South Pasadena CA
No Award But Rose Parade Float is
Still Winning
2015 is well underway and the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade(which is held each January 1) is definitely behind us. During December, I told you of the city of South Pasadena and the volunteers behind the city’s self-built float parade entry entitled “Still Winning”(see end of this report for links).
As I mentioned in those posts, the majority of the floats in this parade are built by professionals and sponsored by large corporations.
South Pasadena was one of seven in the parade that was self-built by enthusiastic and hard working volunteers. Although the float “Still Winning” was a popular one, there was no award given to it.
As I stopped by the South Pasadena War Memorial Building and the float building site in South Pasadena today, I was able to take some photos of the float(flowers on the float were free to any visitor) and include them with those photos taken during the construction as well as the Showcase of Floats(January 1-3). On Saturday, January 10, 2015 the remaining flowers will be removed so that the float chassis can be reused for the Tournament of Roses Parade on Friday, January 1, 2016. Photo number four in this post was taken today(80 degree temps today at definitely had an impact on the remaining flowers).
Those of you who followed my posts may remember that the concept from this float came from the winning entry in a city-wide contest by a South Pasadena resident. The theme Still Winning which was a part of the overall parade theme “Inspiring Stories” was a salute to who continue to survive breast cancer. The float featured 20 members of the Los Angeles Pink Dragons which is comprised of breast cancer survivors who have successfully competed in dragon boat races. The float with an oversized pink ribbon included two dragon boats with members rowing their way down the five-and-one-half mile Colorado Boulevard parade route.
If you want to see my other posts on this incredible journey by the South Pasadena Tournament of Roses volunteers check:
South Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade 2015 Float Still Winning
South Pasadena CA Tournament of Roses Parade Float Update Jan 01, 2015
South Pasadena CA Petal Pushers And The So Pas Rose Parade Float 2015
Pasadena CA 2015 Tournament of Roses Post Parade Showcase of Floats
If you would like to know more about the South Pasadena Tournament of Roses committee check www.sptor.org.
And if you would like to know more about South Pasadena real estate contact me at 818.516.4393.
South Pasadena CA
No Award But Rose Parade Float is
Still Winning
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