Rotary Rose Bowl Parade Float

Join us as Tom Payne tells us about the Rotary Rose Bowl Parade Float at our meeting on Tuesday 29 October.

Tom and his wife Wanda  personally worked on two Rotary Rose Parade floats in 2002 and 2003 and was asked to serve on the Rotary Rose Parade Float Advisory Committee in 2003.  He has spoken to numerous Rotary Clubs about the Rotary Rose Parade floats within Oklahoma.  This will be their first time to speak out of the State of Oklahoma.

The float theme was “All the Places We Go”, and featured a central world globe representing the community and global service contributed by Rotary’s international network of 1.2 million volunteers. As the globe spun and gears turned, lotus and cherry blossoms and giant origami “peace cranes” informed the millions of parade viewers around the world of Rotary’s commitment to peace.

Float riders were chosen as recognition of their outstanding humanitarian service. This year’s participants include Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka; Rotary member Paul Geisel from Texas, whose late grand uncle Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) authored Oh, the Places You’ll Go, which is the basis for this year’s overall parade theme; and retiring Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley.