Boy Scouts of America

FLOAT THEME: Celebrating the Adventure Continuing the Journey

2010 is the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and the float theme represents the organization’s celebration of its century long history – and its view of the future.

The Boy Scouts of America is dedicated to encouraging its members to improve themselves and become leaders, to aspire to be "A Cut Above . . ."

FLOAT BUILDER: Phoenix Decorating Co.

FLOAT DESCRIPTION:
Height: 30 ft.
Width: 19.5 ft.
Length: 55 ft.

Celebrating its 100th anniversary, the Boy Scouts of America presents depictions of several popular scouting activities - including camping, hiking, rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and enjoying the thrill of "flying" along a zip line. The scouts’ involvement with nature is emphasized by several sculpted inhabitants of the great outdoors, including an American eagle, raccoon, owl, and a wolf. The Boy Scout emblem and the American flag form an impressive backdrop for the float. Accompanying the scouts’ first entry in the Rose Parade will be 300 Eagle scouts marching along, and presenting parade viewers with an eye-catching performance.

FLOWERING: The life-sized trees are created with redwood bark and palm bark trunks, with “leaves” of golden shower, yellow roses and aloha yellow dendrobium orchids. The cliffs and rocks are made up of light and dark lettuce seed, onion seed, poppy seed and sesame seed. The bald eagle in the front tree has a head and neck of pampas grass, strawflower beak and eyes of nori seaweed, powdered rice and fine ground yellow split pea; the body and wings are created with palm fiber, uva grass, pampas grass, buffalo grass and curly seaweed. The racoon “bandit” eyes are created with nori seaweed and hyacinth root, blending with pampas grass and uva grass into a nori nose and mouth; the chest is palm fiber and buffalo grass, while the body and tail are created with uva, pampas, eyranthus plumes and hyacinth root.

The kayak is covered with yellow strawflower, orange chrysanthemums and ground orange lentil seed, floating on a river of blue, purple and white iris; lavender and white roses, and white and purple orchids. The bicycles have nori seats and handlebars, with silverleaf and lettuce wheels, and ti leaf bodies. The fallen tree trunks are covered with paper bark, redwood and palm bark, highlighted with crushed walnut shell and onion seed and accented by English needlepoint ivy, white roses and orchids.

The Boy Scout emblem is covered with flax seed, clover seed, sesame seed, flax seed as a background, edged by chrysanthemums and gold clover seed. The eagle on the emblem is fine cut everlasting, flax seed, clover seed and everlasting. The American flag waves with whole red and white carnations and dark blue statice field with everlasting stars. Accents on the base of the float include sod, asparagus fern, leather fern, Spanish moss, heather, flax leaves, calla lilies, anthuriums, curly willow, weeping bamboo, yarrow, salt cedar, penny cress, cattails, amarantha globe, tulips, mokara and bells of Ireland.