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Badger Pride Marches During Homecoming Parade – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison’s State Street was lit up with smiles and cheers during the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s annual Homecoming Parade on Friday, October 25. The annual parade is one of many Homecoming week activities sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association and the Wisconsin Union in advance of Saturday’s Homecoming football game against Penn State.

A street is crowded with spectators watching the parade unfold, the State Capitol visible in the background.


The weather was perfect for the homecoming parade — crisp, cool and clear.
Photo by: Bryce Richter

A couple and their child, dressed in red and white, play around while waiting for a parade.


Madison and Andrew Schwabe, along with three-year-old Ayla Schwabe, all three big Bucky Badger fans, sit and wait before the parade starts.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour

Two people in a car waving to the crowd.


Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and her husband, Professor Joshua Foa Dienstag, wave to the crowd as their car drives down State Street.
Photo: Jeff Miller

A few people juggle pins even as they walk down the street in a parade.


Members of the Mad Jugglers march in the parade and juggle at the same time.
Photo by: Bryce Richter

Two people in a convertible wave to the crowd as the car drives down a street filled with spectators.


Miss Madison Hallie Bender, right, and Natalie Popp, Miss Madison’s teenage daughter, travel down State Street.
Photo by: Bryce Richter

A man plays a bass drum while marching in a parade.


Playing the bass drum is all about keeping the beat.
Photo: Jeff Miller

A group of excited children cheer as cheerleaders pass by. All are dressed in the red and white of the University of Wisconsin.


Children in the crowd cheer on members of the UW Spirit Squad.
Photo: Jeff Miller

A man dressed as Bucky the Badger raises his arms in a W sign while surrounded by excited Badger fans.


Bucky Badger’s favorite weekend of the year is Homecoming. He shows a W sign with his paw to the crowd.
Photo: Jeff Miller

A man wearing gray sweatpants and a sweatshirt mocks hitting some kids.


A member of the UW boxing club boxes with a group of kids lined up on State Street.
Photo: Jeff Miller

The float has a cutout of Bucky Badger and some laser lights on it.


A cutout of the UW-Madison mascot Bucky Badger is seen as part of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers float.
Photo: Jeff Miller

Two people sitting in the back of a convertible wave to the crowd on the street.


Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and her husband, Professor Joshua Dienstag, wave to the crowd.
Photo by: Bryce Richter

Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority travel down State Street in the parade.


Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority travel down State Street in the parade.
Photo by: Bryce Richter

A group of people gather together and take pictures.


Alumni take photos together on State Street.
Photo by Xiaomeng Shen/UW–Madison

Three young women stand, smile and sing.


Rebekah Rhyne, Abby Bartleson and Lindsey Cholewczynski sing and sway along to “Varsity” during the Homecoming Block Party on Memorial Union Terrace Friday night.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour

People, bathed in red light, play instruments and rejoice ecstatically.


The UW Spirit Squad and the UW Marching Band perform during the block party pep rally.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour

A woman wearing a cowboy hat and bathed in red light exclaims.


Tia Mader, mother of a sophomore, cheers during the Memorial Union Terrace block party.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour

Band members and a man dressed in a Bucky Badger outfit cheer as they are bathed in red light.


Bucky Badger, the UW Spirit Squad and the UW Marching Band perform during the rally.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour

A man dressed in a badger costume is lifted by the hands of a crowd of people.


Bucky the Badger body surfs the crowd during the Homecoming Block Party pep rally.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour

People pose for a selfie photo while fireworks go off in the background.


Left to right Cheryl Dennis, “very proud mom” of sophomore Sarah Dennis, poses for a selfie while watching the fireworks at the closing UW–Madison Homecoming Block Party on Memorial Union Terrace.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour

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