It’s 4:30 a.m. and the temperature has plunged into the 30s when the Cal Poly Universities Rose Float is finally in position for the 128th Rose Parade. The four-member team that will operate the float along the 5.5-mile route tries…
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The 2017 Cal Poly Universities’ Rose Float is 52 feet long and will be decorated with approximately with 60,000 flowers and other natural material. It is the job of the decorations team to figure out which flowers and plant material…
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It’s a complicated, time-consuming process to design and build a float for the world-renowned Rose Parade. Yet, student volunteers from Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo have built one from the ground up every year since 1949.…
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A family of giant chameleons will explore their colorful world and Pasadena, too, as the 2017 Cal Poly Universities’ Rose Parade float entry “A New Leaf.” The design was selected from 200 entries and will be the 69th parade entry…
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Have you dreamed about designing a Rose Parade float? The Cal Poly Universities Rose Float team is seeking design ideas for the 2017 Rose Parade entry. The winner will receive $500 or two Rose Bowl tickets. The theme, “Echoes of…
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Sweet Shenanigans, the 2016 Cal Poly Universities Rose Float, has won the Lathrop K. Leishman Award for Most Beautiful Non-Commercial Float in the 127th Rose Parade. Covered in more than 46,000 flowers, the float features eight giant gummy bears made…
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The Cal Poly Universities’ Rose Float entry passed its first mechanical inspection by the Tournament of Roses Association this month. The tests included five-point turns and evaluations of structural integrity and emergency procedures. “Sweet Shenanigans” is being built by…
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Student builders of the Cal Poly Universities Rose Float won’t have to worry about running out of California-grown floral decorations for the 2016 entry in the annual New Year’s Day parade. Cal Poly Pomona President Soraya M. Coley, Cal Poly…
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The Cal Poly Universities’ float program started the new year on a high note, winning the Lathrop K. Leishman award for Most Beautiful Non-Commercial Float for “Soaring Stories” in the 126th Tournament of Roses Parade. Although Jan. 1 was one…
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The Cal Poly Universities’ 2015 Rose Parade float captures the power of reading and imagination while also embracing innovation and sustainability. The float, “Soaring Stories,” depicts a fairy-tale castle and mythological griffin springing to life from the pages of storybooks,…
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