Burbank uses a world-wide open design contest, in which anyone, anywhere, may submit a concept drawing. After the entries are received, a two-step selection process begins. First, the BTORA Board of Directors screens the designs for theme appropriateness, buildability and decoration potential. Next, the entire paid membership votes to determine the ranking of the selected designs.

The membership voted for "3D Double Feature." Parade viewers will all enjoy a trip back to the days of the drive-in movie!

The weekend movie is one of the most widely enjoyed forms of entertainment. "Hats Off" to the drive-in movie!

The film industry has played a major role in the history of Burbank. Several major studios have offices in Burbank. Ironically, there are no longer any drive-ins in the city of Burbank!.

The Dawg Family enjoys an evening at the local drive-in. The float includes a movie screen, monsters, family car and various movie goodies (popcorn, hot dogs, sodas).

Imagine yourself transported in time and space back to the 1950s and the local drive-in, which tonight is featuring a double feature in realistic 3-D! Imagine also your surprise when the evening at the movies turns a bit too realistic and the giant T-Rex destroys a bridge then pops out of the screen and belches smoke! The excitement builds as alien flying saucers blast skyscrapers then leave the screen and fly toward your car!

The Dawg Family’s sporty convertible is of red carnations, white Avalanche roses, Silver leaf and red Poinsettia petals.

Papa Dawg, of Cocoa palm and Uva grass, sports a shirt of dill weed with a bone pattern of small white beans.

Mama Dawg, of Uva grass and beige pampas grass, has hair bows of pink Nora carnation petals. Her floral dress pattern is split yellow mung beans, edged in fresh cranberries and pink Nora carnation petals.

Sonny Dawg is ready for bed after the movies in his footed sleeper of light yellow carnations edged in red lentil.

Over a base coat of green and yellow ground peas, the T-Rex is patterned in green Jade roses, Kermit button poms, pods, green beans, variegated Croton leaves, green Midori antherium and pineapple skin.

Alien ships of Silver leaf and silver dollar Eucalyptus emit blast rays of yellow strawflower and Oncidium orchids, tulip leaves and green dendrobiums, everlastings and white dendrobiums.

Against a light blue statice sky with clouds of cotton, cushion poms and button mums, stands the destroyed bridge of burgundy strawflower and mahogany Ti leaf. A building of ground brown lentil & yellow carnations sustains dual laser blasts and has yellow, orange and red fire. The building of annatto seed stands untouched while the third building of bronze mums and flat rolled oats has come under fire.

The base of the float is banked in a massive display of six different types of roses: orange, lemon, gold Dakar, light pink Valerie, hot pink Ravel and white-pink Esperance roses, assorted gerberas, lotus pods, pumpkins, oranges and lemons.

Roses on float base: Orange Unique (orange) 875, Yellow Unique (yellow) 950, Dakar (gold) 1000, Valerie (light pink) 1000, Ravel (hot pink) 1000, Esperance (white-pink) 875; 5700 stems total.

Roses on Car: Avalance (white) 1750 stems.

Roses on T-Rex: Jade (green) 2500 stems.

Roses on Hot Dogs: Leonidas (brown) 1500 stems.

Roses on Sign: Yellow Unique (yellow) 500, Orange Unique (orange) 500; 1000 stems total.

Gerbera Daisys on float base: assorted colors 3200 heads.

Carnations on car: (red) 18,500.

Carnations on Sonny Dawg: (yellow) 1750.

Carnations on Mama Dawg: Nora (pink) 250.

Carnations on Building; (yellow) 700.

Tulips on Popcorn Boxes: (red) 12000 petals.

Cushion Poms on Drive-In sign: (yellow) 2280 heads, (white) 4800 heads.

Cushion Poms on Building: (bronze) 4500 heads.

Button Poms on T-Rex: Kermit Mums (green) 7000 heads.

TBD

Number of Years in Rose Parade: 75

The 2009 Parade marks Burbank's 75th float entry in the Tournament of Roses Parade! Burbank first took part in the parade in 1914. However, we missed most of the 1920s, two entries in the 1930s were not really floats, and we were busy with WWII during the early 1940s.

The Burbank Tournament of Roses Association (BTORA) enters a mini-float in the annual "Burbank On Parade" celebration. This community spirit parade is held each spring in Burbank. BTORA members design, build and decorate their "floatlet" to fit the parade theme. BTORA has won several awards, including the President's Trophy, for best depiction of parade theme.

The BTORA is proud to be one of only six "self-built" float entries in Pasadena's annual parade. It is a year-round organization, composed entirely of volunteers, that design, build and decorate the City of Burbank's entry for the annual Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. The float is built in Burbank's Water and Power Department yard.

A group of dedicated volunteer carvers contribute their time and sculpting talent to create the cartoon-type character heads. Opportunities to build and decorate our float are extended to Burbank residents and visitors. Among local participants are Scout groups, community service groups and high school clubs.

This is float designer Adam Ostegard's second design to be built for the City of Burbank. His previous design was "Free Dog Wash" in the 2007 Rose Parade.