And now we continue on with the parade!
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| The Harlem Globetrotters |
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| Love to the Rescue - Shriners Hospitals |
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| The Glass Slipper - City of Downey |
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| Scripps Miramar Saddlebreds |
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| Lights! Camera! Action! - City of Burbank |
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| Glendora Tartan Band - Glendora, California |
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| What are the odds of two high school bands marching with bagpipes?!!! |
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Taiwan Dreams Rising - China Airlines Ltd.
This was one of the floats being built where we were working. |
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| This could be our statsice!! |
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| Remember this is ALL done in seeds, beans, petals......white is often sweet rice |
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| Flags in the Carmel High School Band from Carmel, IN |
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Adventures in Space - Public Storage
Their heads moved from side to side |
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| Homewood High School Band - Homewood, Alabama |
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| Calizona Appaloosa Horse Club |
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| Engage Rotary, Change Lives - Rotary |
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Los Angeles Unified School District All District High School Honor Band
It was huge, and they were excellent! |
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| Endless Entertainment - City of Los Angeles |
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| "Starlet" posing on the LA float |
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| Los Angeles Police Mounted Platoon & Los Angeles County Sheriff's Mounted Detail |
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Sea of Surprises - Sea World Parks
PETA was protesting this float because it shows the orcas swimming free and they don't swim free at Sea World! Note the police presence around the float. Somewhere along the parade route, 27 people were arrested! |
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| By the way...it was a beautiful float! |
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| Police bringing up the rear of the Sea World float |
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Banda de Musica Herberto Lopez Colegio Jose Daniel Crespo
from the Republic of Panama |
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| Representing Panama folklore and culture |
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| Uniforms are traditional military uniforms that have been used for 46 years |
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| Notice the SWAT team walking past the band to catch up to the Sea World float! |
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Everlasting Love - eHarmony
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| Natalie Cole sang on this float |
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St. Augustine High School Marching 100
We saw this band many times at Mardi Gras |
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Protecting Your Dream, Right In Your Own Backyard - DigAlert 811
The shovel lifted up and down and swung side to side |
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| Friendship, Love & Truth - Odd Fellows and Rebekahs |
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| This team of Norwegian Fjord Horses had the breast caner awareness ribbons on their rumps in memory of their owner who died of breast cancer a few years ago. |
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| City of Beverly Hills Centennial |
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Love Is The Best Protection - AIDS Healthcare Foundation
This was another controversial float that was being protested! This is a giant wedding cake and there was a gay couple on top who got married during the parade! |
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| McQueen Lancer Band - Reno, Nevada |
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| Jesus Welcomes All - Lutheran Layman's League |
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| The "stained glass" was awesome |
Lucy's Performing Rescue Dogs - The Lucy Pet Foundation, Inc.
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Our Eyes Are On The Stars - Wingtip-To-Wingtip Association
Celebrating the WASP (female pilots) of WWII |
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| These pictures were done with seeds |
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| All American Cowgirl Chicks |
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| Can you imagine standing on a horse for 5.5 miles!!!! |
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You Make My Dreams Come True - RFD-TV
Daryl Hall performed on this float |
Grand Finale: Float and Performance of Xpogo Stunt Team
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| And now the fun begins!!! All of the crazies follow THE parade with their own parade. |
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| Really??? |
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| ??? |
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| So Buddy took off his sweatshirt and joined the fun!!! Well until we got to the bus! |
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| These are people who camped out on the street all night to get a good spot to watch the parade! |
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| The following pictures were taken at the Float Viewing venue. They are close-ups of the many floats. Enjoy the beauty of them.... |
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| Yes, those are lime slices! |
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| Not just flowers...... |
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| Yep! Potatoes and apples! |
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| They better have healthy plants and flowers!!!! |
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| The float viewing was held on the Pasadena High School Campus |
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| One of the "pictures" of an organ donor. |
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| Buddy posing with 'his' palm tree and my window! |
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| This robot went up and down during the parade |
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| LA police and medics |
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| All roses are placed in these vials and then into the float |
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| Look at his furry ears! |
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| From the Queen's float |
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| Beautiful roses! |
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| Crab coming out of his shell! |
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| I loved this dog! |
The Lucy Pet Foundation had a little dog show at the float viewing
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