Thanks to Everyone!
On behalf of the entire Foundation, we want to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to all our volunteers and supporters for making this year a large success!!! This year’s float has touched the hearts of many, many individuals around the world.
West Covina Rose Float Foundation WINS at Parade!
2010 West Covina Rose Float Wins
”Most Outstanding City Entry – National or International”
The West Covina Rose Float Foundation has been awarded the 2010 “Most Outstanding City Entry – National or International” trophy for our entry “Tuskegee Airmen – A Cut Above” into this year’s Tournament of Roses Parade®. We take great pride in sharing this honor with all of the many volunteers, decorators, flower cutters, and sponsors who helped make this year’s float the success that it is. We would like to thank the talented and hard working people at Charisma Floats whose incredible creative efforts turned the idea of celebrating the bravery, sacrifice, and valor of the Tuskegee Airmen into the beautiful and inspiring float we showcased in this year’s parade.
Happy New Year 2010!
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO WORKED SO HARD AND GAVE SO MUCH!
As we begin the new year, the West Covina Rose Float Foundation would like to wish everyone a happy and successful 2010 – may all of your dreams come true.
Foundation Announcers Rider Selection
The West Covina Rose Float Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of the sixteen (16) Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen (DOTA) that have been chosen to ride on the West Covina Rose Float Foundation’s 12th consecutive entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses® parade to be held in Pasadena on January 1, 2010.
This year the West Covina Rose Float Foundation’s entry titled “Tuskegee Airmen – A Cut Above,” will pay tribute to the service, bravery and commitment of the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen is the name of the group of African American servicemen trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama and served with distinction in World War II.
Below is a list of the honorees selected to ride on the West Covina Rose Float with their home city, and their graduating class from Tuskegee Army Air Field (43A represents the first class of 1943).
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Tuskegee Airmen (DOTA’s) |
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Location |
| Theodore (Ted) Lumpkin | Los Angeles, California | |
| Charles E. (Col Mac) Mc Gee | Bethesda, Maryland | |
| Wilbert (Bill) Johnson | Los Angeles, California | |
| Col Louis Hill | Los Angeles, California | |
| Alexander Jefferson | Detroit, Michigan | |
| Dr. Thurston Gaines | Sun City West, Arizona | |
| Isham “Rusty” Burns | Palm Desert, California | |
| Mitchell (Mitch) Higginbotham | Dana Point, California | |
| Oliver Goodall | Altadena, California | |
| Clarence (Red) Finley | Los Angeles, California | |
| Jerry Hodges | Los Angeles, California | |
| Dr. Granville (Duke) Coggs | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Dr. Robert McCoy (Rocky) Higginbotham | Rancho Mirage, California | |
| Harlan Leonard | Riverside, California | |
| Robert “Bob” Ashby | Sun City West, Arizona | |
| Larry E. (Boon) Brown | Sacramento, California |
2010 Float Construction Photo Galleries now online
Take a look at the details as our float is built
| The annual Photo Gallery is now up and underway. Please be sure to visit as we share pictures of our float and those who help build it, from its earliest stages of development to parade day |