Decorating the La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Rose Parade float
A crew of volunteers, from as far away as Wisconsin, work on the La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Parade float under the 210 freeway in La Canada Flintridge on Wedensday, December 29, 2010. The name of the float is “3-2-1 Dig!” (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Michele MacNeal, of La Crescenta, gets a brush full of adhesive as the arm of Jill Albenese, of Lake Mills, WI reaches to attach the covering of the rails of a slide for the La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Float Association Rose Parade float entitled “3-2-1 Dig!” on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 in La Canada Flintridge under the 210 Freeway. This is MacNeal’s 8th year decorating the Rose Parade float. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Karen Lucas, 16, of Ontario, cuts and organizes purple irises that will be applied to the La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Parade float, being worked on in the background, under the 210 freeway in La Canada Flintridge on Wedensday, December 29, 2010. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Aly Beckner, of Glendale, has been helping the La Canada Flintridge Rose Parade Association decorate floats for 6 years, and she is now applying yellow carnations to the front of the float named “3-2-1 Dig!” in La Canada Flintridge under the 210 Freeway on Wednesday, December 29, 2010. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Arlene Buchmann, of Fullerton, applies flowers to a merry-go-round, which will be one of 20 animated parts on the La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association’s Rose Parade float named 3-2-1 Dig! on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 in La Canada Flintridge under the 210 Freeway. Buchmann is really excited to be involved because she will be the driver of the float in the Rose Parade, something she hasn’t ever done. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
A crew of volunteers, from as far away as Wisconsin, work on the La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Parade float under the 210 freeway in La Canada Flintridge on Wedensday, December 29, 2010 under the 210 Freeway. The name of the float is “3-2-1 Dig!” (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
A crew of volunteers, from as far away as Wisconsin, work on the La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Parade float under the 210 freeway in La Canada Flintridge on Wedensday, December 29, 2010 under the 210 Freeway. The name of the float is “3-2-1 Dig!” (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Rachael Kapla, 17, of La Canada Flintridge, puts yellow carnations on the “3-2-1 Dig!” float being built by the La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 under the 210 Freeway in La Canada Flintridge. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Jason Shelbourn, 13, of Whitewater, WI, puts yellow carnations on the “3-2-1 Dig!” float being built by the La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 under the 210 Freeway in La Canada Flintridge. Shelbourn is here with his family to cheer the Wisconsin football team in the Rose Bowl. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)