Cal Poly Rose Float has chosen their entry design for the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade! This year's float depicts a barber shop scene with an interesting twist…monkeys are the barbers! Yes, this year's theme is a jungle barbershop where monkeys are cutting other animals' hair. Some young, some old, this is a truly diversified bunch. This exciting float was chosen after a design competition where both campuses (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly Pomona) reviewed over 85 designs and selected their top three. After the design competition, all three designs were submitted to the Tournament of Roses for their final approval. All three of Cal Poly's designs were approved and the top concept was taken to the drawing board, where both campuses came together and decided on the basic elements that will be going onto the float. After two days of discussion, the elements to be put on the float were split- some to be made by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and some to be made by Cal Poly Pomona. The next phase of design is to develop the scale drawings and layout as well as the final rendering for the float. The rendering is an artist's depiction of what the float will look like when it is completed. [The preliminary design can be seen below.]

Thank you to everyone that submitted a concept in this year’s Cal Poly Concept Contest. The design competition accepts entries from anyone, anywhere. Some of the concepts were introduced from elementary school classrooms while others were introduced from professional artists across the nation. The selected concept for our 2010 float was designed by Andrea Swanson and Rick Stover, who were also the concept designers of the 2007 Cal Poly Rose Float entry, Arctic Antics.

Cal Poly Pomona Rose Float will continually update their website with more information.