Arcadia's Rose Parade float for 1995 features the Royal Court sitting in a gazebo overlooking a horse race at Santa Anita Park. The 2 lead horses will be ridden by live jockeys. This fits in with the 1995 theme, "Sports-Quest for Excellence."
A 50-foot-long "Sport of Kings" float will be the Arcadia entry in the 106th Rose Parade, whose theme is "Sports-Quest for Excellence." On the float, 5 horses are racing past a gazebo, featuring Arcadia's Royal Court, to the finish line. The 2 lead horses will be ridden by jockeys.
Plans for the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association to revive its Rose float have fizzled for now because there is no room for another float in the year 2000 parade.
An 82-year tradition ended Monday when the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association announced it will disband and not enter a float in the next Pasadena Rose Parade.
The 5 princesses for the Arcadia float for the 1994 Rose Parade are Michelle Anderson, Danielle Didier, Michele Garrett, Allison Hannegan and Lianne Mead.
On January 1, 1997, Arcadia's float will be the community's 84th consecutive entry in the Rose Parade, but it may be the last one due to lack of funds.
More than 850 people turned out for the unveiling of "Life's Crowning Moments." The Arcadia Tournament of Roses 1997 parade float will depict a coronation in the park with palm trees, a pond, and five former Arcadia Rose Queens. Fiscal problems forced the Arcadia Tournament of Roses to cancel having a Rose Court this year. The five former Rose Queens are not named.
In an effort to increase public awareness of childhood cancer, the National Childhood Cancer Foundation will once again participate as a sponsor of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses with a child survivor riding on the float in the Rose Parade.
Arcadia will no longer participate in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade as the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association will be disbanding due to declining revenues and climbing costs.
The National Childhood Cancer Foundation has contributed $20,000 to the Arcadia Tournament of Roses to join forces in raising public awareness of childhood cancer. Survivors Emily Volk and Jeff Headley, both 8 years old, will ride on the Arcadia float in the Rose Parade.
This article profiles Derek Moses, Amy Dilbeck, John Sandbrook, and Susan Webb, four children who survived childhood cancer and will ride on the 1998 Arcadia Rose Parade Float.
Arcadia's Ken Burrows will serve as president for the 1999-2000 Tournament of Roses year. Burrows announced "Celebration 2000: Visions of the Future" as the theme for the 111th Rose Parade.
In order to raise public awareness of childhood cancer as an important national priority, four young survivors of cancer will ride on the Arcadia Tournament of Roses float in the Rose Parade on January 1, 1998. They are Derek Moses, Amy Dilbeck, John Sandbrook and Susan Webb. Photo.