Our prize for Most Original.
The PCR song...oh yes, one such thing actually does exist... Check it out on youtube if you are still curious.
Beaker! This is probably half the reason we won...
:-)
What do a griffin, Manduca Sexta, paramutated corn, and Beaker all have in common? They were all members of UBRP's prize-winning parade group in Summerhaven on July 4th. We arrived on Mt. Lemmon by midday after a rousing van ride practicing the PCR song and eating cherries and coffeecake, and climbed into our costumes. We were a motley group whose costumes seemed to confuse the public (however this is understandable as most of us do readily mistake the griffins in our backyards for chickens or turkeys). We scoped out the competition of bagpipers and the Yankee Doodle group of cute children while formidibly shouting "tRNA!" and "Biology!". To make up for the lack of sparkle-covered ponies and adorable kids in our group, we handed out candy to children with winning phrases such as, "Do you like candy? See, science gives you candy. Do science." and "Science invented sitting down". We knew our message had gotten across when after the parade, a child saw our group and shouted to us, "Go science!" We were rewarded for our efforts with a blue ribbon for most original. It must have been the PCR song that clinched it... PCR, when you need to detect mutations, PCR, when you need to recombine...
What do a griffin, Manduca Sexta, paramutated corn, and Beaker all have in common? They were all members of UBRP's prize-winning parade group in Summerhaven on July 4th. We arrived on Mt. Lemmon by midday after a rousing van ride practicing the PCR song and eating cherries and coffeecake, and climbed into our costumes. We were a motley group whose costumes seemed to confuse the public (however this is understandable as most of us do readily mistake the griffins in our backyards for chickens or turkeys). We scoped out the competition of bagpipers and the Yankee Doodle group of cute children while formidibly shouting "tRNA!" and "Biology!". To make up for the lack of sparkle-covered ponies and adorable kids in our group, we handed out candy to children with winning phrases such as, "Do you like candy? See, science gives you candy. Do science." and "Science invented sitting down". We knew our message had gotten across when after the parade, a child saw our group and shouted to us, "Go science!" We were rewarded for our efforts with a blue ribbon for most original. It must have been the PCR song that clinched it... PCR, when you need to detect mutations, PCR, when you need to recombine... 
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