Bernard, St John, St. Mary, Jefferson, Plaquemines, Terrebonne, Lafourche, Iberia, Vermilion and Cameron. [8]

Subsequent festivals

In 1969 the first King Fur is selected. King Fur I, Jack T. Styron represents the Menhaden (pogy fish) industry for the 14th annual Fur and Wildlife Festival. [9]

In 1972 the first Fur Festival Cookbook is published and continues today. [10]

Parishes with invitations to compete for the Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival Queen Crown: Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Natchitoches, Plaquemines, Rapides, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, Saint Tammany, Sabine, Vermillion, Vernon, Washington, Tangipahoa, and Terrebonne.

Cameron Elementary School was the annual staging ground for the Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival pageants until Hurricane Rita. After the 2005 storm, all that remain of the auditorium were the steel girders. The festival was canceled in 2006 due to the devastation of Hurricane Rita.

Activities for the 2007 50th annual Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival kicked off with pageants at the Lake Charles Civic Center's Rosa Hart Theater. The festival activities returned to the grounds of the old Cameron Elementary School in Cameron. [11]

The Fur queen invited several of her fellow festival queens to see her Parish anyway, both in its devastation and its natural splendor. [12]

In the early months of 2010, the Cameron Parish 4-H Junior Leaders complete a video documentary on the history of the Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival. The Youth Leaders interviewed past festival participants, contestants and queens and compiled the stories into a documentary. [13] Cameron Communications is a Festival $5,000 corporate sponsor now and in the next several years. [14]

The 54th annual Fur and Wildlife Festival held January 13–14, 2012 in downtown Cameron LA featured dog trials, back for the first time since Hurricane Rita.

With the 2020 hurricanes, Laura and Delta, and the COVID-19 pandemic causing 2021 to go on hiatus, the 63rd was deferred to 2022.

The 63rd Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival was held January 8, 2022 at the Burton Complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

The 64th Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival will return January 13-14, 2023 to the Historic Cameron Courthouse fairgrounds in Cameron, Louisiana.

List of festivals

YearFestival PresidentFur King Industry HonoredFur KingFur Queen Parish RepresentedFur QueenMiss Cameron Parish
1955Hadley Fontenot [15] Vida Bess BrownVermillionIMeredith Giles
1957 JanHadley FontenotNancy PrechtCameron [16] IINancy Precht
1958Festival canceled due to the devastation of Hurricane Audrey.
1959Hadley FontenotPeggy Joyce SeagoIberia [17] IIIMarilyn Billings [18]
1960Hadley FontenotJune RobicheauxSt. Mary [19] IVBarbara Lane Dugas [20]
1961Hadley FontenotDebbie Ann LaBoveCameron [21] VDebbie Ann LaBove [20]
1962Hadley FontenotPat O'NeilVermillion [21] VIBeverly Sue Rutherford [22]
1963Hadley FontenotSusan BienvenueTerrebonne [23] VIIPamela Riggs [24]
1964Hadley FontenotGail Catherine BroussardIberia [25] VIIIJudy Hebert [26]
1965Hadley FontenotSusan ArcementVermillion [27] IXElaine Broussard [28]
1966Hadley Fontenot [29] Schere SaiaTerrebonne [30] XSusan Kornegay [31]
1967Hadley Fontenot [32] Linda TrappeyIberia [33] XICharlene LaBove
1968Jennings B. Jones, Jr. [34] Nancy Lea JordanPlaquemines [35] XIIDiane Warren [36]
1969Jennings B. Jones, Jr.Jack T. StyronMenhaden [37] IJane WeilbaecherSt. Charles [38] XIIISherry Cheramie
1970Jennings B. Jones, Jr. [39] Alvin DysonFurIIDoylene LasiterSt. Mary [40] XIVCherie Griffith [39]
1971Jennings B. Jones, Jr. [41] Mark RichardCattleIIICherie Kay GriffithCameron [42] XVJanet Gail Riggs [43]
1972Jennings B. Jones, Jr. [44] John Paul CrainOilIVJanet Gail RiggsCameron [44] XVIPeggy Ann Kelley [45]
1973Jennings B. Jones, Jr.Tom SteedShrimp [46] VGwendolyn PhelpsLafourche [47] XVIIDebbie Precht [46]
1974Jennings B. Jones, Jr. [48] Charles W. HebertRice [49] VIAnn Elizabeth GuillotSt. John the Baptist [50] XVIIISusan Baccigalopi [49]
1975Jennings B. Jones, Jr.Jerry JonesHunting [51] VIIAlexis AlexanderJefferson [51] XIXSusan Woodgett [51]
1976Jennings B. Jones, Jr.J. Burton DaigleCentennial King [52] VIIISusan WoodgettCameron [52] XXVickie Nunez [52]
1977Jennings B. Jones, Jr.Ted JoanenAlligator [53] IXJenny BirdSt Charles [54] XXINancy Claire Nunez [55]
1978Jennings B. Jones, Jr.Patrick DoodyMenhadden [56] XSharon LaneySt. Charles [57] XXII"| Joni Gray [56]
1979Jennings B. Jones, Jr. [58] Fletcher MillerFur [58] XIJoni GrayCameron [58] XXIIIMary Diane McCall [59]
1980Braxton BlakeConway LeBleuCattle [60] XIICindy RiceSt. John the Baptist [61] XXIVLaura Hicks [60]
1981Braxton Blake [62] Hadley A Fontenot & J.B. Jones25TH Anniversary [63] XIIIDonna HarmonCalcasieu [62] XXVYvonne Marie Savoie [63]
1982J. Braxton Blake [64] Charles "Buster" RogersOil [64] XIVYvonne SavoieCameron [65] XXVIApril Leger [64]
1983Braxton BlakeRoland Trosclair Jr.Shrimp [66] XVAndria Marie BergeronTerrebonne [67] XXVIIWendy Wigley [66]
1984Braxton BlakeCharles H. Precht Sr.Rice [68] XVIElizabeth PrimmTerrebonne [68] XXVIIISelika Miller [69]
1985Braxton BlakeLyle "Butch" CrainHunting and Wildlife [70] XVIISelika MillerCameron [71] XXIXStacy Mudd [70]
1986Braxton Blake [72] Benny WelchAlligator [73] XVIIIKelly FosterCalcasieu [73] XXXShontel Blanchard [72]
1987Braxton Blake [74] Edward Wallace Swindell JrMenhaden [74] XIXLisa RobertsIberia [75] XXXIDena Dawn Rutherford [74]
1988Hayes "Pete" Picou, JrTom MuddFur [75] XXKaren EngeronTerrebonne [75] XXXIIKathryn Leigh Wilkerson [75]
1989Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr [76] J.B. MeauxCattle [77] XXIMichele Irene MorrisLafourche [78] XXXIIIRhonda Jennifer Perry [77]
1990Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr [79] Joseph Braxton BlakeOil [80] XXIILisa

Rousse

Terrebonne [79] XXXVIDayna Elaine Willis [80]
1991Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr [81] Phillip TrosclairShrimp [81] XXIIISonia LandryIberia [82] XXXVRene Rachelle LaLande [81]
1992Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr [83] Claude EaglesonRice [84] XXIVKelley Marie BecnellSt. John the Baptist [81] XXXVIBrandi Brice Soileau [84]
1993Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr [85] Watkins MillerWildlife [85] XXVBelinda "Denise" ClemonsSt. Tammany [86] XXXVIITracie Marie Trahan [85]
1994Hayes "Pete" Picou, JrLarry McNeeseAlligator [87] XXVIErika SchwarzSt. Tammany [88] XXXVIIIAdrienne Larissa Picou [87]
1995Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr [89] Billy DoxeyOyster [90] XXVIIAdrienne PicouCameron [91] XXXIXJennifer Leigh Broadus [90]
1996Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr [92] Robert James SchwakMenhaden [92] XXVIIIMarie Elise Des OrmeauxVermillion [93] XLAdenise Michelle Trosclair [92]
1997Hayes "Pete" Picou, JrDarryl "Fats" DupontFur [94] XXIXAlison HotardIberia [94] XLIMelissa Ann Trahan [94]
1998Hayes "Pete" Picou, Jr [95] Charlie TheriotCattle [96] XXXSummer Leigh Parker [96] Jefferson DavisXLIIHeather Sturlese [96]
1999Clifton Hebert [95] Norman McCallOil [96] XXXIHeather SturleseCameron [97] XLIIIAmanda Broussard [95]
2000Clifton Hebert [98] Don BaileyShrimp [98] XXXIIMillie Manning HarrisJefferson [98] XLIVCourtney Nicole Conner [98]
2001Clifton Hebert [99] Mervin "Possum" ChessonRice [99] XXXIIICourtney Tatman [99] St. CharlesXLVShannon Suratt [99]
2002Clifton HebertEnos Joseph "Buster" SturleseHunting [100] XXXIVShannon HintonSt. John the Baptist [100] XLVIMarylyn Alexis LeJeune [100]
2003Johnny LeBlancCharles PettifordAlligator [101] XXXVTiffany WingCalcasieuXLVIITrista Semien [102]
2004Johnny LeBlanc [103] Jimmie StutesOyster [104] XXXVITrista Zanora SemienCameron [105] XLVIIIAshley Picou [105]
2005Johnny LeBlanc [102] James "JA"Miller [106] MenhadenXXXVIICadi Brook PedigoAcadia [106] XLIXAshley Kelly [106]
2006Festival canceled due to the devastation of Hurricane Rita.
2007Johnny LeBlanc [107] Rolland Primeaux50TH Anniversary [108] XXXVIIIKayla LavergneVermilion [102] LHaley Willis [102]
2008Johnny LeBlancJohn R. "Nunu" BaccigalopiFur [109] XXXIXLauren NaquinVermilion [102] LIKami Savoie [102]
2009Festival canceled due to the devastation of Hurricane Ike.
2010Penelope RichardBilly DolandCattle [110] XLJada O'Blanc [110] VermilionLIIMikalee Mooney** [110]
2011Penelope RichardLee HarrisonOil [111] XLISarah Deanna TinslerAcadiaLIIIKatelyn Reina
2012Penelope RichardElmer PeshoffShrimp [112] XLIIMikalee Mooney [113] BeauregardLIVKathryn Reina [113]
2013Penelope RichardClifford BroussardFarming [114] XLIIIKathryn Reina [113] CameronLVJuliann Lannin [113]
2014Penelope RichardHuey MhireHunting [115] XLIVCarly Chaumont [115] EvangelineLVIKatie Little [115]
2015Telesha BertrandGuthrie PerryFur and AlligatorXLVHaleigh WillisEvangelineLVIIMorgan Hardie
2016Telesha BertrandAdley Leo Dyson Sr.OysterXLVIJulian Devillier AcadiaLVIIIBaylie Duhon
2017Telesha BertrandLoston McEversFishingXLVIIKristal Marie Breaux*St. CharlesLIXSavanna Boudreaux
2018Telesha Bertrand"Sugarboy" MillerCrabbingXLVIIISydney RichardelleCalcasieuLXMaeleigh Conner
2019Telesha BertrandJ.C. ReinaCattleXLIXHali WestermanLafourcheLXIAlivia Mudd
2020Telesha BertrandWillard "Yank" SavoieEnergyLAlivia MuddCameronLXIIMaddy Grayce Gordon
2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic and devastation of Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta.
2022Telesha BertrandRobert “Buster” McKoinShrimpLIGabrielle GuilbeauVermillionLXIIICesilee Oliver
2023Telesha BertrandCarol "Zeke" WainwrightHunting and WildlifeLIIJordyn Kelley CalcasieuLXIVHadley Lemons
2024Telesha BertrandHoward RomeroFur and AlligatorLIIIJadyn DevillierSt.MartinLXVMakala Snyder
LAFF QUEEN OF QUEENS / LAFF QUEEN (Representing The Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival)
FUR QUEEN (Representing Cameron Parish)
*LAFF QUEEN OF QUEENS / LAFF QUEEN (Representing Another Festival)
**FUR QUEEN (Representing Another Parish)
ParishWinnersYears
Cameron131957, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2013, 2020
Vermillion81956, 1962, 1965, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2022
Terrebonne61963, 1966, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990,
Calcasieu51981, 1986, 2003, 2018, 2023
Iberia51959, 1964, 1967, 1987, 1991
St. Charles51969, 1977, 1978, 2001, 2017
St. John the Baptist51974, 1980, 1992, 1997, 2002
Acadia32005, 2011, 2016
Lafourche31973, 1989, 2019
Evangeline22014, 2015
Jefferson21975, 2000
St. Mary21960, 1970
St. Tammany21993, 1994
Beauregard12012
Jefferson Davis11998
Plaquemines11968

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