As the Pasadena Tournament of Roses ® and their community collaborator actively plan for the 2022 Rose Parade ® stage by Honda , the second in a serial of stoolpigeon preview of floral swim bladder entries point to the joy America ’s New Year Celebration ® will get to a global hearing on January 1 , 2022 .
For more than 130 years , colorful florals , thematic interpretation and originative designs have been hallmark of Rose Parade float , and this year ’s incoming will continue the tradition . The paper of the 133rd Rose Parade — “ Dream . Believe . Achieve . ” — inspired the prescribed renderings for 5th - year float player The UPS Store and five longtime mainstays – Burbank Tournament of Roses Association , City of Hope , La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association , Lutheran Hour Ministries and Torrance Rose Float Association – with 313 appearances between them .
The six float concepts are among dozens of commercial , non - commercial and self - construct floats that will make the 5.5 - mile advance along Pasadena ’s historic Colorado Boulevard on New Year ’s Day 2022 .
The UPS storeThe UPS Store float , themed “ Rise , Shine & Read ! ” celebrates the positive impact literacy can have on a child ’s ability to succeed and showcases the company ’s support of the Toys for Tots Literacy Program . interpretation starts at home , and the float ’s animated design have a colorful , bespectacled cock stand atop a stack of books , reading to his syndicate of young chicks . Being built by Fiesta Parade Floats , The UPS Store 2022 Rose Parade air bladder inspires children to rear up and let themselves beam bright through the power of literacy . Through reading , children can explore , imagine and dreaming .
Burbank tourney of roses associationThe Burbank tourney of roses association ’s 89th Rose Parade entry is one of six floats that are self - build up by volunteers . “ An Unlikely Tale ” is a tale of friendship between a young knight and a Draco who make their dreams come true by spending sentence together and reading in concordance . project by Burbank resident Jonathan Friday , the Burbank tourney of roses association incoming will be 53 feet long , 18 feet wide and 25 ft tall at the top of the Draco ’s head . The Burbank tournament of rose wine association is an all - volunteer , non - profit governing body that designs , builds and decorates the City of Burbank ’s float entry .
City of HopeCity of Hope ’s 48th Rose Parade float entry , “ Garden of Hopes and Dreams , ” continues the world - renowned cancer enquiry and treatment center ’s custom of spotlighting unwavering belief , persistence and leading in health care transmutation . The 50 - foot long and most 17 - invertebrate foot - tall float built by Phoenix Decorating Company will feature animated butterflies , which are symbols of Leslie Townes Hope and transformation . Whimsical mushrooms will punctuate rebirth after a disorderly sentence , a metaphor for the free burning battle patients and their health tutelage teams have against Crab , as well as a reverential nod to the woolgather - about eventual terminal of the COVID-19 pandemic . Crab survivors will be on the plasterer’s float to ring in the young year standing next to daffodils — former springtime flowers that indicate winter is over .
La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses AssociationThe La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association ’s 43rd entry , “ Who Says We Ca n’t ” will again be one of only six self - built swim bladder in the intact parade . Designed , built , decorate and operated entirely by Tennessean , the entry answer the age - onetime proverb , “ You ca n’t teach an old dog new tricks . ” La Cañada Flintridge resident Grant Delgatty ’s design celebrates acquisition against the odds and woolgather and trust in accomplishment , even when others say you ca n’t . So , as the world in full reopens thanks to the efforts of heroes in many walks of life history , to all the doubters and nay - Dorothy Sayers of the existence they say , “ Who enunciate We Ca n’t . ”
Lutheran hour ministriesNow in their 71st year , the Lutheran Hour Ministries ( LHM ) float continues to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with billion of parade viewers around the world . Themed “ Jesus Teaches ” and build by Phoenix Decorating Co. , the float boast Jesus with 12 modern twenty-four hours disciples in a lush , forest setting . They are surrounded by volume of Jesus ’ teaching ; trail markers note attributes that guide our day-to-day life including delight , peace , love and kindness ; and a cross firmly fixed to square rock . LHM invites watcher to experience the hope and love found in Jesus , as well as link the Petal Pushers , a volunteer group that decorates eight to 10 Rose Parade float annually ( www.petalpushers.org ) .
Torrance Rose Float AssociationThe Torrance Rose Float Association is gallant to put in the 66th entering for the City of Torrance , “ The Embodiment of Nature . ” The conceptual design was chosen through a contest heart-to-heart to high school student within the City of Torrance . The majestic African elephant and the colorful toucan highlight the warmth and beauty of the animate being land while push awareness of endangered species , the perils they face , and the realities of habitat destruction , defilement and the shrinkage of rain forests . This inspirational display , to be built by Fiesta Parade Floats , encourage everyone that if we trust it , we can reach the dream of provide protection and safety to beast and the situation they call dwelling house .
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