Cal Poly university ’ “ Far Out Frequencies , ” sport a span of astronaut and a handful of animated extraterrestrial being on an foreign satellite communicating through music , receive the Extraordinaire Award for the most extraordinary float at the 130th Rose Parade obligate New Year ’s Day .
The float , plan and built by teams of scholar from Cal Poly and California State Polytechnic University in Pomona , keep this year ’s parade theme , “ The Melody of Life , ” by paying homage to music as a lyric for all . It is the fourth time in 71 appearances that the Cal Poly float has feature a space - related design .
“ It ’s the first time we ’ve ever gotten this prize , so we ’re really excited about it , ” said Sara Novell , a mechanical engine room elderly who ’s president of Cal Poly SLO Rose Float . “ This includes all floats in the parade including those that are over 55 foot long .
“ I am so worked up and just so proud of my team . We did build an sinful ice-cream soda from an sinful team of students from both campuses . It was just a culmination of all of our coaction , teamwork and honestly , I would n’t expect anything less from this team . ”
On the float , astronauts Morgan and Sally travel late into outer space and land on a distant alien planet . ineffectual to pass through language , they apply melodic musical instrument to share their content of goodwill with a handful of aliens , head to out - of - this - globe play and some unexpected skilful times .
“ The Cal Poly Rose Float is Learn by Doing on an external stagecoach — one of our most well - known bookman - designed and -built projects , ” said Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong , who was in Pasadena to watch the parade . “ Our extend Mustang kinsperson of alumni , family and air bladder fans jet with Cal Poly pride over the hard work that transform a drawing off into a larger - than - life colourful spectacle .
“ We hump the Rose Parade ’s ecumenical audience appreciates the students ’ creative thinking and craft . I also hope viewers see this plasterer’s float as a metaphor for what Cal Poly educatee add to the world : leadership , expert precision , ability to puzzle out problems , and an uncompromising work ethic and tanginess for life sentence . ”
“ Far Out Frequencies ” was among 40 floats in this year ’s parade . Rose Parade officials estimate that 700,000 people see the parade in person , while 44 million Americans and an external audience of 28 million tune in to watch it on telecasting .
The 49- by 15 - human foot submission , which stands more than 16 - substructure tall , uses animation to breathe sprightliness into this out quad near encounter .
“ The front spaceman strums a guitar , bobs his head and tapdance his foot , ” Novell said . “ The foreign next to that astronaut mimics the guitar strumming motion . All the aliens have go ears . On the rock arch , two aliens play with an accordion — one on each end — which moves .
“ The back alien will rock its legs as well as move its wrist to shake a tambourine . On the back of the float , another outlander lifts a tuba off its head . There also will be bubble amount out of the sax that an foreign plays . Lastly , one of the flowers spins . ”
The conception was selected from more than 150 ideas render last spring by educatee , local residential district , graduate and protagonist of the Cal Poly Rose Float computer programme .
During the recent Decorations Week in Pasadena , the ice-cream float was adorned with one thousand of colorful peak — including 7,000 roses , 7,200 Gerbera daisies , 3,200 flag and 200 red loot as well as white shock absorber mums , and button ma .
Awards were announced by 2019 Tournament of Roses President Gerald Freeny about 6 ante meridiem , two hours before the start of the 5½-mile parade down Colorado Boulevard .
“ People are walk by our float and say , ‘ Oh my god , it ’s a beautiful float , ’ ” Novell said . “ The judges even complimented our float during the judgement — and that ’s not very plebeian . It ’s awesome . We ’re so happy about it . ”
The schools were also honored for their consignment to California ’s blossom husbandman .
It ’s the eighth consecutive class the air bladder has earned the “ California Grown ” designation from the California Cut Flower Commission , which recognise an entry decorate with at least 85 per centum of cut flowers and plant life materials from the Golden State .
The Cal Poly universities ’ float has about 90 percentage of cut flowers and industrial plant materials from California — including some that were grow on the Cal Poly campus .
The schools enjoy a rich history in the Tournament of Roses Rose Parade . Cal Poly universities has the 6th highest turn of appearance ( 71 ) behind the metropolis of Los Angeles ( 121 appearances ) , South Pasadena ( 109 ) , and the city of Alhambra ( 91 ) and Burbank and Sierra Madre ( both 87 days ) .
Since the evenfall of 1948 , student from San Luis Obispo and Pomona have add up together across 240 mil to farm the plasterer’s float — one of only six self - ramp up entries — for Pasadena ’s signature event . Since then , the two schools ’ entries have earned more than 50 awards , admit the 2018 Past President award honour the most outstanding instauration in the use of floral and non - floral stuff .
In Cal Poly Rose Float history , Pomona student Don Miller is credit with spearhead the building of the first launching . make in the tumble of 1948 in just 90 days with a $ 258 budget ( about $ 2,700 in 2018 dollars ) , an exciting Cal Poly custom was born on New Year ’s daytime 1949 , when an enormous rock buck flap onto Colorado Boulevard .
In the years since “ Childhood Memories ” demonstrated the originative teamwork of the Pomona and San Luis Obispo campuses , the Cal Poly university Rose Float Program has base itself as an accolade - win leader in the New Year ’s Day extravaganza .
Cal Poly student floats have used outer place designs three other time : Man on the Moon ( 1962 ) ; Way Out Welcome ( 1982 ) ; and 2011 ’s Galactic Expedition . All pull in awards .
In addition to the piles of trophies received over the years , the programme has received countless accolades for introducing design into its air bladder design include computer - controlled invigoration , hydraulic systems and cleaner emission with propane .
The 2019 ingress is no exclusion .
“ This year we have a water system feature on our ice-cream soda , ” said Novell , who has been a member of Rose Float for five years . “ One of the alien planet prime will squirt water in a laminar - flow style onto a different locating on our ice-cream soda . ”
A symbolization of the partnership between the two campuses is the float ’s chassis , whose front and back halves are joined mid - October each year in Pomona to formally unite both the float and the team . Cal Poly SLO works on the rearward chassis while their Pomona counterparts prepare the front flesh .
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