Linger Lodge Restaurant hosted her bluegrass festival today.
By
Pam Eubanks
| 7:39 p.m. April 25, 2015
East County
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More than 250 guests lingered along the banks of the Braden River, behind Linger Lodge Restaurant, as it hosted its annual Bluegrass Festival and Gumbo Cook-off Saturday. Guests sampled gumbo while listening to music by Hwy 41 South, Sonya Stratton and Straight South and other bluegrass groups.
Ken Cowles and his sons, Jarrett and Chad, took first place in the gumbo cook-off.
Ernestor Enchautegui Jr. serves Linger Lodge’s famous gumbo.
Joe and Paula Kanzler prepared a seafood gumbo with shrimp, crab, andouille sausage, okra and other flavorings.
Clara and Stephen Spicer make a hunter gumbo with smoked rabbit, smoked quail, buffalo, tasso-cured ham and other ingredients.
Richard Toole listens to music with his nephew Wayne Toole.
Bobbie and Sonny Woods love live music.
Jayne Folger and Pam Rowe watch their husbands perform.
Toni Lipscomb and Bob Fontaine find a shady spot near the front.
Gary and Lisa Glidden sit in the shade.
Olivia Beaumont, hangs out with her aunts, Kathy and Joy Beaumont.
Sonya Stratton and the Straight South performs. Pictured are musicians Doug Row on lead guitar, Sonya Stratton and Jeff Folger, on the banjo.
Peggy Munoz-Baker hangs out with her dad, Robert Baker.
