Oh, What a Weekend!

Berry best fest shatters records and expectations
The Strawberry Festival’s brilliant nocturnal glow (Photo Courtesy of Jody Borne)
The Strawberry Festival’s brilliant nocturnal glow (Photo Courtesy of Jody Borne)

Luck was a lady last weekend, and her name was Mother Nature. Custom ordered, the weather could not have been better, and crowds flocked to the three-day festival to enjoy the food, the fun, and the Ponchatoula sun.

Following heavy rains last Wednesday and forecasts for a picture-perfect weekend, anticipation started swelling on Thursday, as the landscape and even the skyscape of Berrytown morphed …