Cal Poly Update
The E-Newsletter for University Friends and Alumni

November 2006

Sign Up By Nov. 20 for Cal Poly Alumni Seats at Rose Parade
-- And Help Decorate

SAN LUIS OBSPO -- The Los Angeles Chapter of the Cal Poly Alumni Association is inviting alumni, parents and friends to participate in a holiday tradition: sign up now to decorate the Cal Poly Rose Float in Pasadena Dec. 29 -- and get reserved seating on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena at the Rose Parade Jan. 1.

The 2007 Rose Parade will be Monday, Jan. 1, following the "Never on a Sunday" parade tradition.

Every year since 1949, the Cal Poly Rose Float Club has joined forces with Pomona's club to build a joint entry in the parade. The students design the float and build the frame -- parents and alumni are invited to add flowers and finishing touches in Pasadena.

Deadline for registering for alumni parade seating is Nov. 20. The deadline to register for decorating is Dec. 15. This year's Cal Poly Rose Float entry is titled "Arctic Antics."

Since 1949, students from Cal Poly and California State Polytechnic University Pomona have come together to produce a float for the annual Rose Parade. Cal Poly students have been building floats for the parade for more than 50 years and have won more than 40 awards.

In a year-long process, students from the Rose Float Club on each campus build half of the float. Pomona is in charge of float animation and Cal Poly is in charge of the float's drive system.

Students on both campuses jointly decide on float is design, construction process, animation and decoration. The universities' entry is one of the few built entirely by students, not by professional float builders.

Click Here for Parade Seating and Float Decoration Details and Sign Up Forms

 

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