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City of Palmdale's 2007 Rose Parade^® float

The City of Palmdale float in the 2007 Tournament of Roses^® Parade, "Good Nature Begins at Home," was awarded the Past President's Trophy for the Most Creative Use of Floral and Non-Floral Materials. Designed by award-winning float designer Raul Rodriguez and built by Fiesta Parade Floats, the float won the city's second consecutive Rose Parade^® trophy.

The 2007 float design's use of a desert tortoise family reflects the City of Palmdale's commitment to family in this beautiful high desert community located 60 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The float featured four actors from the Palmdale Playhouse, which represents one of the many opportunities for good-natured family fun in Palmdale.

The City of Palmdale thanks the more than 600 volunteers from throughout the Antelope Valley that came out to decorate the city's award-winning 2007 float entry.

2007 Rose Parade^® Theme

The 118th Rose Parade^® themed "Our Good Nature," was broadcast both nationally and internationally on January 1, 2007. The parade featured spirited marching bands from throughout the nation, majestic floral floats, high-stepping equestrian units and our very own City of Palmdale float.

Flowering Detail

More than 20,000 roses along with numerous other floral and non-floral materials were used to create the City of Palmdale's 2007 float. Sunrise warms the desert floor with rays of dazzling roses including golden rust Milva, rich coral Marjan, dark coral Movie Star and warm orange Marianna roses, framed in groupings of hybrid vanda orchids in lavender, red and rust hues. Yucca blossoms of over 10,000 white dendrobium orchid florets bloom on trunks created from black lichen moss. Hot pink roses and purple cattleya orchids form abundant blossoms atop Barrel cactus of green split pea and mung beans and Cholla cactus petaled in fresh and dehydrated eucalyptus leaves. The woody trunks from natural creosote and brittlebush, indigenous to the area, are highlighted throughout the cliff walls.

The Desert Tortoises come to life with skin of leathery carrot and radish seeds. Their realistic shells have been artistically recreated by individually placing each decoration item, one by one, with a combination of brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, black beans, cinnamon bark, montera leaves, sea grape leaves and cobra leaves.

Donations

The City of Palmdale is grateful to the many businesses and individual donors that contributed time, money or in-kind donations to help support this year's float. For more information about how you can become a partner in this exciting project in the future, please contact Laura Biery in the City of Palmdale's administration department at 661/267-5115.

The City of Palmdale would like to thank its 2007 Rose Parade Float Project Donors: Albertsons Antelope Valley Florist Baja Fresh Bob Schack, REALTOR Building Industry Association (BIA) Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Southern California Greater Antelope Valley Association of Realtors (GAVAR) High Desert Medical Group Jamba Juice Mammoth Mortgage Palmdale Water District Sierra Development Stater Brothers Stats Floral Supply Trader Joe's Universal Health Services Vons Wal-Mart Waxie Sanitary Western Pacific Roofing Young's RV

General Info

On February 8, 2006, the City of Palmdale received a formal invitation from the Pasadena Tournament of Roses^® Association to participate in the 2007 Rose Parade^®. Participation in the Rose Parade^® is not only prestigious, but also provides national recognition and attention for the city. Each year, approximately 50 million Americans watch the Rose Parade^® on TV, as well as millions of international viewers in 75 territories around the world. The Pasadena Police Department estimates that approximately one million people attend the Rose Parade® each year. An additional 100,000 people visit the Post Parade^® Float Viewing site during the 2½ days following the event.

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2006 Tournament of Roses^®
City of Palmdale Rose Parade Float
"A Magical Place to Call Home"

Palmdale Float Wins Princess' Trophy Award in Rose Parade
The City of Palmdale's first-ever entry in the Rose Parade garnered the Princess' Trophy for the most beautiful float 35 feet or under. This trophy is considered the top award for floats in this size category.

More than 600 volunteers from Palmdale, the Antelope Valley, and across the United States helped decorate the City of Palmdale's float, which was constructed and decorated in Duarte, Calif.

The City commissioned renowned Rose Parade float artist Raul Rodriguez to design a float entry that featured a magical fairy waving her wand over a cornucopia filled with a bountiful harvest. The fairy concept was taken from the popular Enchanted Fairy Garden attraction at the annual Palmdale Fall Festival, and the bountiful harvest depicts the abundance available to families in the Antelope Valley.

The float's theme was "A Magical Place to Call Home," which combined the City's slogan "A Place to Call Home" and the Rose Parade's 2006 theme "It's Magical."

The City of Palmdale would like to thank its 2006 Rose Parade Float Project Donors: Aarrow Industries Affordable Tire Amargosa Commons, LLC Antelope Valley Florist Baja Fresh Bob Schack, REALTOR® Cold Stone Creamery Grae Ventures, LLC Greater Antelope Valley Association of REALTORS® J.P. Eliopulos Builders Jamba Juice Larry Chimbole Metro Floors O&S Holdings R&M Properties R. Rex Parris Attorney at Law RE/MAX All-Pro Rothbart Development Sierra Development Sierra Toyota Specialized Shaping Trader Joe's Universal Health Services Visco Investments Waste Management Western Pacific Roofing

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