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January full of crab feed dinners
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The Manteca Firefighters Association will tend bar and provide free rides home as part of the Manteca/Lathrop Boys & Girls Club crab feed on Jan. 16. - photo by Photo Contributed
January is just a few days away and it can mean only one thing in Manteca – the start of the crab feed season.

Among the upcoming crab feeds are:

• FESM CRAB FEED: The FESM Marinated Crab Dinner takes place Saturday, Jan. 9, at the FESM Hall, 230 N. Main St.

Dinner includes marinated cold crab, salad, pasta, bread & butter, and ice cream.

No-host cocktails are at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Dance music by Progresso is from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for children 6 to 12.

For tickets you can call Carlos or Melissa at 825-5089 or Danny or Melanie at 824-0151.

• BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: The Manteca/Lathrop Boys & Girls Club Crab Feed takes place Saturday, Jan. 16, at the MRPS Hall, 133 N. Grant St.
The meal consists of crab, baked potato, bread, salad, bread, and wine. Tickets are $40 apiece.

No-host cocktails are from 6 to 7 p.m. while dinner is at 7 p.m. followed by dancing from 9 p.m. to midnight.

Tickets are available from any Boys & Girls Club board member or by contacting the club at 239-KIDS.

• ESCALON KIWANIS: The Escalon Kiwanis Crab Feed is Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Escalon Community Center at 1055 Escalon-Bellota Road. No-host bar is at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. There is also a raffle and auction planned.

Proceeds will support Escalon High scholarships, Key Club , Builders Club and youth . Tickets are $40. Contact Mike Berhorst at 402-1883.

• ST. ANTHONY’s SCHOOL: The St. Anthony School Parent Teacher Group is hosting the first St. Anthony School Crab Feed on Saturday, Jan. 30, from 5:30 p.m. to midnight at the St. Anthony School Gym.  Tickets are $40 which includes crab, homemade pesto, marinade pasta, salad, bread, dessert, wine with dinner and a no-host bar.  There will be a live and silent auction, 50/50 raffle and music and dancing.  Contact the school office at 209-823-4513 for more information or to purchase tickets.