I used to be taking a stroll in Pasadena the opposite day and noticed a sticker that learn “The Doo Dah Preservation Society.” I used to be intrigued by the title of the society and much more so by the flying saucer, so I had to perform a little research.
The Doo Dah Preservation Society is a non-profit group that helps run and preserve the Pasadena Doo Dah Parade, which is a really cool DIY-style parade that began in Previous Pasadena in 1978. The 44th Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade will probably be held beginning alongside its authentic route in Previous Pasadena on November 19, 2023. The parade begins at 11:00. The parade’s web site describes the free occasion:
The Pasadena Doo Dah Parade is free to observe, so carry your garden chair and benefit from the nationally identified twisted sister of the Event of Roses Parade and revel in all of the funky, whacky, irreverent, satirical, and foolish enjoyable!
The Doo Dah Parade web site offers extra historical past of the parade:
Often known as the twisted sister of the standard Rose Parade, the Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade started as a grassroots occasion in 1978 and over the previous many years has gained nationwide consideration for its eccentric and, typically, irreverent satire. The parade which has spawned quite a few off-beat replicants throughout the nation was even highlighted within the Wall Avenue Journal in 2015. It was additionally named “America’s Greatest Parade” by Reader’s Digest, and was featured within the guide 50 Locations You Should Go to Earlier than You Die.
If you wish to really BE within the parade, there’s an entry kind to fill out. The web site posted this name for contributors:
Are you a… selfmade conveyance, artwork automobile, mutant automobile, front room furnishings, eccentric marching band, rockin’ band, efficiency artist, cornball, show-stopper, hoofer or crooner, pundit, anachronist, believer or nonbeliever, fantasist, surrealist, Dadaist, house traveler, time traveler, absurdist, weirdo, not bizarre sufficient, kind A, kind B, and kind C, campy schtick, satirist, or nation western hick?
Would not this parade sound completely terrific? It definitely does to me! It additionally jogs my memory a whole lot of the gravity-powered-art-vehicle B.R.A.T.S. parade in Bisbee, Arizona that I wrote about final 12 months. Please go take a look at the Doo Dah Parade—I wager it is a enjoyable and attention-grabbing time, with loads of superior individuals (and art-mobile) watching!
For extra info and to see an historic timeline and footage of the parade by the many years, take a look at this article.
