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For the second year in a row, the State Farm Bureau queen is from Vermilion Parish. Avery Hebert, a 2019 Vermilion Catholic graduate and LSU student, was crowned as the 2021 Louisiana Farm Queen. She was crowned by Victoria Roussel, the outgoing Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen. Hebert is the daughter of Blair and Michelle Hebert.

Vermilion Parish Youth Crowned 2021 Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen

By Kristen Oaks-White

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After a long layoff, Abbey Players is will reopen later this summer.

Abbey Players set to reopen doors

On Feb. 9, 2020, Abbey Players performed their last closing night of Darkside. While in rehearsal for Xanadu, a show that was supposed to open on April 17, 2020, the Abbey Players, much like the rest of the world, had to close the doors to their businesses indefinitely.

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The Cecil McCrory Building was packed with people on Saturday.

Daylily Festival a success despite rain

The 19th Annual Daylily Festival may not have been the biggest Abbeville has ever had, but days after the festival took place, it is being billed as the most financially successful.
The one-day festival had a hiccup 48 hours before it took place. Because of Mother Nature, festival organizers Lynn Guillory and Charlene Beckett were concerned about rain for Saturday.
They met Thursday night to develop a Plan B for moving the festival and its 45 vendors. They thought of the Cecil McCrory Exhibit Building at the LSU AG Center and made phone calls.

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Daylily Festival & Garden Show will be moved indoors

Organizers of the Daylily Festival and Garden Show announced Friday morning that the event will be moved from Magdalen Square.
Due to the higher percent of rain chances on Saturday, June 5, the Daylily Festival and Garden Show will be moved to the Cecil McCrory Exhibit Building, located at 1105 West Port St. in Abbeville.
The event will still be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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