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St. Martha Catholic School gets cookin'

St. Martha Catholic School hosted its sixth annual Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival on April 8.


  • By Anna Brugmann
  • | 7:54 p.m. April 8, 2017
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St. Martha Catholic School had all the fixin's for a feast during the sixth annual Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival at Bishop Nevins Academy on April 8. 

Children played games and rode carnival rides as vendors cooked up a cajun feast complete with crawfish and boiled potatoes.

Proceeds from the event benefited St. Martha Catholic School.  

 

Sarah Edwards plays on one of the inflatable obstacle courses at St. Martha Catholic School'    s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival
Sarah Edwards plays on one of the inflatable obstacle courses at St. Martha Catholic School' s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival
Sally Stevens and Lizzie Reboul
Sally Stevens and Lizzie Reboul
Luca Tucci plays a baseball game at St. Martha Catholic School'    s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival
Luca Tucci plays a baseball game at St. Martha Catholic School' s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival
Felipe and Ivonne Zarate and Matheus, Isabella, Lucas and David Cabrera
Felipe and Ivonne Zarate and Matheus, Isabella, Lucas and David Cabrera
Jasmine, Jenna and Sophia Antico
Jasmine, Jenna and Sophia Antico
Ben Krblich drinks a slushy at St. Martha Catholic School'    s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Ben Krblich drinks a slushy at St. Martha Catholic School' s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Meredith and Arianna De Castro
Meredith and Arianna De Castro
Austin Daley hugs an inflatable toy he got at St. Martha Catholic School'    s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Austin Daley hugs an inflatable toy he got at St. Martha Catholic School' s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Emily McGregor, Kiki Barnes and Lexi Lowther
Emily McGregor, Kiki Barnes and Lexi Lowther
Eventgoers enjoyed fresh seafood.
Eventgoers enjoyed fresh seafood.
Gavin Tovar holds a crawfish at the St. Martha Catholic School'    s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Gavin Tovar holds a crawfish at the St. Martha Catholic School' s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Lilly Orocco and Colleen Putnam react to Gavin Tovar holding crawfish during the St. Martha Catholic School'    s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Lilly Orocco and Colleen Putnam react to Gavin Tovar holding crawfish during the St. Martha Catholic School' s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Eventgoers enjoyed fresh seafood and crawfish.
Eventgoers enjoyed fresh seafood and crawfish.
Tamas Torok picks up two crawfish from one of the buckets of crawfish waiting to be cooked at St. Martha Catholic School'    s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Tamas Torok picks up two crawfish from one of the buckets of crawfish waiting to be cooked at St. Martha Catholic School' s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Jamie, Sofia and Thomas Cristello
Jamie, Sofia and Thomas Cristello
Martha and John Sutherland, Bryan Cardenas and Sara Sutherland.
Martha and John Sutherland, Bryan Cardenas and Sara Sutherland.
Brooks and Pamela Klein
Brooks and Pamela Klein
The Gumbo Boogie Band performed during the event.
The Gumbo Boogie Band performed during the event.
The Gumbo Boogie Band performed during the event.
The Gumbo Boogie Band performed during the event.
Nyah Andrews and Morgan Reyes ride a carnival ride at St. Martha Catholic School'    s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Nyah Andrews and Morgan Reyes ride a carnival ride at St. Martha Catholic School' s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Bea Glassmoyer plays in a inflatable obstacle course during St. Martha Catholic School'    s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.
Bea Glassmoyer plays in a inflatable obstacle course during St. Martha Catholic School' s Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival.

 

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