Festival of Two Rivers Starts Friday

Festival of the Two Rivers, April 27-29, 2012 at St. Alphonsus Church

CENTRAL — The 4th Annual Festival of the Two Rivers will be held at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church this Friday, April 27 from  5 to 11 p.m., Saturday, April 28, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, April 29, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Festival of Two Rivers is an opportunity for Central to come together to support St. Alphonsus church and school and celebrate the Central community.

The Festival of the Two Rivers commemorates the role that the Amite and Comite rivers have played and continue to play in the life of Central.  It’s also a time to enjoy great food, entertainment, friends, and family.

To make amusement rides more affordable, passports will be available for use all weekend and armbands will be available for daily admission to rides.

Friday,  April 27, 2012, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Run Jane Run will play from 7 to 10 p.m.

Food each day will include jambalaya, fried fish, boudin balls, french fries, muffalettas, meatball poboys, sausage poboys, hamburgers, hotdogs, corndogs, nachos, funnel cakes, ice cream, snowballs, and popcorn.

The event will offer rides, amusements, and game booths.

Fun and games each day will include progressive auctions, plant sale, country store, strong man, face painting, jail, video games, gator golf, twister, and sizzler.

Saturday,  April  28, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Entertainment will include:

Kelsey Bordelon from 12 noon to 1 p.m.

St. Alphonsus School Drama Club from 1 to 2 p.m.

Central’s Got Talent from 3 to 6 p.m.

Bingo from 2 to 4 p.m.

Colorblind from 7 to 10 p.m.

The event will offer rides, amusements, and game booths.

Sunday,  May 16, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Entertainment will include:

St. Alphonsus Children’s Choir at 11:30 a.m.

Legworks by Terri at 12:30 p.m.

Bingo from 2 to 4 p.m.

Best Band Encore from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

In addition to the food listed above, the feature Sunday will be BBQ Chicken Dinners.

Special sponsors are Bayou Apparel LLC, Buckshot Delivery, Central City Police, Cleggs’s Nursery, Custom Metal Works Inc., Dennis Stewart, EMCO, East Printing, Empire Scaffolding, First Student, Louis DeJohn, Mac-Nett Industries, Number 1 Fundraising, Oak Point, Phillips Electric, PODS, RSC, Russell Starns, Ted Hebert LLC, Ross Tire, National Search Light, Templet & Templet Supply, DeAngelo’s, Pete Firmin, Sonic Drive-In, and Sunbelt.