PICNIC DAY info!

Picnic Day

·         Rehearsal: Friday, April 17 at 5pm

Davis Methodist Church: 1620 Anderson Rd, Davis, CA 95616

At the rehearsal we will: play through all the songs

o       Practice marching

o       Assign spots to helpers

o       Make the inventory of carts and wagons to carry violin cases and the boom box

o       Discuss a possible group clean, tasty and nutritious breakfast to feed the group around 8:30 a.m. breakfast

·       Saturday, April 18

#23 is our number;

Row 2 on Russel field, to prepare - See the map below (We are in RED)

7:30 a.m. Marching bands gathering is on Russel field off of California. At that time, it should still be easy to find parking on Oak or in the parking structure on Howard way (parking is free on picnic day at UCD, Wahoo!).

7:45 – Arrive on Russell Field (everyone needs to arrive before 8)

8:05 Judging of bands. We need to prepare our rows promptly upon arrival and decorate the violins scrolls with balloons for the 

8:10 entries begin to line up and merge

9:00 parade entries are escorted to the Grand stands

9:30 Parade officially steps off

Parade route : South on California, East in front of the grand stands, South along the quad, Pass sShield library, North on A, East on Second, North on F, West on third

Parade finishes at Third and A but cannot stay there. All entries must go back to Russel field.

The attire for the picnic day parade will be red felt cowboy hat with tie strings, red vest, white shirt and blue jeans