Competing with the professional float building companies, Cal Poly students at Pomona and San Luis Obispo won the trophy for Most Outstanding Display of Fantasy & Imagination with Guardians of Harmony, their 60th consecutive entry into the Tournament of Roses Parade. It features a 27-foot long flying dragon.
Senior computer and electrical engineering major and president of the Cal Poly Rose Float Leadership Committee, Matthew Yeseta, oversees every aspect of float production.
The Sierra Madre Rose Float Association’s entry, Valentine's Day, won the Princess' Trophy for the Most Beautiful Entry, (35 feet or Under). (Self-Built.) The swans are covered in four textures of coconut. 294 heart shapes are hidden in the trees, the butterfly wings and in the intricate frame that surrounds the float. The design incorporates more than 90 different varieties of roses. Two new roses made their parade debut on this float: the fluorescent red "Valentine" and the "Absolute”, the only rose that is truly pure white.
Bayer Advanced won its eighth consecutive trophy with Salute to the Rose Parade, the Queen's Trophy for Most Effective Use & Display of Roses in Concept, Design and Presentation. (Phoenix Decorating Co.) The 20-foot tall, animated rosebud blooms with a pyrotechnic show and burst of streamers.
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