These are a few of my favorite things… from this year’s Rose Parade in Pasadena (part two)

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Part one is here.

The theme of this year’s parade was “Echoes of Success.”

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.

1.

Escuela Secundaria Técnica Industrial No. 3’s Buhos Marching Band from Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Photo by Leo Jarzomb

2.

Lucy Pet Foundation’s float, “Lucy Pet’s Gnarly Crankin’ K-9 Wave Maker”
Winner of the Extraordinaire Trophy, for most spectacular float
Photo by Leo Jarzomb

At 126 feet long and 74 tons, the float, unsurprisingly, set two Guinness World Records, for both longest and heaviest float in the history of the Rose Parade. The tank contained 10,000 gallons of water for the eight dogs to surf on, and they had a ball!

Article, with story and in-depth profile of the Surfing Dogs

The video shows not only the surfin’ action, but also more of the decoration on the float, which is quite beautiful in itself.

3.

Alhambra’s float, “No Call Too Small”
Photo by Walt Mancini

4.

Western Asset Management Company’s float, “Prosperity in the Wild”
Winner of the Directors’ Trophy, for outstanding artistic merit in design and floral presentation
Photo by Watchara Phomicinda

5.

RAGÚ Pasta Sauce’s float, “Simmered in Tradition”
Winner of the National Trophy, for best depiction of life in the U.S.A., past, present or future
Photo by Anna Pham

6.

Photo by Tim Berger


Photos by Sue Malone

The Bachelor’s float, “Echoes of Love”
Winner of the President’s Trophy, for most effective floral use and presentation

Check out more of Malone’s wonderful close-up pics of this float, and several others, at her blog post.

7.

Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band
Photo by Watchara Phomicinda

8.

Victorian Ladies Riding Society
Photo by Bridget Samuels

9.

Scripps Miramar Saddlebreds
Photo by Watchara Phomicinda

10.

The UPS Store’s float, “Books Bring Us Together,” showcasing the Toys for Tots Literacy Program (more details here)
Winner of the Isabella Colman Trophy, for the best presentation of color and color harmony through floral use
Photo by Hosie Thomas

This float is the tallest in the parade this year.

BONUS! A few fun links.

Many great shots here of the parade, including the people camping along the route the night before and enjoying the parade, and float viewing after the parade that evening:

Pasadena Star-News gallery of 270 photos (yes, 270!): 2017 Rose Parade photos with every rose float, band and equestrian group

Colorful artists’ renderings of each float, in full view, from the planning stages: 2017 Rose Parade float renders

Terrific photos of the parade by a spectator: Jason E’s Flickr

And here are links to my previous Rose Parade posts, in case you’re interested:

I love a parade!

From the 126th Tournament of Roses Parade, New Year’s Day 2015

Also posted to randompictures, and #’s 2 and 9 to splodefromcute