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Faunsdale Crawfish Festival April 18-19 Thousands will sit down and pop crawfish tails into their mouths Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19, in the small village of Faunsdale. The art of twisting the heads off and pinching the third band down on the tails is the secret to eating crawfish fast. You can see this contest at 3 p.m. Saturday with Al duPont, former mayor of Tuscaloosa as the master of ceremonies. With the crawfish head gone, the meat in the tail is grabbed by the front teeth and pulled into the mouth for what some say is the best tail in the world, and they are quick to include lobster and shrimp in the competition. Ca-John's Faunsdale Bar and Grill is the host for the event with children's activities and arts and crafts vendors opening at 10 o'clock each morning taking place outside. From 11 o'clock each morning, "DJ" will be playing favorites in music. Friday and Saturday, the mechanical bull will be let loose for the cowboys, in spirit at least, to break. All this will be in the cooking area where boiled crawfish, etouffee, pie, pistoletes, and gumbo will be served for the hungry. Hot dogs and hamburgers will also be available. Inside the bar Friday afternoon, a music group will perform and from 8 p.m. until midnight, "Dirt Road Lizards" will perform real country. Line dance clubs will be showing off their steps Saturday afternoon in the cooking area. "Rolling In The Hay" will perform Southern rock, Appalachin string, Irish, and blue grass Saturday from noon until 4 p.m. Then the "Southland Band" from Birmingham will play classic rock, southern rock, and country until 8 p. m. At 8 o'clock Saturday night, "Telluride" will break into its classics from the 80's and 90's for what may be the last ever performance by the group. Ca-John said, "You'd better come hear this." During the night, there will be more crawfish and for the less hearty souls, the restaurant will serve steak, chicken, catfish, shrimp, and salads. This festival was begun some 15 years ago to introduce crawfish to Alabama. That first festival drew 3,000. From that beginning, it grew to over 60,000 during two days in one year. The crowds have tapered off to 20,000 to 30,000 since then. Broussard urges poeple to come early to eat their fill because there will be only about 20,000 pounds of the boiled mudbugs in the pot. For more information, call Broussard at 334- 628-3240. Email him at http://www.ca-johns.net
Faunsdale is located about 50 miles south of Tuscaloosa on Highway 25 at the intersection of Highway 80. People have come from as far away as Texas and North Carolina for these festivals, but this year, nobody will know until it is over how many showed up.
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