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Floats of the 127th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade

127th Tournament of Roses Parade, Adrienne Young Communications, Cal Poly Universities, California Cut Flower Commission, CCFC, City of Torrance, Fiesta Parade Floats, FTD, happy new year, Irwindale, Photos, pictures, Rose Bowl, The Pollack PR Marketing Group / 3 minutes of reading / December 31, 2015

Happy New Year everyone. It is New Year’s Eve 2015 and today I went back out to Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale with the hopes of being able to photograph some of the completed floats for the 2016 Rose Parade before they were moved to Pasadena. While I have been photographing the construction of the floats over the past week, I have focused a lot on the City of Torrance entry for obvious reasons, but New Year’s Eve is also the day that I meet up with the representatives of the California Cut Flower Commission (CCFC). Usually I meet up …

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Fiesta Floats of the 126th Tournament of Roses Parade

California Cut Flower Commission, CCFC, Fiesta Parade Floats, happy new year, Irwindale, Louis Zamperini, New Years Day, Pasadena, Photos, Pollack PR Marketing Group, Rose Bowl, Torrance, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses, Unbroken / 2 minutes of reading / December 31, 2014

It is New Year’s Eve, and the time is up for the preparation of the floats for the 126th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade with will begin at 8:00 AM on January 1, 2015. I began my day by heading back out to Irwindale and Fiesta Parade Floats, the leading award winning float-builder in the Tournament of Roses Parade. I lucked out today as I happened to arrive at Fiesta Floats after they had begun removing some floats from the building they were built in, giving me the ability to take some photos without dozens (or hundreds) of people vying …

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Floats readied for the 125th Tournament of Roses Parade

Cal Poly Universities, California Cut Flower Commission, Family fun, Fiesta Parade Floats, Irwindale, Pasadena, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses / 3 minutes of reading / December 31, 2013

If you will recall, last week I headed out to Fiesta Parade Floats to take photos of the floats they were building for the upcoming 125th Tournament of Roses Parade. It was December 23 and at that point the floats were virtual skeletons; waiting for December 26 when the actual decorating could begin. The parade rules state that all surfaces of the float framework must be covered in natural materials; usually flowers and seeds. Since these natural materials have a tendency to decay after they are plucked from the ground, the decorating does not begin until December 26. The decorating …

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Preparing for the 125th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade

American Youth Soccer Organization, AYSO, Family fun, Fiesta Floats, Fiesta Parade Floats, Irwindale, Photos, pictures, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses, TRFA / 2 minutes of reading / December 23, 2013

This afternoon I headed out to Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale, CA to check out the progress on the float building for the upcoming 125th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade which will be held Wednesday, January 1, 2014. As I have been donating time towards helping the Torrance Rose Float Association (TRFA) raise the funds needed for building the float, I figured I would go out to where the float is being built so people can get an idea of what goes into a project like this. Fiesta Parade Floats builds award winning floats and has for several years; as …

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Floats of the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade

California Cut Flower Commission, Canon 5D, Fiesta Floats, floats, happy new year, Pasadena, Photos, pictures, Pollack PR Marketing Group, Rose Parade, Southern California, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses / 2 minutes of reading / January 2, 2013

These photos are of the floats of the 124th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade which was held Tuesday, January 1, 2013 in Pasadena, CA. As I took far too many photos to be viewed easily in one gallery, I broke the photos up into two groups; the floats of the parade and one of the people of the Rose Parade which includes the marching bands and equestrian units. This gallery includes all the floats as well as the cars transporting the Grand Marshal, President of the Tournament of Roses, Hall of Fame Inductees and others of that type. Due to …

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The people, bands and equestrian units of the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade

2013, Canon 5D, equestrian teams, Got Web Host, happy new year, marching bands, Pasadena, Photos, pictures, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Rose Parade, Southern California, Tournament of Roses / 2 minutes of reading / January 2, 2013

These photos were taken at the 124th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade, held January 1, 2013. Once again, I have taken too many photos to put in one gallery, so I have broken them up into two groups. This gallery consists of basically anything that was not a float; marching bands, equestrian units and basic people watching. I was set up at Colorado Boulevard and Allen Avenue, primarily on the southeast corner. As this is a very large gallery, you might find it easier to view using the slideshow feature; you can use the full screen option for the best …

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The floats of the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade

floats, happy new year, parade, Pasadena, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Tournament of Roses / 1 minute of reading / January 5, 2012

These photos are exclusively of the floats in the 123rd Annual Tournament of Roses Parade. I had attempted to put all the photos from the event in one gallery, but that just made it too difficult for the viewer to sort through. As a result I now have two galleries; this one with all the floats and my previous Rose Parade blog entry which contains photos of the marching bands, drill teams, equestrian units and some people watching. Like the prior Rose Parade gallery, since there are so many photos, you might find it easier to use the slideshow function …

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123rd Tournament of Roses Parade photos

2012, drill teams, equestrian teams, happy new year, marching bands, parade, Pasadena, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Tournament of Roses / 1 minute of reading / January 4, 2012

Happy New Year! Yes, it is 2012 and so far, it is starting off with a bang. A tradition for the past 123 years has been the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA which is normally held on New Years Day. Since New Years fell on a Sunday this year and the parade has a “Never on a Sunday” rule, it was held on Monday. The theme for this year’s parade was “Just Imagine” and as you can see by looking at the photos of the floats, there was a lot of imagination put into their design. This was …

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Fiesta Parade Floats of the 2017 Rose Parade – The Flowers Go On

128th Annual Tornament of Roses Parade, 128th Tournament of Roses Parade, Fiesta Parade Floats, Irwindale, Photos, Rose Parade, The Pollack PR Marketing Group, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses / 2 minutes of reading / December 30, 2016

On Friday afternoon I headed back out to Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale to check out the progress on the floats they are preparing for the 128th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade which will be held Monday, January 2, 2017, in Pasadena, California. The last time I visited was Tuesday, the day after Christmas. That was the first day that decorating could begin, so all they were adding then was the “dry goods” such as seeds, husks and cut up leaves and flowers. As they are all glued into place, the warehouse was pretty thick with the aroma of paint …

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Decorating of the 2017 Rose Parade Floats Begins

128th Annual Tornament of Roses Parade, 128th Tournament of Roses Parade, City of Torrance, Fiesta Parade Floats, Irwindale, Photos, Rose Parade, The Pollack PR Marketing Group, Torrance Rose Float Association / 2 minutes of reading / December 28, 2016

On Tuesday afternoon I headed back out to Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale to photograph the beginning of the decorating portion of the floats being built there for the 128th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade. Unlike my visit of two weeks ago when the warehouse sounded, smelled and looked a lot like any other workshop, yesterday was the first day that volunteers were allowed in to begin the actual decorating of the floats. When decorating the floats, they begin by adding the “dry goods” such as various seeds, husks and cut up leaves and flowers which are meticulously glued into …

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