A slow return to normal as COVID-19 guidelines loosen It feels good to be among people again because during COVID, everything was so isolated and it was different and this is a slight norm, Ford-Louis said. Author: Erika Ferrando (WWL) Updated: 10:16 PM CDT May 2, 2021
CHALMETTE, La. Whether dancing at a festival or dining in a restaurant, right now COVID-19 restrictions are the most relaxed we ve seen in more than a year in Louisiana. Masks aren t required everywhere and businesses are open. It s a change to get out and mingle among people, Anita Ford-Louis said at the Louisiana Crawfish Festival. We re eating out just about every Sunday and we re thankful for it, said Pastor Tyrone Jefferson while eating at Lakeview Harbor after church Sunday.
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Show Transcript EXCITED TO GET OUT PEOPLE EXCITED TO SEE A LITTLE ENORMOUSLY IN LIFE, YOU KNOW, BUT PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO SEE LIVE MUSIC NOW, YOU KNOW AND IN REAL FOOD ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT REAL FOOD. YOU HEARD IT THERE SAINT BERNARD PARISH LEADERS GEARING UP FOR A BIG CROWD THIS WEEKEND FOR THE LOUISIANA CRAWFISH FESTIVAL, OF COURSE WITH COVID-19 SAFETY STILL AT THE FOREFRONT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I’M GINA SWANSON, AND I’M SO LIKE HIM ORGANIZERS SAY THE TIMING COULDN’T BE MORE PERFECT FOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR’S EASING OF THE MASK MANDATE STATEWIDE WDSU NEWS RE
Festivals starting to come back as COVID restrictions ease up
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Festivals are coming back starting with the Louisiana Crawfish Festival Thursday.
As COVID guidelines relax at different rates in different parishes, organizers are trying to adapt safely and still provide a fun time that many are itching for.
“You want to pinch yourself, really, because you know not doing it for the last year so and you see you see things coming together, it looks real,” Cisco Gonzales said.
Organizers are bracing to see just how real it is. Vice President of the Louisiana Crawfish Festival Foundation, Cisco Gonzales says they usually bring in 120,000 people each day.