Just as the 2024 Rose Parade began its traditional excitement and fun, spectators quickly took to X (formerly Twitter) to share their thoughts on this year’s floats.
Many of the reactions have been super positive. “Beautiful butterflies float in the Rose Parade,” an X user wrote. Other user aggregate, “First time at the Rose Parade. “Really impressive floats.”
However, not all X users were excited about this year’s event. An user declared, “The ABSOLUTE WORST comment in my decades of watching the Rose Parade HAS to be Prime. The worst comment [have] I had no idea who the people on the floats were, nor any intelligent comments. Please have the adults do this next year!!!”
This year’s Rose Parade float winners are Kaiser Permanente (President’s Award), City of Torrance (Princess Award), One Legacy Donate Life (Judge’s Award), The UPS Store (Bob Hope Humor Award) and Louisiana Tourism Office (Show).
According to the Rose Parade website, approximately 45 floats participated in this year’s event. The cost of each float varies, but generally starts at around $275,000.
“The Tournament considers floats with major and minor budgets,” the website reads. “The mutually agreed upon cost for a float is an agreement between the participating organization and a Tournament of Roses-approved builder. The Tournament does not receive any of the funds allocated to the construction of a float.”
The fee for Rose Parade float participants is $25,000 for commercial entries or $7,500 for non-commercial entries. It is all a non-refundable participation fee and does not include construction costs.
Hoda Kotb celebrated the New Year with her daughters before co-hosting the Rose Parade with Al Roker
Before co-hosting the Rose Parade with her Today Al Roker co-host Hoda Kotb celebrated the new year with her two young daughters, Haley and Hope.
In one of her latest Instagram posts, Kotb shared some adorable snaps of her and her daughters having fun before the ball dropped. “Thank you 2023 for the love and lessons,” Kotb captioned the post with the hashtag “grateful.” She shares the adorable girls with her ex-partner, Joel Schiffman. The former couple was together from 2013 to 2022.
While preparing for the Rose Parade, Kotb shared a selfie of her and Roker with the caption, “Let’s go.” She also posted inspirational quotes. “In Ireland, on New Year’s Eve at midnight, it is a tradition to open the back door and let the old year out and open the front door to let the new year in. Out with the old, in with the new. I like that.”
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn