Bring on the boil - Hays Free Press

Staff Report on April 13, 2016

Bring on the boil

Central Texas Speedway hosted the inaugural Hays County Fair, Music & Crawfish Festival Thursday through Saturday. The event featured live music, carnival rides, games, go-kart rentals, helicopter rides and crawfish. Above, Trent Chisholm of Louisiana Wild helps prepare some of the 1,500 pounds of crawfish served over the weekend. See more photos here. (photos by David White and Moses Leos III)

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