Tuskegee Airmen to be honored with Rose Bowl float

Tuskegee Airmen to be honored with Rose Bowl float

For the 2010 parade, Phoenix has built 18 award-eligible floats, including a Clydesdale-drawn snowscape from which Olympians Michelle Kwan and Bonnie Blair will wave. One company, "Fiesta":http://www.fiestaparadefloats.com/, will present 11 designs, including a show-stopping, 114-foot float featuring live snowboarding bulldogs. Another company, "Festival Artists Worldwide":http://www.fawwdecoration.com/, has two floats up for judging. One of them consists of 65 dancers in sequined samba costumes. Then there's Charisma, with just one entry. It's a quiet tribute to the "Tuskegee Airmen":http://www.thegrio.com/2009/06/tuskegee-airman-dies.php -- no animation, no celebrities, no performers.