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The Rose Parade will see floral-decorated floats decorated to the theme of “Celebrating a World of Music: The Universal Language.”
Volunteers have been assembling the floats ahead of the live parade set to take place on Monday, Jan. 1, starting at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET.
Audra McDonald was selected as the 2024 Grand Marshal by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses as the embodiment of this year’s theme.
Participants that are set to have a float at this year’s parade include American Armenian Rose Float Association, Cal Poly Universities, City of Burbank, City of Hope, City of South Pasadena, Coding for Veterans, DirecTV, Explore Louisiana, Honda, Kaiser Permanente, Kindness is Free Powered by Boys & Girls Clubs, La Cañada Flintridge, Odd Fellows & Rebekahs, Pasadena Humane (Hill’s Pet Nutrition) and the San Diego Zoo.
Other participants include Shrines Children’s, The UPS Store, Trader Joe’s, Visit Lauderdale, Visit Newport Bech and Western Asset.
Check out the photos below of the floats as they get their finishing touches.
Cal Poly Universities’ “Shock N’ Roll: Powering the Musical Current” Rose Parade float
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People work on Honda’s “Keep Dreaming” Rose Parade float
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People work on the Pasadena Humane Hill’s Pet Nutrition’s “Feed The Love” Rose Parade float
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People work on the Pasadena Humane Hill’s Pet Nutrition’s “Feed The Love” Rose Parade float
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People work on the Pasadena Humane Hill’s Pet Nutrition’s “Feed The Love” Rose Parade float
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Nan Koupal-Smith, float leader, holds a rendering of Lauderdale float for Rose parade “Visit Lauderdale – Everyone Under The Sun”
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Volunteers decorate Coding for Veterans Rose Parade float titled “Sounds of Success”
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Volunteer Steve Camarillo decorates Odd Fellows & Rebekahs “All We Need is Love” Rose Parade float
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Andres Trujillo works on an alligator sculpture to be mounted on UPS float for Rose Parade floats
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Brittany Smith works Kaiser float for Rose Parade at Fiesta Parade Floats
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