how does maya angelou bring her description of the picnic to life?

The images associated with this annual fish-fry are colorful and joyful; girls run around in their pretty picnic dresses, a huge variety of food is laid out neatly on tables, and everyone is doing something, whether playing, cooking, fishing, or talking. This chapter is dense with sight and sound imagery, and Angelou paints the activity of the scene deftly, with colorful descriptions.