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re: Lake Charles "Postpones" Decades Old Festival
Posted on 3/17/24 at 10:35 am to southernelite
Posted on 3/17/24 at 10:35 am to southernelite
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The SWLA community can be self-defeating at time.
When you're a blue collar area and it pays so much for the work, it's going to happen. Just a natural course of business.
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Posted on 3/17/24 at 11:48 am to SlowFlowPro
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It was always catered to the lower class and they'll never spend the money for a legit festival.
I'd say the early to mid 90s it wasn't near as bad as it had progressed in the early 2000's. They had some decent live music and was nice enough during the daytime to go and listen. Large boating contingent.
What finished it off was when the ridiculous "slaves were contraband" shite forced the name change.
The only people left by that time were the die hards and they were pissed off enough to call it quits.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 11:53 am to CSinLC
It was a good festival when it was oriented around boating and the lake. Used to have boat races, and the lake was packed with boats, particularly along the sea wall. It was a lot of fun in those days.
After a fatal boat crash in the early 90s, law enforcement became gestapo on the lake, boarding and ticketing as many as they could over any little thing.
That ran the boats off, thus killing the most fun and unique aspect of the festival. Then they got rid of the Jolly Roger flag, and that was all she wrote. It became just another carnival, and yes, trashy as hell.
Poor, poor leadership and decision making from the people involved.
After a fatal boat crash in the early 90s, law enforcement became gestapo on the lake, boarding and ticketing as many as they could over any little thing.
That ran the boats off, thus killing the most fun and unique aspect of the festival. Then they got rid of the Jolly Roger flag, and that was all she wrote. It became just another carnival, and yes, trashy as hell.
Poor, poor leadership and decision making from the people involved.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 11:58 am to LSUgusto
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After a fatal boat crash in the early 90s, law enforcement became gestapo on the lake, boarding and ticketing as many as they could over any little thing.
That ran the boats off, thus killing the most fun and unique aspect of the festival. Then they got rid of the Jolly Roger flag, and that was all she wrote. It became just another carnival, and yes, trashy as hell.
This makes sense in terms of timing per my memory.
It was already dead when the name controversy started up
Posted on 3/17/24 at 11:59 am to CSinLC
Just like any festival, if you are in the know, there were spectacular times to be had. Especially if you had a boat or friends in the large boating community.
Standing at the seas wall, etc to watch to fireworks or go to a piss smelling fair....is the same as walking down Bourbon on Mardis Gras, and saying it's trashy. Of course it is.
Basically, you do free poor shite, you get the poor experience.
No clue the economic situation in LC and the festival, haven't lived there Ina long long time.
All I can say about LC now is that it might be the best designed city in Louisiana. All roads on grid, i10 on north side, 210 loop around to south. City is growing south, and there are no fewer than 4, wide 4 lane roads the run north south.
Standing at the seas wall, etc to watch to fireworks or go to a piss smelling fair....is the same as walking down Bourbon on Mardis Gras, and saying it's trashy. Of course it is.
Basically, you do free poor shite, you get the poor experience.
No clue the economic situation in LC and the festival, haven't lived there Ina long long time.
All I can say about LC now is that it might be the best designed city in Louisiana. All roads on grid, i10 on north side, 210 loop around to south. City is growing south, and there are no fewer than 4, wide 4 lane roads the run north south.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 11:59 am to ChatGPT of LA
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it might be the best designed city in Louisiana. All roads on grid, i10 on north side, 210 loop around to south. City is growing south, and there are no fewer than 4, wide 4 lane roads the run north south.
NOW we have a discussion
Posted on 3/17/24 at 12:49 pm to ChatGPT of LA
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All I can say about LC now is that it might be the best designed city in Louisiana. All roads on grid, i10 on north side, 210 loop around to south. City is growing south, and there are no fewer than 4, wide 4 lane roads the run north south.
I’ve said this same thing about the street grid system there in Lake Charles. It makes it easy to do though when you’re building in old cow pastures and fields.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 12:57 pm to southernelite
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The SWLA community can be self-defeating at times.
Agreed. If they had renamed it the Lake Charles Wine Mixer Festival a different crowd would have shown up.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 1:02 pm to MrLSU
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If they had renamed it the Lake Charles Wine Mixer Festival a different crowd would have shown up.
We have that, baw
We even have a Whiskey event these days
Neither are dying anytime soon
Posted on 3/17/24 at 1:08 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 3/17/24 at 1:22 pm to CSinLC
They deserve it after pussying out and changing it from Contraband to pirates day
Posted on 3/17/24 at 1:25 pm to SlowFlowPro
We stopped going to Rouge et Blanc because the wine quality had gone downhill the last few years we went. I saw the wine list from last year and it looked like they may have improved some but I’m going to wait another year before we think about going back.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:49 pm to SlowFlowPro
Smoke & Barrel is a great time when the weather cooperates
Posted on 3/17/24 at 5:46 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:Two possible changes coming to Lake Charles traffic that should be interesting to watch.
NOW we have a discussion
1. Tolling the Calcasieu River Bridge removes that section of highway from the Eisenhower Interstate System. That could mean I-10 gets switched to the I-210 route. That might end up diverting a lot more traffic through the heart of Lake Charles, which is much more inviting for exiting than the current Interstate through downtown. That could help local businesses get more out-of-town traffic, but will obviously cause more traffic problems on the surface streets and approaches/interchanges.
2. I'm wondering if the extension of Nelson Road over Contraband Bayou could be a game changer for downtown. Right now, getting from southern Nelson Road to downtown is a pain, requiring a lot of zig-zagging through the grid to get there. Having Nelson be able to feed directly into the old part of Lake Charles down Sallier Street would make downtown a quicker and easier destination for the commuters you want spending time/money downtown. We'll see, I guess.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:51 pm to CSinLC
That sucks.
Lived in Sulphur as a kid and remember it fondly.
Lived in Sulphur as a kid and remember it fondly.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 7:53 pm to SlowFlowPro
They waited until the release of the population decline for convenience
Waste of money anyways. This is best.
Waste of money anyways. This is best.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 9:42 pm to LSUgusto
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. I'm wondering if the extension of Nelson Road over Contraband Bayou could be a game changer for downtown. Right now, getting from southern Nelson Road to downtown is a pain, requiring a lot of zig-zagging through the grid to get there. Having Nelson be able to feed directly into the old part of Lake Charles down Sallier Street would make downtown a quicker and easier destination for the commuters you want spending time/money downtown. We'll see, I guess.
I have been waiting for this for years. YEARS.
That area being built off the roundabout is massive. Reminds me of D'Iberville in MS.
This post was edited on 3/17/24 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 3/17/24 at 9:59 pm to redstick13
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It always seemed that the people you would see attending would never leave their homes the other 50 weeks of the year because you never saw them except during contraband days.
There is a festival where I live and its in October. There are people you will only see at the festival and then trick or treating and then its like they go back in their hole until next year. We called them Octopeople.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 10:03 pm to thejudge
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What finished it off was when the ridiculous "slaves were contraband" shite forced the name change.
They can deny it all they want, but that was the last nail in the coffin when they rolled over for one woman who had a problem with the name of the festival.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 10:09 pm to LSUgusto
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1. Tolling the Calcasieu River Bridge removes that section of highway from the Eisenhower Interstate System. That could mean I-10 gets switched to the I-210 route.
I honestly think they’re going to end up tolling both. May take a decade or so, but with traffic cams and all, every vehicle that passes through the area will have to pay. 0.50 or $1.
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