Southdown Bar to host 15th Annual Crawfish Boil benefitting CASA of Terrebonne

Southdown Bar announces the 15th Annual Crawfish Boil Off benefitting CASA of Terrebonne. The event will be held on Saturday, May 7, at 11 a.m., at the Thibodaux Regional Multi-Specialty Clinic in Houma, at located at 1238 St.Charles Street.

Presented by the Herman J. Joseph Courville Foundation, the day will feature live entertainment of Beep Beep and the Jeeps, a live auction, activities for kids, and a competition for the best tasting crawfish. Admission for the boil-off is $5 for adults and children over 2-years of age. All of the proceeds from the crawfish sales and the auction will go to CASA of Terrebonne.

CASA of Terrebonne said the boil-off was inspired by a conversation between a few men at Southdown Bar in Houma and the rest is history. “The idea for the boil-off came up when a few men, who were sitting at Southdown Bar, were arguing over who could boil the best tasting crawfish. So began the “Boil-Off.” reads a statement from CASA of Terrebonne.“

Herman Courville and Amos Mosely decided to have a contest and invite people to compete for the best tasting crawfish. In the first year, $250 was raised, and because Herman’s wife Cindy was a CASA volunteer, he rounded the funds up to $500 and donated it to CASA.  From here, the Annual Crawfish Boil-Off was born.  In the second year,  $325 was raised,  then rounded up to $500, and donated to CASA. In years three through twelve, over $200, 000 has been raised for CASA.