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STAFF ASSEMBLY'S NEXT 'GREAT' EVENT: Staff Assembly's first summer outing is set for June 23: the fifth annual °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Picnic at Great America.

The online ticket price is $29 per person age 3 and up for all-day admission to the Santa Clara theme park and its Boomerang Bay Beach Club water park. The price represents a savings of up to $17.95 off front-gate admission tickets and up to $10 off the regular online price. Not only that, but the Staff Assembly tickets include an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Paramount Pavilion.

The deadline for online ticket purchases is June 22; you can buy tickets at (click on "Summer Fun!" and then the Great America icon; enter company code UCDPICNIC).

At the park, people who wear their °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ staff lapel pins will be eligible to win prizes.

The assembly also has organized a °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Picnic at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly Marine World), on Aug. 11.

ALAN PARSONS LIVE -- A HOUSEHOLD BENEFIT: The Alan Parsons Live Project is scheduled to play a June 23 concert on °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ' main campus as a benefit for the Kiwanis Family House, which provides temporary lodging and support for families of seriously ill or injured children being treated at the °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Medical Center.

The Parsons band, playing progressive rock and pop, is well known for the instrumental "Sirius," used by various U.S. sports teams — in particular the Chicago Bulls — to herald their entry into the arena (listen to a bit of it at ). Earlier, Parsons worked as a recording engineer for the Beatles, The Hollies and Pink Floyd.

The °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ concert is set for 8 p.m. in Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or (click on "07-08 Events").