{"id":111008,"date":"2025-12-28T09:24:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/111008\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T09:24:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:24:23","slug":"photos-an-army-of-volunteers-getting-floats-prepared-for-the-137th-rose-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/111008\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: An army of volunteers getting floats prepared for the 137th Rose Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \u2022 The 137th Rose Parade gets underway at 8 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2026.<br \/>\u2022 The 5.5-mile parade features floral-covered floats, equestrian units and marching bands. <\/p>\n<p>The clock is ticking.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s all hands on deck as an army of volunteers get floats ready for their run down Colorado Boulevard on Thursday, Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme for the 137th Rose Parade is \u201cThe Magic in Teamwork\u201d with Magic Johnson as grand marshal.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s happening behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Volunteer Jeff Okayasu works on the Rotary International float titled, &quot;Unite for Good.&quot;\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766913861_986_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>           Volunteer Jeff Okayasu works on the Rotary International float titled \u201cUnite for Good,\u201d while other Rose Parade floats are constructed at the Phoenix Decorating Co. in Irwindale.            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Volunteers work on cutting flowers that will be added to the the &quot;Bee Magical Together&quot; float.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766913862_505_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>           Volunteers work on cutting flowers that will be added to the the \u201cBee Magical Together\u201d float at the Phoenix Decorating Co. in Irwindale.            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Volunteer Heather Tran, 16, helps decorate a float for the Rose Parade at the AES Rosamont Pavillion in Pasadena.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766913862_972_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>           Volunteer Heather Tran, 16, helps decorate a float for the Rose Parade at the AES Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena.Clockwise from top left, cut flowers to be used for the Rotary Club float titled \u201cUnite for Good\u201d; volunteer Dulce Monico works on a flower that will be part of the City of Hope float titled \u201cOvercoming Cancer and Diabetes Together\u201d; volunteers help cup Spanish moss used to decorate the San Diego Zoo Safari Park\u2019s float; and volunteer Susie Fundter of Pasadena helps decorate a zebra on the San Diego Zoo Safari Park float.            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Volunteers apply Spanish moss to an elephant on the San Diego Zoo Safari Park float.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766913863_13_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>           Volunteers John Hernandez, right, and his son, Leonidas, of Fontana, apply Spanish moss to an elephant on the San Diego Zoo Safari Park float.            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Volunteer Carlos Bo Bedia works on the Shriner's float titled &quot;Building Dreams Together.&quot; \"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766913863_122_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>           Volunteer Carlos Bo Bedia works on the Shriners float titled \u201cBuilding Dreams Together\u201d at the Phoenix Decorating Co. in Irwindale.            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Volunteer Neal Gamble, from Scott City, Kansas, works on the Shriner's Children's float titled, &quot;Build Dreams Together.&quot;\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766913863_493_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>           Volunteer Neal Gamble, from Scott City, Kan., works on the Shriners float titled \u201cBuild Dreams Together.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022 The 137th Rose Parade gets underway at 8 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2026.\u2022 The 5.5-mile parade features&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[59498,22841,59499,40595,20703,7217,48,52,51,47,50,49,63,40248,2824,2668,2489,38883,2429,1597,72],"class_list":["post-111008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-137th-rose-parade","tag-army","tag-colorado-boulevard","tag-deck","tag-float","tag-jan","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-magic","tag-photo","tag-run","tag-scene","tag-theme","tag-thursday","tag-volunteer","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}