Western Weekend, West Marin’s 76-year-old salute to its ranching roots, is nigh. Leading this year’s June 8 parade is grand marshal Bob Giacomini, the 87-year-old dairyman who transformed his family’s 700-acre dairy farm overlooking Tomales Bay into the now-famed Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company. He was nominated by his daughter Jill Giacomini-Basch and selected by the West Marin Lions Club from a pool of nine contenders. The junior grand marshal, David Rodriguez, grew up on the Nunes Dairy, at the wind-swept edge of the Point Reyes National Seashore. The 19-year-old freshman at Chico State was nominated by Socorro Romo, executive director of West Marin Community Services. Both honorees will be coronated at the Saturday night barn dance on June 7, part of two days of festivities celebrating those who labor on the land. “We want to uplift agriculture—not just its history, but its future,” said Rhonda Kutter, a member of the Western Weekend organizing committee. Revelers can expect the familiar cavalcade of floats, bagpipers, mounted posse riders, dance troupes and tractors, plus an agricultural photo exhibit and an expanded farmers’ market. Parade entries are still open, and Ms. Kutter reminds would-be participants that “you don’t need a flatbed—just the enthusiasm to march down the street.” Western Weekend debuted in 1949 with a dance and cakewalk held by the Point Reyes chapter of Companions of the Forest, a women’s club. By 1981, it had morphed into a raucous spectacle: that year, the Light reported a rowdy crowd of 10,000, with motorcyclists popping wheelies down main street, beer sluicing through the gutters, trash piled high and other drunken debauchery. Some of that revelry has since mellowed, but the spirit endures. Parade entries, sponsors, vendors and volunteers are still welcome. Visit westernweekend.org.