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Fiesta Parade Floats of the 2017 Rose Parade – The Flowers Go On

128th Annual Tornament of Roses Parade, 128th Tournament of Roses Parade, Fiesta Parade Floats, Irwindale, Photos, Rose Parade, The Pollack PR Marketing Group, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses / 2 minutes of reading / December 30, 2016

On Friday afternoon I headed back out to Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale to check out the progress on the floats they are preparing for the 128th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade which will be held Monday, January 2, 2017, in Pasadena, California. The last time I visited was Tuesday, the day after Christmas. That was the first day that decorating could begin, so all they were adding then was the “dry goods” such as seeds, husks and cut up leaves and flowers. As they are all glued into place, the warehouse was pretty thick with the aroma of paint …

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Decorating of the 2017 Rose Parade Floats Begins

128th Annual Tornament of Roses Parade, 128th Tournament of Roses Parade, City of Torrance, Fiesta Parade Floats, Irwindale, Photos, Rose Parade, The Pollack PR Marketing Group, Torrance Rose Float Association / 2 minutes of reading / December 28, 2016

On Tuesday afternoon I headed back out to Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale to photograph the beginning of the decorating portion of the floats being built there for the 128th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade. Unlike my visit of two weeks ago when the warehouse sounded, smelled and looked a lot like any other workshop, yesterday was the first day that volunteers were allowed in to begin the actual decorating of the floats. When decorating the floats, they begin by adding the “dry goods” such as various seeds, husks and cut up leaves and flowers which are meticulously glued into …

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2017 Rose Parade Float Construction Begins

128th Annual Tornament of Roses Parade, 128th Tournament of Roses Parade, City of Torrance, Fiesta Parade Floats, Irwindale, Photos, The Pollack PR Marketing Group, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses / 2 minutes of reading / December 14, 2016

Tuesday afternoon I headed out to Irwindale to continue one of the few Christmas traditions I still keep with; photographing the construction of floats for the upcoming 128th Tournament of Roses Parade by Fiesta Parade Floats. Fiesta Floats creates some of the best floats in the Tournament of Roses Parade and is the most awarded float builder in Rose Parade history; it is no wonder why the City of Torrance has been using them at least as long as I have been covering the event (five or six years). At this phase of the construction, it is just that, construction. …

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Torrance Education Foundation Recognizes Local Teachers

Christi Edelbrock, Edelbrock Family Foundation, Photos, Red Car Brewery, STEM grants, Torrance, Torrance Education Foundation, Torrance Unified School District, Vic's Garage / 2 minutes of reading / November 30, 2016

These photos were taken Tuesday evening at Edelbrock’s, Vic’s Garage in Torrance, where the Torrance Education Foundation held a recognition and appreciation reception for Torrance school teachers that had applied for and received STEM grants. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math; which are all subjects that American students need to excel in if we are to compete in tomorrow’s world. The Foundation awarded 48 grants totaling $39,500 for K-12 enrichment projects: Family STEM Nights, CyberPatriots, Hour of Code, After-School Engineering Club, Math Counts, Science Olympiad, and Robotics. The teachers recognized at the event are doing their part to …

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Floats of the 127th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade

127th Tournament of Roses Parade, Adrienne Young Communications, Cal Poly Universities, California Cut Flower Commission, CCFC, City of Torrance, Fiesta Parade Floats, FTD, happy new year, Irwindale, Photos, pictures, Rose Bowl, The Pollack PR Marketing Group / 3 minutes of reading / December 31, 2015

Happy New Year everyone. It is New Year’s Eve 2015 and today I went back out to Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale with the hopes of being able to photograph some of the completed floats for the 2016 Rose Parade before they were moved to Pasadena. While I have been photographing the construction of the floats over the past week, I have focused a lot on the City of Torrance entry for obvious reasons, but New Year’s Eve is also the day that I meet up with the representatives of the California Cut Flower Commission (CCFC). Usually I meet up …

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Torrance visits Fiesta Parade Floats

127th Tournament of Roses Parade, City of Torrance, Fiesta Parade Floats, iReportCNN, Irwindale, Photos, Rose Parade, The Pollack PR Marketing Group, Tournament of Roses / 2 minutes of reading / December 29, 2015

These photos were taken Monday night at Fiesta Parade Floats when the City of Torrance came out to Irwindale to check out the progress on the float they are entering for the 127th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade which will be held Friday morning in Pasadena. If you noticed my photos from last Wednesday you cannot help but notice that there has been significant progress made on the actual decorating of the floats. Last week when we were there it was a construction scene with the sound of metal being ground and the warehouse smelled of paint. Last night the …

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Float Construction at Fiesta Parade Floats

City of Torrance, Fiesta Parade Floats, Irwindale, Photos, The Pollack PR Marketing Group, Tournament of Roses / 2 minutes of reading / December 23, 2015

I have probably lost a lot of my readers on this site since I have been kind of slacking; especially when it comes to my annual Christmas coverage. I have been fighting some heavy congestion and going out in the cold night air just did not seem wise. However, there is one tradition I will not slack off on and that is the construction of the float for the 2016 Tournament of Roses Parade sponsored by the City of Torrance and built by award winning float builders, Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale. These photos were taken Wednesday afternoon, December 23. …

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4th Annual Torrance Cherry Blossom Cultural Festival

City of Torrance, Columbia Park, Family fun, North Torrance Homeowners Association, O-Edo Ichi-Za, Photos, Soka Gakkai International-USA, Torrance, Torrance Craftsmen’s Guild, Torrance Sister City Association / 2 minutes of reading / March 16, 2015

These photos were taken Sunday, March 15 at the 4th Annual Torrance Cherry Blossom Cultural Festival, which was held in the southeast corner of Columbia Park in Torrance. The free, family friendly event was sponsored in part by the City of Torrance, the North Torrance Homeowners Association, the Torrance Sister City Association, Torrance Craftsmens Guild, and Soka Gakkai International-Buddhist Association for Peace, Culture and Education. Entertainment was provided by Susan Manns Wahine Ilikea Dancers performing Polynesian dances, O-Edo Ichi-Za performing traditional Japanese fan dances, and Myoon Taiko drumming. There were also several food trucks available and one of them even …

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If it’s too loud you’re too old? Maybe not.

Buffalo Fire Department, Chef Shafer, free concerts, Photos, restaurants, The Depot, Torrance, Torrance City Council, Tortilla Cantina / 6 minutes of reading / February 1, 2015

Every once in a while I write an article that I know ahead of time is going to upset some people; I am relatively confident there will be those that are not going to like this article. I am okay with that and apologize ahead of time if you don’t approve of my thoughts. A couple months ago, at a Torrance City Council meeting, there was a topic of discussion regarding a free “summer” concert series that runs from January through October on Saturday evenings from 6:00-9:00 PM at the courtyard on Cabrillo by El Prado. Since the event is …

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Fiesta Floats of the 126th Tournament of Roses Parade

California Cut Flower Commission, CCFC, Fiesta Parade Floats, happy new year, Irwindale, Louis Zamperini, New Years Day, Pasadena, Photos, Pollack PR Marketing Group, Rose Bowl, Torrance, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses, Unbroken / 2 minutes of reading / December 31, 2014

It is New Year’s Eve, and the time is up for the preparation of the floats for the 126th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade with will begin at 8:00 AM on January 1, 2015. I began my day by heading back out to Irwindale and Fiesta Parade Floats, the leading award winning float-builder in the Tournament of Roses Parade. I lucked out today as I happened to arrive at Fiesta Floats after they had begun removing some floats from the building they were built in, giving me the ability to take some photos without dozens (or hundreds) of people vying …

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