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NEWS RELEASE - Volunteers are urgently needed to help process flowers for the Cal Poly Universities’ 60th entry into the Tournament of Roses Parade. Due to a five-day delay in receiving a shipment of strawflowers, the student volunteers particulalry need the community’s help on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 20-21. PDF
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NEWS RELEASE - As fall quarter finals approach in December, Cal Poly students at Pomona and San Luis Obispo are thinking of another final stretch – completing their 60th consecutive entry into the Tournament of Roses Parade.
It's a tradition older than cell phones, personal computers and even some of the students' grandparents. While the times may change, the Cal Poly Universities are keeping their Rose Float tradition alive with their 2008 entry "Guardians of Harmony." PDF
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NEWS RELEASE -— To celebrate the Cal Poly Rose Float’s diamond anniversary, students will present a float featuring a fresh new style and challenging engineering components.
This news release describes the float's animation, engineering challenges and floral decorations. PDF
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NEWS RELEASE - If you think driving in Los Angeles traffic is tough, try doing it in a 50-foot float! Students from the Cal Poly Universities will be taking their self-built Rose float, “Guardians of Harmony,” on its journey to Brookside Pavilion decoration center in Pasadena on Friday, Dec. 21. PDF
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NEWS RELEASE - To complete the Cal Poly Universities' Tournament of Roses float each year, more than 1,000 community volunteers lend a hand in covering every inch of the float with natural materials, such as flowers and seeds.
The university invites the community to join in the distinctly Southern California tradition of decorating the Rose Float. Experience is not necessary. PDF
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HISTORY - What is now a 60-year tradition actually came about much by accident. A student, Don Miller, had always wanted to get involved in the Rose Parade. In September 1948, he received a call from Rose Parade officials, asking if Cal Poly could have a float ready for the Jan. 1, 1949 parade to replace an entry that had just dropped out. Miller, without checking with any campus administrator or faculty member, committed the university to an entry. PDF
HISTORY - While creating a float every year for the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena is often reward enough, students from the Cal Poly Universities have also enjoyed 45 awards throughout its 60-year history with the Tournament of Roses Parade. PDF
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Download a rendering or a conceptual sketch of the 2008 float "Guardians of Harmony. |
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Download photos of Cal Poly students working on the 2008 float. |
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Download photos of students and community volunteers building and decorating the 2008 float and previous floats. |
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Download photos of the float being towed to Pasadena. Previous year's float photo being used until 2008 photos available. |
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Download a photo or video of the first Cal Poly Universities float from the 1949 parade. |
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Media Contact Uyen Mai (ooo-yen my) Media Relations Office of Public Affairs Cal Poly Pomona office: (909) 869-5331 cell: (909) 539-8676 utmai@csupomona.edu |
Volunteers Contact Marla Franco Senior Coordinator Rose Float & Office of Student Life Cal Poly Pomona office: (909) 869-3642 mfranco@csupomona.edu |
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