From left, Matthew Gros, 8; Payton Poincon, 9; and Julia Passman, 3, all of Thibodaux, accompany the band Treater on stage using washboards and a tambourine during Nicholls State University’s 2011 Family Day festival.
Themed “Fête de la Famille” – or “Family Festival” – the event was held Saturday, Oct. 8, near John L. Guidry Stadium in conjunction with the Colonels football game against the University of Central Arkansas. The annual festival began at Nicholls in 1983.
