Remember back in 2008 when WE SAW DEAD PEOPLE ? We were at the local cemetery and we talked to a man standing in front of the grave of Clarence Preston Gillette, the first entomologist in Fort Collins. CSU has a club named after professor Gillette called simply the Gillette Entomology Club, or G.E.C.
G.E.C. Homecoming Float
It’s basically Dr. Cranshaw’s old pickup truck with a giant caterpillar on top but it was given the first place prize in the CSU novelty division at this year’s homecoming parade. In the 100 year history of the G.E.C., the club float has always won first place in the parade, and this weekend was no different.
And Duncan Madog was there!
Much to the delight of the bug fans who came out to see the entomology club’s float, it was especially pleasing to see a Pembrokeshire Welsh Corgi run around dressed as a bee. I’m the guy in the white beekeeper’s suit and ram’s head hat who is keeping the dog-bee in line.
Duncan in Bee Costume
Yes, Duncan was a big hit with the children but he was more interested in what kind of food the parade watchers were eating. That’s fairly typical of a corgi but it didn’t matter. It was the cuteness factor that made it! Yes, that’s it!
Oh, and a video has been released on the YouTube of the G.E.C. Float:
Along with the giant caterpillar and dog-bee, there was a butterfly net drill team and a guy dressed in safari garb with a giant fly-swatter chasing someone else dressed as a cockroach. You just had to be there.