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Six Facets of Creativity: Cal Poly Universities, Part 1
California Polytechnic Universities are among the top engineering schools in the nation. And together, the campuses of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly Pomona put their talents to work to create the only completely student-built float in the Tournament of Roses Parade®.
The Cal Poly Rose Parade® float is a tradition…and a stepping stone to the future for some very talented and creative students.
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Six Facets of Creativity: Cal Poly Universities, Part 2
Cal Poly Universities’ sixty-fifth consecutive float, “Tuxedo Air”, won the Bob Hope Humor Award in the 2013 Rose Parade®.
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Six Facets of Creativity: Sierra Madre Rose Float Association
Our special Lancer Radio series, “Six Facets of Creativity”, continues. This is a look at the six volunteer organizations that fund and build their own floats for the
Rose Parade®.
These organizations are called “self-builts”, and include one that has been in the Tournament of Roses Parade® since the 1890s, one that’s built entirely by students…and one that’s rumored to have a haunted float barn!
In this post, we take a look at the Sierra Madre Rose Float Association. Want to help them this year? They need volunteers–and could really use a loan of an RV, for their hardworking volunteers to get a few hours’ sleep on December 31st! You can contact them at their float barn.
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Six Facets of Creativity: Burbank TOR
In Pasadena’s Tournament of Roses Parade®, on New Year’s Day 2013, will be six special floats.
Each one is independently funded and built noncommercially–by a volunteer organization. These noncommercial floats, which often rival the commercially-built ones for beauty, humor and imagination, are known as “self-builts”.
In this special series, we take a look at the six “self-builts” still participating in the Rose Parade®–starting with the Burbank Tournament of Roses Association.
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Their Future Looks “Rosy”
Pasadena’s counting down–and Nicole and Gerald are getting ready!
At 8:00 a.m. on January 1, 2013, not only will the 2013 Rose Parade® start–so will their “Dream Wedding”, aboard the Farmers Insurance float!
Nicole and Gerald, from Chesapeake, Virginia, are the winners of the Farmers Insurance national “Dream Wedding” contest. Hundreds of engaged couples entered, four finalist couples were chosen–and online voters “tossed the bouquet” to Nicole and Gerald, just before Thanksgiving.
The Pasadena-bound bride-and-groom-to-be talked about their experiences.
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