One of the students assisting in the making of seed bombs to give away.
Since our son was in a stroller we have been taking him to the UC
A link to my other blog post: University of California is the dream gone?
Davis Picnic Day. We start off with the Alumni Pancake Breakfast, watch the parade, and visit a few of the department demonstrations. We wrap up the afternoon by lounging in the quad listening to music, eating and relaxing.
The parade is really a community event. From local clubs and community organizations to campus departments and political groups, all are welcome to participate in the parade. The parade is a reflection of community spirit and campus pride bundled up with some marching bands and fire trucks.
The 2012 Picnic Day saw over 80,000 people visit the campus and it showed. But as usual, the whole Picnic Day atmosphere is pretty family friendly. There are a range of activities to pursue from very simple craft making to watching engineering lasers. The most popular demonstrations such as the Chemistry and Physics shows fill up fast.
Even though we were late to getting tickets for the Medical House of Horrors display, we found lots of interesting open departments. You just can’t go wrong when you visit Picnic Day. There will always be something to entertain everyone in the family.
The quad features all the campus groups selling tasty lunch fair. Live music fills the air along an olfactory bonaza of different spices and cooking entree’s. Below are just some of the sites and sounds I captured from the pancake breakfast, parade, quad and different departments we visited. At the end are the videos.
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- Animal Science Department, UCD Picnic Day Parade 2012
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- Anthropology Department, Can you start a fire to stay a live?
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- UC Davis Arboretum Volunteers, UCD Picnic Day Parade 2012
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- Beef it’s what’s for Dinner, UCD Picnic Day Float, 2012
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- Avian Sciences Department? Chickens on Bikes, Picnic Day Parade 2012
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- Chinese dragon in the 2012 Picnic Day Parade
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- New Star Chinese School
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- Cork Oak on the quad provide lots of shade.
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- 6 identical Delorean’s from a club in the UCD Picnic Day Parade, 2012
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- Not sure what this parade float was for except maybe the 2012 Whole Earth Festival.
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- Big old school bus for the Ecology Department.
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- Guardian Knights Drum Corp, see video below
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- Part of the Ecology Depart. float, a human wasp dancing around.
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- Human Bee dances with the Lady Wasp, notice the funnel for his stinger.
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- All the flags of the International House being represented in the Picnic Day Parade, 2012
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- Karl and Walker, freshmen at Granite Bay High School, show off the beads the got at the Picnic Day Parade
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- The backside of the Chancellor Katehi effigy from the Occupy Wall Street campus group.
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- Korean school and cultural center represents many different activities on campus and in the community.
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- Korean Drum Corp marching in the 2012 Picnic Day Parade.
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- Korean language school for children.
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- Mondavi Center on a beautiful clear Picnic Day.
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- Ms. Strawberry discusses the role of pH in determining color in vegetable, Food Science Depart. They gave away ice cream and chocolate, hmmmmm.
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- Occupy Wall Street Campus group marches in Picnic Day Parade with large effigy of Chancellor Katehi. The Chancellor was in the reviewing stands at the beginning of the parade route.
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- Chancellor Katehi addresses the Alumni at the Pancake Breakfast in Freeborn Hall before the start of the Picnic Day parade, 2012
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- Direct drive big wheel bike in the Picnic Day Parade, about 6 participated.
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- Anthropology skull display
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- The Agricultural Fraternity float being pulled by a tractor.
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- Veterans, currently attending UCD, were represented by their own Parade entry.
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- School of Veterinarian School. The animal on the float looked like a guinea pig.
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- Giant grapes dominate the Viticulture Departments parade entry.
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- Wine making is big at UC Davis, oenology and viticulture
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- Walker stands next to the Chancellor Katehi effigy next to the OWS tents in the quad.
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- Cooperage demonstration, we arrived to see them toasting the inside of the wine barrel used to give the wine extra flavor.
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- Demonstration on the proper way to prune your wine grapes for maximum production.
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- Stuffed badger on display
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- ASUCD Unitrans British double decker bus still in use around town.
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- One of the many display in the Entomology department
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- I am sure there is some sort of pop culture reference that I missing, I just call it the Death Mobile entry in the parade.
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- Visiting Humbolt State University band members walking to the Battle of the Bands Competition
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- John O’Neill runs the UC Davis Extension Booth spreading the word about continuing education courses.
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- Little kids getting ready for the big Picnic Day Parade, 2012
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- The Entomology Dept. gives away free lady bugs to promote pesticide free insect getters.
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- Starting the day off with Alumni Pancake Breakfast.
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- The reason and chemicals behind why poison oak makes you itch. scratch, scratch.
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- Wild flower seeds roll up in compost makes “seed bombs”
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- One of the students assisting in the making of seed bombs to give away.
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- You could make your own seed bombs for your garden.
