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Contents

On This Page

Grand Marshall & Community Service Award
Entry Forms, Rules, Etc.
2015 Parade Results
Parade Lineup
Lineup by Category
Parade Entry Categories
Parade Sponsors
Parade Rules

On Other Pages

Two ways to view photos:

Parade Photos (on web pages with parade script)
Parade Photos on photo site (full res downloads)

Parade Video
(only the first half is on video)
 

Parade Route (PDF)

Parade Home Page
(Viewer's guide, rodeo week calendar, etc.)

The 2015 Livermore Rodeo Parade will be held on
 June 13
beginning at 10:00am

View Parade Photos:
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Grand Marshall & Community Service Award

The Grand Marshall for 2015 is
Joan and Lynn Seppala
Read bio

Entry Forms & Contact

2015 Parade Results

General Sweepstakes Award

Equestrian Sweepstakes Award

Equestrian Awards, Judged by the California State Horseman’s Association

29

Color Guard

30

Plain Western

31

Novelty Horse, Costume (Open)

32

Local Western (Senior)

33

Local Western (Junior)

35

Fancy Dress Western (Junior)

37

Charro Mounted Group

38

Parade Horse (Open)

39

Future Horse Man/Woman

40

41

Junior Equestrian

General Entry Awards, Judged by Rotary Club of Livermore

7

Majorette Corp/Drill Teams (Senior)

8

Majorette Corp/Drill Teams (Junior)

10

12

13

Novelty Unit (Junior)

14

Color Guard (Senior)

16

Color Guard (Military)

17

Antique Vehicles

18

Classic & Custom Vehicles

19

20

Commercial

2015 Parade Lineup

Entries by Category

Parade Entry Categories

Parade Sponsors

Livermore Rodeo Parade Rules for 2015

a. If you are ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER ENTRY where you need adjacent entry numbers and we did not provide you with consecutive Entry Numbers, YOU MUST NOTIFY the Parade Chairman IMMEDIATELY. NO Entry Numbers will be Changed less than 5 days prior to the Day of the Parade.

Grand Marshall Bio - Joan and Lynn Seppala
 

LLNL Scientist Lynn Seppala
In addition to a 37-year career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) designing innovative optical systems, Lynn has actively supported education, arts, health services and open space issues in the Valley.

Lynn was tapped to be a charter member of both the Las Positas College Foundation Board, where currently he is chair, and the University of Rochester’s San Francisco Bay Area Regional Cabinet.

He serves on several boards of the Bankhead Theater’s resident companies: Del Valle Fine Arts, Livermore-Amador Symphony, Rae Dorough Speaker Series and Pacific Chamber Symphony. As founding chair of the Pacific Chamber Symphony in Livermore, he was instrumental in bringing the group to the Bankhead Theater. He also has worked with the advisory boards of the Livermore Valley Opera and Shakespeare’s Associates.

A long-time active member of the Livermore Cultural Arts Council (LCAC), he managed the 2008 Sommerfest for LCAC, and was named marketing chair in 2013. Realizing the importance of downtown cultural events, last year the Marketing Committee revived Tuesday Tunes, the free concert series in front of the Bankhead Theater. In a cooperative effort with the Bankhead and LCAC, the 2015 free concert series “Evenings on the Green” will open for a 12 week run each Tuesday starting June 9.

Lynn’s community service includes work for Axis Community Health’s Capital Campaign Committee. He was a long time board member of the Friends of the Vineyards, and has been active supporting a broad spectrum of environmental issues.

He spent years creating optical systems for LLNL’s laser projects, ones that culminated in the design of the world’s largest laser, the National Ignition Facility (NIF). He also continued a key role in the optical design of the Large-aperture Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). When completed in 2022 high on a Chilean peak, it will be the largest light-gathering telescope in the world.

In 2011, he was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame and was chosen as a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of the University of Rochester. He was named both Distinguished Alumnus (2012) and Distinguished Engineering Alumnus (2014) of South Dakota State University.

Independent Publisher Joan Seppala
Almost 53 years ago, Joan Seppala founded The Independent. As its publisher, she focused the newspaper on curtailing the rapid growth of the Livermore Valley, thereby protecting its ranch lands and vineyards. Helping the arts to flourish emerged as an early theme, as well as social justice.

In the magazine celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Independent, she was quoted as saying, “We have believed in the traditional role of newspapers… We think that newspapers that continue to fight for what is right in the social, environmental and cultural realms will be fulfilling their obligation and satisfying their purpose.”
Joan not only promotes quality of life issues for the community through the news, but also participates personally in a variety of causes. To help create and sustain the establishment of the Alameda County and Livermore Urban Growth boundaries, she co-founded Citizens for Open Space in 1999 and Friends of Livermore a few years later.

Her interest in the cultural life of the community led her to work with others to launch the Livermore Cultural Arts Council in 1966, and the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center (LVPAC) in 1998. LVPAC built the Bankhead Theater, and manages it and the Bothwell Arts Center. As president, she worked with the County, the City and other benefactors last year to rid the Bankhead of its debt so that the theater could grow again. LVPAC is now becoming a cultural and educational force for the entire region.

Joan’s concern for social issues caused her to join with others to lead ValleyCare Alternatives, which fought successfully a change in director of ValleyCare as a community hospital.

Through a variety of approaches to education, she is collaborating with others to deal with the disparity between high and low income groups.
She regularly participates in the Livermore Chamber of Commerce Economic Development & Education Committee, and as a board member of the Valley Study Group, whose speakers typically focus on current science breakthroughs at the labs and elsewhere.

Her involvement in the broader community has been recognized with the Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 1 Champion for the Arts Award, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Award from Tri-Valley YMCA and the Las Positas College Friend of the College Award.

Community Service Award Bio - Steve Neef and Dennis Gambs
coordinators for the Carnegie Park Bandstand Project
 

Born in Oakland, Dennis is a Bay Area native and fourth generation Californian. He moved to Livermore in 1980 with his wife Lisa where they raised their sons Christopher and Joseph. They have since gained a daughter in-law, Kelly, and grandson Henry.

Dennis has been an active member of the Rotary Club of Livermore Valley since he joined Rotary in 1999. He is a past club President and recipient of the Bill Webster Rotarian of the Year Award. He served on The Rotarian Foundation of Livermore’s Board for seven years.

Dennis is also a member of the Tri Valley Adult Day Care Board, which is working to re-establish a local adult day center. He has also served on the City of Livermore Design Review Committee and Alameda County Agricultural Advisory Committee.

Dennis is a licensed civil engineer and holds a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from UC Berkeley and a Master’s degree in civil engineering from San Jose State University. Most of his professional career was spent with the Zone 7 Water Agency where he held a variety of positions responsible for planning, designing, and constructing water supply and flood control projects. He recently retired from the agency as a Principal Engineer after 34 years of service.

Dennis is very grateful to have worked for and served the community he lives in.

Steve Neef

Steve has lived in Livermore since 1958. He is married to Ludy who was from Medellin Colombia but has recently become an American citizen. He raised three sons, Michael, Christopher and David and has an eight-year-old daughter, Jessica at Junction Ave. School. He also has three grandchildren who live in Oregon.
Steve has been a member of the Rotary club of Livermore since 1998. He served as club secretary for three years and has helped manage several construction related projects for the club. He also chaired the Livermore Design Review committee for three years and is an active volunteer at Cornerstone Fellowship.

Steve graduated in Architectural Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 1980. He became a licensed civil engineer in 1984 and after a few years building wind turbines he established A. and E. design services. Steve has engineered over six thousand structures in twenty-eight years, including additions and remodels, custom homes, churches and a one hundred and fifty thousand square foot Factory Outlet Mall.

Steve has seen a lot of change in Livermore over the last fifty-seven years and hopes to continue to help the community progress in the right direction.

ROTARY BANDSTAND IN CARNEGIE PARK

The idea for the bandstand came from Livermore Downtown Inc. The Farmers Market held in Carnegie Park has no venue for musicians to perform. The scope of this bandstand project was well beyond the typical Rotary project, both in cost and effort. So longtime friends and Rotarians Steve Neef and Dennis Gambs teamed up to make the bandstand project happen. Steve, a building designer whose office is located directly across the street from Carnegie Park, designed the bandstand. While Dennis, a project manager with experience in working with public agencies, shepherded the project through the public review and city approval process.

The bandstand is a 20 foot octagon shaped gazebo over 18 feet high at the center. It has a conical wood roof with a cupola that is supported by steel columns on a concrete foundation. The bandstand is being constructed in Carnegie Park adjacent to “K” Street and is scheduled to be completed this summer. In addition to being used as a music venue for Farmers Market, the bandstand can be used for concerts, community ceremonies and theatrical events. In the future, the bandstand will also be used to acknowledge rodeo parade awards.

Steve and Dennis are honored to be chosen as the Community Service Award recipients by the Livermore Rotary Club.