Gweneth Dohmann, Joseph Carinhas Jr. will reign over S&P Festival

Joseph E. “Jody” Carinhas Jr. and Gweneth Dohmann will preside as the 88th Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival king and queen during the annual festival being held Thursday through Labor Day Monday.

Carinhas becomes the third generation to serve as festival king. He follows his father, Joseph Carinhas Sr., who was king in 1973 and his grandfather, John Santos Carinhas, who was king in 1946.

Jody Carinhas began a career in the family shrimping and processing business during the summers as a teenager.

After graduating from Central Catholic High School in 1978, he started a full time position at the Patterson Shrimp Company beginning in mechanics, later vessel engineer and marine operations manager.

He eventually transitioned in 1983 to the petroleum industry where he has had a 40-year career in sales. He began his sales career at Morgan City Rentals before moving on to Oil & Gas Rental Services and Stabil Drill Specialties. In 2006, he returned to Morgan City Rentals as vice president of sales and has remained there through the ownership change to Bishop Lifting Rentals.

Jody Carinhas has coached Pop Warner Football, Dixie Youth Baseball, and girls’ softball. He served on the board for Morgan City Recreation Department softball and St. Mary Golf and Country Club.

He and his wife, Kimbla, have two children, Kayla Carinhas Folse and Kristin Carinhas Hickman, along with four grandchildren, five stepchildren and 10 stepgrandchildren.

Dohmann, 19, is the daughter of Joey and Sharon Dohmann of Berwick. The Central Catholic High School graduate attends the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she is pursuing a degree in business finance.