Politics & Government
South Pasadena 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade Float
The image that went around the world.
Titled "Intergalactic Vacation," South Pasadena's float in the 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day Wednesday was the perfect match for the parade's overall theme—"Dreams Come True.”
South Pas's float depicted an alien photographer pointing a camera at a vacationing family against the background of planet Earth in the distance.
An estimated 40,000 roses and carnations as well as 1.5 million flowers of bougainvillea were used to decorate the float, according to the South Pasadena Review. The float also carried 500 hand-crafted stars and more than 600 pounds of raw cotton meant to look like clouds, the paper said.
"The 2014 theme is a reminder that not only is it possible to reach seemingly impossible goals, but that by boldly pursuing those goals, we have actually attained them," Tournament of Roses Association President R. Scott Jenkins said last year.
The theme of the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade was "Oh the Places You Will Go."
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