PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fiesta Parade Floats, the leading award winning float-builder for the Tournament of Roses Parade, has added to its already impressive float building track record as eight of its client’s float entries were named award-winners by a panel of Rose Parade judges at the 126th Rose Parade, held earlier today in Pasadena, California.
Among the Fiesta-built floats receiving awards today was the Dole Packaged Foods float entry, “Rhythm of Hawaii” which was awarded the 2015 Sweepstakes Trophy, the Parade’s top prize, given to the parade’s most beautiful float entry. The 2015 award marks the 22nd straight year that Fiesta Parade Floats has built the Parade’s Sweepstakes Trophy winning float entry, an impressive streak that is unmatched.
In addition to the 2015 Sweepstakes Trophy, seven other Fiesta-built floats received awards, including:
- City of Torrance: “Louis Zamperini—A Race Well Run”—Theme Trophy for excellence in presenting the parade theme.
- Scotts Miracle-Gro: “Life Starts Here”—Isabella Coleman Trophy for best color and color harmony through floral use.
- The Bachelor: “Inspiring Love”—Queen’s Trophy for most effective use and display of roses in concept, design and presentation.
- Kiehl’s Since 1851: “Inspiring a Beautiful World”—Extraordinaire Trophy for most spectacular float.
- Underground Service Alert of Southern California: “Do it Right… Call 811”—Bob Hope Humor Trophy for most comical entry.
- Kaiser Permanente: “Together We Thrive”—Judge’s Special Trophy for most spectacular in showmanship and dramatic impact.
- Northwestern Mutual NCAA: “Inspiring Potential”—Director’s Trophy for outstanding artistic merit in design and floral presentation.
“Congratulations to all of our clients and the talented team at Fiesta Parade Floats on a spectacular line-up of float entries for the 2015 Rose Parade,” said Tim Estes, president of Fiesta Parade Floats. “This year’s parade theme, Inspiring Stories, enabled the creative team at Fiesta to raise the bar when it comes to float design, engineering and floral presentation, and provide a magical platform from which to showcase each float sponsor’s inspiring story to millions of viewers on January 1, 2015.”
Led by a talented team of Rose Parade veterans that includes president, Tim Estes, vice president and floral director, Jim Hynd, and backed by a group of world-renowned float designers and artists, Fiesta Parade Floats maintains the highest award win rate in the Rose Parade industry.
In addition to the award recipients, Fiesta Parade Floats delighted parade goers with its entries for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, “Ebola First Responders”; Northwestern Mutual, “Celebrating Greatness”; and The Tournament of Roses, “Royal Court.”
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About Fiesta Parade Floats
Based in Irwindale, CA, the 2015 Rose Parade will be Fiesta’s 27th anniversary as a world premier float builder. Fiesta boasts an impressive track record with the highest award win rate in the Rose Parade industry and, together with its clients, has won the parade’s highest honor, the Sweepstakes Trophy, for a Rose Parade record setting twenty-one consecutive times. Fiesta Parade Floats is considered a leader in both floral technology and floral application within both, the float and floral industries. Fiesta also builds custom props for television commercials, feature films, exhibits and theme parks. Major exhibits include: Spring Garden Show, Crystal Court South Coast Plaza, American Institute of Floral Design National Symposium, Feature Exhibits and the Flower/Garden Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Fair, Bellagio and Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Innoventions, Disneyland’s popular attraction in Tomorrowland and Venus Fort Shopping Mall in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit, http://www.fiestaparadefloats.com.
