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The Cal Poly Universities Rose Float has won The Extraordinaire Award, honoring the most extraordinary float.

It’s Official: ‘Far Out Frequencies’ is Extraordinary

Posted January 1, 2019 / PolyCentric Editor

A pair of astronauts and their alien friends helped Cal Poly Universities capture the Extraordinaire Award at the 2019 Rose Parade. “Far Out Frequencies” is the 71st student-built and student-designed float of Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis…

Cal Poly Pomona design chair Naythan Muro working on Morgan's guitar strings.

Deco Week Brings Challenges and Magic

Posted December 31, 2018 / Cynthia Peters

The design for “Far Out Frequencies,” Cal Poly Universities’ Rose Float, includes six green aliens playing music with two giant astronauts. On Saturday, with less than three days until the parade, it was clear that there weren’t enough green button…