Scenes from the Bear Festival education area, above, and below a Thompson boat from the 1950s at the Wooden Boat Show
Festival, boat show weekend
The weather was mostly cooperative this weekend as the Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival and the Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show were held. Though showers emerged overnight Saturday and a cool front passed through, visitors were greeted by bands, vendors, games for the youngsters and 32 classic wooden watercraft. A photo feature will be in Wednesday’s edition of the newspaper. (Photos by Janell Parfait and Roger Emile Stouff)