Viewing Float Decorating
After Christmas one can view many of the floats being decorated with flowery mantles, in the various "float barns" that dot the Pasadena area and communities to the east. Last-minute volunteering opportunities are sometimes available (though most builders recommend advance registration); if you are willing to volunteer, you just might find a crew willing to hand you a box of flowers (or a broom) and put you right to work!
Admission is charged for viewing the floats at the various sites. The four float decorating places are Rose Palace, Rosemont Pavilion, Brookside Pavilion, and the Irwindale Pavilion, in the City of Irwindale, California.
Approximately 120,000 visitors attended the three-day event in 2009.
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“Beguile the time, and feed your knowledge
With viewing of the town.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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blood
Widowed farmers whose hands float under light covers to find
themselves
Arisen at sunrise”
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