IT'S CLOSE TO CRUNCH TIME FOR PETAL PUSHERS.Byline: - Staff reports PASADENA - The bustle of volunteers was reaching frenzy levels Friday as Rose Parade float decorating crews hustled to meet their New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. deadline. At the Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena, home base to the Phoenix decorating company, volunteers worked to apply huge quantities of decorating materials to the massive floats. The first phase of float decorating is strictly paint-by-numbers, as volunteers glue dry goods dry goods pl.n. Textiles, clothing, and related articles of trade. Also called soft goods. dry goods npl (COMM) → mercería sg dry goods such as seeds and corn husks to the floats to add color. On one float, for example, millet millet, common name for several species of grasses cultivated mainly for cereals in the Eastern Hemisphere and for forage and hay in North America. The principal varieties are the foxtail, pearl, and barnyard millets and the proso millet, called also broomcorn millet seed in yellow and rust becomes the hide of a giraffe giraffe, African ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, living in open savanna S of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, giraffes browse in treetops at heights inaccessible to other leaf-eaters. A male may be 18 ft (5.5 m) from hoof to crown. . The flowers come last, to preserve the blooms for as long as possible. From a distance, the floats feature playful objects such as airplanes, cats and children consistent with the parade's theme of ``Children's Dreams, Wishes and Imagination.'' But up close, the mosaics lose their context, as each float's epidermis is inlaid in·laid v. Past tense and past participle of inlay. adj. 1. Set into a surface in a decorative pattern: a mahogany dresser with an inlaid teak design. 2. with meandering tributaries and eddies of moss, rice and dried flowers. Friday, about 3,000 volunteers placed millions of seeds, flower petals and strips of bark on 15 floats - some up to 130 feet long and 55 feet high. Many of the groups were students, affiliated with service clubs such as Kiwanis and Optimists, who were clustered on the floor of the vast hangar sorting dried foliage or snipping petals from dried flowers. Other students were scattered on scaffolding that surrounded the floats. From their perches they carefully placed lentils and peas, one, by one, by one, on the floats. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Kristina Gutierrez, 16, left, and Yemi Akintunde, 17, glue flowers onto the Soroptimist club's float, ``Dare to Dream,'' on Friday. (2 -- color) Students from Saddleback High School Saddleback High School is a four year secondary school located in Santa Ana, California, and is part of the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD). The school mascot is the roadrunner. The school principal is Dr. Tracey Brennan, who has served in that capacity since 2007. in Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. select carnations and mums for floats being decorated at Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena. (3 -- color) Roto Rooter float Walt Mancini/Staff Photographer |
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