LCF Float looking rosy
A volunteer works on the La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association float on Tuesday. The float, titled "Scizzored Wizard," is the city's 32nd entry in the Rose Parade. (photo/Megan O'Neil)
While young volunteers applied the finishing touches to the La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Assn. Float, more than 100 people gathered Tuesday for the Under the Bridge Major Donor Party.
The event honors donors who contributed $125 or more to the association, and serves as an annual reunion for all La Cañada float participants.
Don Ziehl, the first association president and a former La Cañada Unified School District superintendent, said assembling the inaugural float in 1978 was a whirlwind.
“It was a real scramble to get that float down the parade route that first year,” he said. “It turns out it is a bit of a scramble every year.”
The best part about being involved with the association is the joy of seeing people work together on a project that at some points seems impossible, he added.
“I don’t know anything else that was going on during the 25 years I was here that brought three generations together like building this float does,” Ziehl said. “That alone [makes] it very worthwhile.”
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