I love a parade!

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Some floats from this year’s Tournament of Roses Parade, held in Pasadena, California, on New Year’s Day. All of the floats in this parade are required to have all surfaces covered by natural materials, such as flowers, plants, seaweed, seeds, bark, vegetables, or nuts. For more, see the 2014 post Decorating parade floats, at my journal.

This year’s theme was “Find Your Adventure.”


AMERICAN HONDA’s
“Nature’s Hope”


Photo by Walt Mancini


California Through My Lens blog


WESTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY’s
“Let Your Imagination Run Wild!”


Photo by Allen J. Schaben

Video is thirty-one seconds


MIRACLE-GRO’s
“Life Starts Here”
Winner of the Governor’s Award for best depiction of life in California


Photo by Marcus Yam


California Cut Flower Commission’s Flickr

This time-lapse video shows the building of the Miracle-Gro float, condensed into one minute and fourteen seconds. In real time, it took over eight thousand hours with the work of five hundred volunteers.


The Rose Queen and her Royal Court


The Rose Queen and her six Rose Princesses
Photo courtesy of Tribune News Service


KAISER PERMANENTE’s
“Helping Mother Nature Thrive”
Winner of the Grand Marshal’s Award for excellence in creative concept and design



Fiesta Floats Twitter (more pics of this and other floats, both finished and in progress)


DOWNEY ROSE FLOAT ASSOCIATION’s
“Exploring the Everglades”
Winner of the Founder’s Award for most beautiful float built and decorated by volunteers from a community or organization



Photos by Pam Lane
Downey Daily Photos blog post


CHINA AIRLINES’
“Venture to Majestic Taiwan”
Winner of the International Award for most beautiful entry from outside the fifty United States and the District of Columbia


Photo by Michael Owen Baker
Baker at Corbis Images


BURBANK TOURNAMENT OF ROSES ASSOCIATION’s
“Are We There Yet?”
Winner of the Theme Award, for excellence in presenting parade theme


Photo by Michael Owen Baker


DESTINATION IRVINE – IRVINE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’s
“Innovation Rocks!”


Bringing ‘Innovation Rocks!’ to Life with Statice and Strawflower

Float animation test; video is eight seconds


DISNEYLAND RESORT’s
“Diamond Celebration”
Winner of the Extraordinaire Trophy for most spectacular float






Up close with the completed Disneyland Resort 2016 Rose Parade float (many more pics!)


TRADER JOE’S’s
“Fearless Flyer”
Winner of the Fantasy Award for most outstanding display of fantasy and imagination


Photo by Michael Owen Baker


CITY OF TORRANCE’s
“What a Purr-fectly Pawful Adventure”
Winner of the Princess’ Award for most beautiful float thirty-five feet and under


California Through My Lens blog


Fiesta Floats Twitter (more pics of this and other floats, both finished and in progress)

Float fully animated for judging; video is one minute


SINGPOLI GROUP’s
“Marco Polo East Meets West”
Winner of the Sweepstakes Trophy for most beautiful entry in the parade


Photo by Michael Owen Baker


And a bonus: See the entire two-hour 2016 Rose Parade in this five-minute time-lapse video

Also posted to randompictures