Rose Parade survey?

[cassiesmom]

Do you watch? Yep

Do you follow the parade to see if any local/state floats or bands will appear?
Yes, the float and band from the Big Ten school and any other local band or float in the parade.

Do you watch a certain channel for the coverage? No

Do you have a favorite channel or announcer? I liked when HGTV ran it without commercials.

As I get older it seems like every marching band and float get me choked up. However, I was laughing while watching the snowboarding dogs this morning and thinking about all my PT friends!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Thanks, Sandie. I must have watched the only part where they weren't naming the material used. I love to hear it every year so much!! When I was watching, Al Roker was making alot of jokes and that was about it.

[davidpizzica]

I watched most of the parade. I was in on a couple activities here at the Home so I missed the beginning. I do remember way back when my dad owned a t.v. repair shop and sold new televisions. Every New Years day we would go down to the shop and watch the parade on one those new -fangled inventions, COLOR T.V.!

[RICHARD]

When we were kids we went to every parade in the area. Dad would drag us there.

I personally have warmed many a street curb in my childhood and believe that is the reason I have no rear end today, it was slowly worn down over the years.

I caught about 5 minutes total of the parade, LOL, I boycott the rest for political and social issues.

I used to go to business meetings in Pasadena a few times a month and would drive by the area where they set up the massive grandstads, so I considered that attendance.

[Daisy and Delilah]

I always(still do)imagined what it would be like to be in the float building areas.

[RICHARD]

I always(still do)imagined what it would be like to be in the float building areas.

They will begin, in a few days, to start designing for the 2011 parade.

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The company I worked for would ask for volunteers to put the the flowers on about the beginning of October. You go to a warehouse and they put you to work either sorting, tearing or pasting flowers, seeds, branches onto the floats, it is supposed to smell really good.

If you suffer from allergies and happen to die from them, onsite? Your body is used as ballast so the float won't tip over in curves. J/K


For a few days you can go to a park and see the floats in person, You do have to pay a fee..
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,4739406.story


And in the past few years they began to recycle the flowers for potpourri...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...wed+Stories%29


Here's an old, but descriptive obituary about the 'death' of a float!

http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jan/05/local/me-float5

[pomtzu]

It was interesting to read about the demise of the floats after the parade is over.