| Due to local fires in Pasadena, Altadena, Pacific
Palisades and other areas (starting on January 7, 2025) the parade theme
was not announced as tradition on the third Thursday in January (January 16) but
instead was delayed until Tuesday, February 4, 2025. However, the
Design Contest continued as planned. |
The 2026 Design Contest ended on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. |
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On Saturday, February 1, 2025 the Board of Directors
reviewed 51 entries and narrowed it down to 7 finalist |
| The finalists were reviewed and ranked by the paid membership on
Thursday, February 6, 2025 in a special "Pick-The-Float" meeting |
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| Through a series of votes at the Pick-The-Float meeting,
the above design with a working title of "Pet Pirates" was picked as the
member's number one choice. This design was submitted by Dave Lowe
from Burbank, CA. |
| This design was submitted to Pasadena Tournament of Roses for their
approval on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at the Theme Draft meeting. |
Not wanting to wait for the official approval, the
Design Committee started working on ideas for the new float. On
Saturday, February 22nd the Design Committee kick-off brainstorming
meeting was held. |
| On Tuesday, March 4, 2025 the first draft line drawing was released |
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| On Wednesday, March 5, 2025 we received confirmation that our design was accepted by
Pasadena Tournament of Roses. This makes Dave Lowe our Design
Contest winner. This is Dave's first time winning the Design
Contest. |
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On Thursday, March 6, 2025 the second draft line
drawing was released |
| On Friday, March 7, 2025 a third draft line drawing was released.
These three draft drawings will be presented to the Design Committee for
review, comparison and discussion. |
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On Saturday, March 8, 2025 the Design Committee met and
review the three draft line drawings along with the original and the
notes from the Brainstorming Meeting. |
| On Wednesday, March 12, 2025 a new line drawing was released
incorporating many of the suggestions from the Design Committee. |
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On Friday, March 14, 2025 three new drawings were
released, this is a new line drawing. |
| This drawing show what the "off-camera" side of the float might look
like. |
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And finally this shows some options on dog breeds we
are considering. |
| After the Saturday, March 15, 2025 Design Committee meeting the
following top views were released on Sunday, March 16, 2025. This
one showing positions of all the characters. |
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and this one showing the float outline on top of the
float chassis. |
| On Thursday, March 20, 2025 a (final?) line drawing was released
incorporating all the changes from the last Design Committee meeting. |
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This is another view with the float chassis overlayed
on the rendering. (March 20, 2025) |
| After the Saturday, March 22, 2025 Design Committee meeting, a few
additional tweaks were suggested.
On Wednesday, March 26, 2025 the final line drawing was released.
From here the Decorations Committee will take over and pick all the
colors for the Color Rendering |
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Same drawing but showing the float chassis in it's 45'
configuration overlaid on the drawing.
The Design Committee will now conduct a contest to pick the final
float title |
| On Thursday, March 27, 2025 a new off-camera side drawing was
released showing the "other side" of the float. |
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On Wednesday, April 9, 2025 the first draft color
rendering was released showing the first pass of colors. |
| On Thursday, April 17, 2025 the General Membership reviewed 147
possible float titles and after 10 rounds of voting finally selected
"All Paws On Deck" as the new float title. |
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