Shrimpfest 2011 & Battle of The Bands
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The 31st annual Shrimpfest in Seadrift, Texas was a huge success.The two-day festival had about 3,200 attendees over the age of 6 based on the gross collections from the ticket booth. In addition, an estimated 500 kids attended the event free of charge. This event packed weekend offered something for everyone.
Deacon Al from Our Lady of the Gulf and Deacon Dennis Wittnebert from First Baptist Church Seadrift performed the blessing of the fleet while Odis Lambright delivered the wreath to the bay for the ceremony. Brenda Edwards then kicked off the Shrimpfest pageants. Fifty-three boys and girls participated. After the pageant, Shrimpfesters enjoyed music by the Ross Brunner Band and strolled down the long line of vendors. In fact, there were so many vendors some of them had to be located right behind the pavilion. Calhoun County Law Enforcement won 1st place in the Vendor Shrimp Dish Cook-Off with their gumbo. Second place went to Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Jalapenos by David Chavez. This year’s vendors offered just about any type of food, drink or snack you could ask for. There was also an abundance of games for kids including bungee jumps, pony rides, moon walks, carnival games and Laser Tag.
JoJo the monkey came to visit Shrimpfest this year. The monkey would sit on visitors’ shoulders, or they could have their picture taken with him for a small fee. Shrimpfesters had to be aware of their beer, though. JoJo might just try to steal it.
Saturday’s events started strong with 71 kids arriving for the kids’ fishing tournament. The 5K Fun Run / Walk brought contestants from all over. 28 females and 16 males ranging in age from 10 to 70 years old entered the contest. Other tournaments held included Volleyball, Horseshoes and Washers. The legendary Miss Bayrat competition only had two contestants this year, but these boys dressed up as Hot Lips and Luscious Lips. Real names will not be used to protect their family members. Hot Lips stole the show dancing for the judges and posing on the judges table. Don’t miss this part of the show next year! It is worth the price of admission! New to Shrimpfest this year was the Battle of the Bands which was a huge hit. A special thanks to Carlos from Rhythm of the Road for running the production and sound board for all seven bands. The audience voted and 24-7 stole the show with their style of modern rockin bluesy funk. Broke 60 and the Po-Boys took second and third. We finished off the party with Rhythm of the Road and a packed house for the majority of the night. Thank you to all who gave their time to help make this event a success especially the Port Lavaca Evening Lions who kept the grounds clean, the Seadrift Lions and Lakeside 4-H for working the admission gate, The Friends of the Seadrift Library for working the chamber booth, First National Bank employees for helping with the ticket booth, Chamber members Nan Burnett, Helon Loep, Nancy Alford, Jasmine Gordon, Brenda Edwards, Becky Gray, Sandy Moncrief, Walter (Skip) Ellis, Patricia Fielder and Peggy Gains for their countless hours and for their family members help and support. I especially thank my wife Lesley for putting up with me while planning, prepping and working this event as well as for her help during Shrimpfest. We were able to award scholarships to 2011 graduates James Hunter Reed Cady, Trevor Finster, Jeffrey Garza, Caitlynn Davenport and Heather Jennings. The success of Shrimpfest 2011 will enable us to continue to award scholarships to local students, promote tourism and businesses in Seadrift, assist in community projects and aid those clubs and organizations listed above. Our sponsors have also helped to make this event one worth attending. Hats off to First National Bank in Port Lavaca, Seadrift Coke, City of Seadrift, GBRA, PL Evening Lions Club, Falcon Lease Operating, Tigrett Real Estate, Perfection Lawn Service, Bay Heritage (Seadrifter Inn), GSM Insurance Port Lavaca, Cliff and Ann Masarik, Marek, Griffin & Knaupp, Quality Control Testing, Inc., Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas, Dow Seadrift Operations, PL Auto Group, AEP, Texas Title, Diebel Oil Co., Inc., San Antonio Bay Foundation and Del Papa Distributing. Thank you again to everyone listed as well as everyone else who played a part in this event. We appreciate all who attended and hope to see you back next year to rock the bayfront. Remember “Eat More Shrimp” in Seadrift, Texas. If you have not visited our restaurants, gift shops or specialty stores you need to plan a trip and bring some friends. Visit www.seadriftchamber.com or catch us on Facebook to keep up on what’s happening. Jason Jones, President, Seadrift Chamber of Commerce 2011 Shrimpfest Event WinnersBeauty Pageants
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Shrimpfest 2011 SponsorsFirst National Bank Contact: Chamber president, Jason Jones at 361.237.0406 or Jason@seadriftchamber.com |
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Clint Maddox dba Clint's S. TX. BBQ
April 18th, 2011 at 6:17 pm
we will be submitting our app by end of week for the same thing we done last year. I had contacted you earlier stating we wanted to do the same thing as last year and you said you would make note of it (whomever I spoke with).
Clint Maddox dba Clint's S. TX. BBQ
April 18th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
I had spoke to someone earlier and stated we would like to participate with the same ite,ms as last year. We will be submitting our app this week.
Thank you so much,
clint Maddox
Beatrice Olivarez
February 27th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
I love that little town everyone is so polite and would go back as soon as i would have a chance. Could someone reply back and let me know when the shrimpfest for 2012 is going to be. Thank you
Jasmine Gordon
April 20th, 2012 at 9:37 am
Hello,
Shrimpfest will be Friday, June 8th Noon – 12am and Saturday, June 9th 10:00am – 1am. Here’s a link for more info:
http://www.seadriftchamber.com/site/shrimpfest-2012/
Thanks for the post.