La Cañada Rose Parade float well underway
Buddy Imbriale, 16, glues a piece of foam to the La Canada float on Monday. Imbriale has worked on the annual float for six years. (photo/Megan O'Neil)
Two dozen paint-spattered volunteers were hard at work on the La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses float on Monday. The city’s entry, titled “Scizzored Wizard,” features a 33-feet-tall animated dragon that will fold and unfold like origami paper.
Volunteers, ages 4 to 92, cheerfully worked on foam detailing, wire framing and painting.
Dustin Crumb, who was working on the float with his father, Dwight, and grandfather, Don, is spearheading the design and computer engineering for the project.
“This one has been a challenge for the design side … trying to figure out how to make everything fold right and look like an origami dragon,” Crumb said. ”I have spent hours folding up origami [paper].”
The float will be moved under the 210 freeway overpass directly behind Flintridge Prep school this week. On Dec. 26, hundreds of additional volunteers will apply thousands of flowers to the float during what is traditionally referred to as “deco week.”
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Hey, i just got back from working on the float… It is great.. I was putting dots, on the camera side of the float, to mark were roses went.
tomboy
December 28, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Myself and two 16 year old good boys are available to help decorate or ? tomorrow 12/30/09
Please let us know if you or someone else could use us. Thank you Lynda
Lynda
December 29, 2009 at 3:46 pm